By Christopher Miskimon

Full Reviews

Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World’s Largest Sea Battle (Mark Stille, Osprey Books, Oxford UK, 2025, 320 pp., maps, photographs, Bibliography, index, $23, SC)

The Survivor: How I Made it Through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter (Josef Lewkowicz with Michael Calvin, Harper Horizon, New York NY, 2025, 272 pp., photographs, $29.99, HC)

Admiral Canaris: How Hitler’s Chief of Intelligence Betrayed the Nazis (David Alan Johnson, Prometheus Books, Essex CT, 2024, 264pp., photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $32.95, HC)

Tubby: Raymond O. Barton and the U.S. Army, 1889-1963 (Stephen A. Bourque, University of North Texas Press, Denton TX, 2024, 512pp., maps, photo-graphs, notes, bibliography, index, $34.95, HC

Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II (Robert M. Edsel, Harper Horizon, New York NY, 2025, 512 pp., maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $31.99, HC)

Mediterranean Sweep: The USAAF in the Italian Campaign (Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, Osprey Books, Oxford UK, 2025, 320 pp., maps, photographs, bibliography, index, $32, HC)

Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses (M.G. Sheftall, Dutton Books, New York NY, 2024, 545pp., notes, bibliography, index, $36, HC)

Blind Bombing: How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II (Norman Fine, Potomac Books, Lincoln NE, 2024, 230pp., photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $29.95, HC)

The Soviet Battle for Berlin, 1945 (Ian Baxter, Casemate Books, Havertown PA, 2024, 128pp., maps, photographs, bibliography, index, 28.95, SC)

Forged in Hell: The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stronghold (Damien Lewis, Citadel Press, New York NY, 2024, 400pp., bibliography, index, $28, HC)

The Battle of St. Vith and the Potteau Ambush: December 1944 (Hugues Wenkin, Pen and Sword Books, South Yorkshire UK, 2024, 269pp., maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $34.95, HC)

Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger during World War II (Becky Aikman, Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, NY, 2025, 368pp., notes, photographs, $31.99, HC)

Nothing but Courage: The 82nd Airborne’s Daring D-Day Mission—and Their Heroic Charge Across the La Fière Bridge (James Donovan, Dutton Caliber, New York, NY, 2025, 448pp., $35, HC)

Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World (Tim Bouverie, Crown, New York, NY, 2025, 672pp., $38, HC)

New and Noteworthy

The Story of the Spitfire: An Operational and Combat History (Ken Delve, Air World Books, 2024, $39.95, HC) An in-depth look at the Spitfire’s combat legacy, tactical employment and legacy. The book also has extensive technical data.

East Africa Campaign 1940-41: The Battle for the Horn of Africa (Pier Paolo Battistelli, Osprey Books, 2024, $25, SC) The fighting between Great Britain and Italy for East Africa proved hard but necessary. England needed to protect its supply lines from Italian interference.

Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign (Mark Stille, Osprey Books, 2024, $23, SC) The Japanese Fleet was still strong even after the looses at Midway. It fought a hard and ultimately costly campaign for the Solomon Islands chain.

Borneo 1945: The Last Major Allied Campaign in the Southwest Pacific (Angus Konstam, Osprey Books, 2024, $25, SC) Australian troops with American and Dutch support retook the island from Japanese forces. Its strategic position and resources made it vital for both sides.

The East Pomeranian Offensive, 1945: Destruction of German Forces in Pomerania and West Prussia (Ian Baxter, Casemate Books, 2024, $28.95, SC) Pomerania and West Prussia had to be taken so the Soviet advance into Poland and Germany could occur. This book highlights the Soviet success over the weakened German forces.

The Price of Victory: Memoir of the Commander of 1st Polish Armoured Division (Gen. Stanislau Maczek, Pen and Sword Books, 2024, $44.95, HC) The author fought the Germans in 1939 before escaping into Hungary. He later commanded the division in Western Europe.

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