Military

With the Possum and the Eagle: The Memoir of a Navigator's War Over Germany and Japan

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Ralph H. Nutter
• Narrated By Ed Altman

From the beginning, it was clear that Ralph Nutter was an exceptional navigator. Rapid promotion followed when he was assigned as Maj. Gen. Curtis the Eagle LeMay's personal navigator. Later, he was picked by Maj. Gen. Haywood Possum Hansell, the 20th Air Force Commander, to be his personal navigator. The author's vivid recollections of those halcyon years make for exciting, informative listening.

88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Robert L. Grenier
• Narrated By Joe Barrett

In his gripping narrative, we meet General Tommy Franks, who bridles at CIA control of "his" war; General "Jafar Amin", a gruff Pakistani intelligence officer who saves Grenier from committing career suicide; Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's brilliant ambassador to the US, who tries to warn her government of the al-Qaeda threat; "Mark", the CIA operator who guides GulAgha Shirzai to bloody victory over the Taliban.

MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Otto F. Apel M.D., Pat Apel
• Narrated By Dr. Bill Brooks

When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly, he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland.

Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 4 mins)
• By Michael Sturma
• Narrated By James McSorley

World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. As the submarine shot through the surface of the water, confined sailors scrambled through the hatches armed with large-caliber guns and met the enemy face-to-face. Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific reveals the nature of submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and investigates the challenges of facing the enemy on the surface.

Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
• Narrated By Simon Vance

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq, he discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, Anthony defended the zoo, bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces for desperately needed supplies.

Richard III and the Ultimate Game for the Throne

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 5 mins)
• By C. Derbyshire
• Narrated By Daniel Penz

This was the 15th century and in this green and pleasant land, numerous players took their chances in the ultimate game. The prize was the throne of England. One figure that was central to the conflict. One figure that still divides opinion today: Richard III. This is his story and the game that he played for the throne of England.

Alexander, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar: Three Generals Who Conquered the Ancient World: History 1-Hour Reads

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 37 mins)
• By Michael Rank
• Narrated By Kevin Pierce

Of all the generals in the ancient world, none matches the accomplishments of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Hannibal of Carthage. Whatever their backgrounds, these rulers showed that the right military commander at the right time in history can destroy an empire, change civilization, and alter the course of world history forever.

Silence on Monte Sole

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Jack Olsen
• Narrated By Edoardo Camponeschi

Monte Sole--Mountain of the Sun--had the bad luck to lie on the main route of withdrawal of the retreating German armies in autumn 1944. As the Allied advance stormed up Italy to the very shadow of Monte Sole, Axis frustration over their retreat and the harassing Italian partisans reached its peak. With full authorization of Field Marshall Albert Kesselring, and with an infusion of dread SS reinforcements, the Germans determined to neutralize Monte Sole.

Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Christine E. Hallett
• Narrated By Elizabeth Jasicki

Drawing upon evidence from archives across the world, Veiled Warriors offers a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the allied cause between 1914 and 1918, on both the Western and the Eastern Fronts. Nurses believed they were involved in a multi-layered battle. Primarily, they were fighting for the lives of their patients on the "second battlefield" of casualty clearing stations, transports, and military hospitals.

Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941-44

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 29 mins)
• By Robert Forczyk
• Narrated By Michael Prichard

The Crimea was one of the crucibles of the war on the Eastern Front, where first a Soviet and then a German army were surrounded, fought desperate battles, and were eventually destroyed. The fighting in the region was unusual for the Eastern Front in many ways, in that naval supply, amphibious landings, and naval evacuation played major roles, while both sides were also conducting ethnic cleansing as part of their strategy - the Germans eliminating the Jews and the Soviets purging the region of Tartars.

The Irish Soldiers of Mexico

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Michael Hogan
• Narrated By Emil Nicholas Gallina
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The Irish Soldiers of Mexico tells the story of the Irish immigrants who joined the Mexican Army in the War of 1846-48 and were later hanged by the U.S. Army. The University Press original sold out four editions in English and two editions in Spanish from 1997 to 2001. It was the basis for an MGM feature film and two documentaries; it has also been used in many history classes both in the United States and abroad.

Seven Troop

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Andy McNab
• Narrated By Paul Thornley

They were like a band of brothers...In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP. This is Andy McNab's gripping account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men - from the day, freshly badged, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life.

The Thirty Nine Steps

• ABRIDGED (37 mins)
• By John Buchan, Tony Evans
• Narrated By Rob Penman

"It wouldn’t be pleasant sharing my flat with a dead body, but there was nothing else I could do."

Richard Hannay is bored with life in London. Then he discovers a horrible crime and finds himself in the middle of a clever and frightening plot. Can he find the proof he needs to save his country from disaster? When Hannay hides out on the wild Scottish moors, will he escape from the dangerous gang that wants to silence him forever? Who can he trust on his journey?

The Riddle of the Sands

• ABRIDGED (39 mins)
• By Erskine Childers, Tony Evans
• Narrated By Rob Penman

"It seems pretty clear to me that sooner or later we’ll be at war with Germany, whether we like it or not."

Carruthers is looking forward to a relaxing holiday when he sets off for the Baltic Sea. Instead he finds himself at the centre of a complicated and deadly plot. Will Carruthers and his friend, Arthur Davies, discover why the sinister and mysterious Herr Dollman is so interested in their little yacht, the Dulcibella? What does Clara Dollman know about her father’s plans?

Civil War Stories: A 150th Anniversary Collection

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 23 mins)
• By The Washington Post
• Narrated By Kevin Pariseau

Stories from - and about - a nation divided. At The Washington Post, the Civil War has held an enduring fascination for both readers and writers. Raging from 1861-1865, the Battle Between the States has left a lasting imprint on the United States' collective psyche for 150 years. This 150th Anniversary Collection aggregates historical data with contemporary reflections, as journalists and historians put the bloody war into context.

The Military Adventures of Charles O'Neil

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Charles O'Neil
• Narrated By Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot

FNH audio presents an unabridged reading of the military memoir of Charles O'Neil. There have been many military memoirs from the Napoleonic wars, and most of them belonging to high ranking officers. This memoir differs in that it belong to the humblest of soldiers, a man from the ranks of a standard infantry regiment. Follow along as Charles relates how he joined the army, then ran away narrowly avoiding being flogged for desertion.

The "General Armstrong" Privateer

• UNABRIDGED (7 mins)
• By Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt
• Narrated By Glenn Hascall

Privateers during wartime were not commissioned by the government for battle, yet there were notable private battles by sea faring entrepreneurs. Co-written by President Theodore Roosevelt this short biographical tale follows the exploits of Mr. Reid and his men in 1814 as they battled the British. Bravery abounds in this against-all-odds bit of history. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Taking Hawaii: How Thirteen Honolulu Businessmen Overthrew the Queen of Hawaii in 1893, With a Bluff

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 1 min)
• By Stephen Dando-Collins
• Narrated By David Franklin

On a January afternoon in 1893, men hunkered down behind sandbagged emplacements in the streets of Honolulu, with rifles, machine guns, and cannon ready to open fire. Troops and police loyal to the queen of the sovereign nation of Hawaii faced off against a small number of rebel Honolulu businessmen - American, British, German, and Australian. In between them stood hundreds of heavily armed United States sailors and marines. Just after 2:00 p.m., the first shot was fired, and a military coup began.

Wellington's Rifles: The Origins, Development, and Battles of the Rifle Regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Ray Cusick
• Narrated By Matthew Lloyd Davies

Until now there has not been a serious study of the rifle-armed regiments of the British Army that earned such renown in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. Compiled by a former rifleman, Ray Cusick, who has written extensively on the subject, Wellington's Rifles examines the new rifle regiments, how they came about, their development and their actions.

Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Peter Hart
• Narrated By Tim Gerard Reynolds

A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement; pathos and comic relief; occasional cowardice and much selfless courage - all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this gripping and revisionary look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth.

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs)
• By Laura Hillenbrand
• Narrated By Edward Herrmann
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Why we think it’s a great listen: Seabiscuit was a runaway success, and Hillenbrand’s done it again with another true-life account about beating unbelievable odds. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.....

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
• Narrated By Kevin Collins
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Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive. This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history.

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
• Narrated By Holter Graham
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From the streets of Iraq to the mountaintops of Afghanistan and to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden's compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group - commonly known as SEAL Team Six - has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines. No Easy Day puts listeners alongside Owen and the other handpicked members of the 24-man team as they train for the biggest mission of their lives.

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
• Narrated By Bill O'Reilly
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General George S. Patton, Jr., died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost 70 years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident - and may very well have been an act of assassination. Killing Patton will take listeners inside the final year of the war and recount the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.

The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 56 mins)
• By Michael J. Mooney
• Narrated By Brian Troxell
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Journalist Michael J. Mooney reveals the life story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the American Sniper, from his Texas childhood up through his death in February 2013. A brutal warrior but a gentle father and husband, Kyle led the life of an American hero and legend. His heroism and reputation in the military service earned him the nickname "the devil" among insurgents and the nickname The Legend among his SEAL brethren, but his impact extended beyond that after he came home, through his work with fellow veterans.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

• UNABRIDGED (57 hrs and 13 mins)
• By William L. Shirer
• Narrated By Grover Gardner

Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.

Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Eric Blehm
• Narrated By Paul Michael
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When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan - but he was ready: In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, "I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me."

Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

• UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 57 mins)
• By S. C. Gwynne
• Narrated By Cotter Smith
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General Stonewall Jackson was like no one anyone had ever seen. In April of 1862 he was merely another Confederate general with only a single battle credential in an army fighting in what seemed to be a losing cause. By middle June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western World. He had given the Confederate cause what it had recently lacked: hope.

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

• UNABRIDGED (23 hrs and 44 mins)
• By Scott Anderson
• Narrated By Malcolm Hillgartner
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Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabiadefinitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.

Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee - the War They Fought, the Peace They Forged

• UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 59 mins)
• By William C. Davis
• Narrated By Traber Burns
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They met in person only four times, yet these two men determined the outcome of the Civil War and cast competing styles for the reunited nation. Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. Exploring their personalities, their character, and their ethical, moral, political, and military worlds, William C. Davis finds surprising similarities between the two men.

The Decisive Battles of World History

• ORIGINAL (18 hrs and 29 mins)
• By The Great Courses
• Narrated By Professor Gregory S. Aldrete

Throughout history, military engagements have altered the course of historical events. In these 36 dynamic lectures, Professor Aldrete leads you in discovering the military conflicts that have had the greatest impact in shifting the direction of events and defining our world. Across 4,000 years of history, you'll explore nearly 40 key military engagements, from the milestone battles of Western civilization to their counterparts in the Middle East, India, and Asia.

Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox
• Narrated By Alan Sklar

Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. With this call to arms, Charlie Beckwith revolutionized American armed combat. Beckwith's acclaimed memoir tells the story of Delta Force as only its maverick creator could tell it - from the bloody baptism of Vietnam to the top-secret training grounds of North Carolina to political battles in the upper levels of the Pentagon itself. This is the heart-pounding, first-person insider's view of the missions that made Delta Force legendary.

Service: A Navy SEAL at War

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Marcus Luttrell
• Narrated By Kevin T. Collins
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Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him-and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything-including themselves-for the sake of family, nation, and freedom.

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

• UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Ian W. Toll
• Narrated By Grover Gardner

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.

American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Chris Kyle, William Doyle
• Narrated By John Pruden
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At the time of his tragic death in February 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most accomplished sniper in U.S. military history, was finishing a remarkable book that retold American history through the lens of a hand-selected list of firearms. Kyle masterfully argues that guns have played a fascinating, indispensable, and often under-appreciated role in our national story. He carefully chose ten guns to help tell his story, ranging from the American long rifle to the modern M-16, and uses these guns as a platform for exploring American history.

No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
• Narrated By Paul Michael

The second book by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen, following his multimillion-copy classic about the bin Laden mission No Easy Day, in which he tells the stories from his career that were most personal to him and that made him the operator and the person he is today.

Modern American Snipers

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 36 mins)
• By Chris Martin
• Narrated By Peter Larkin

Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger. Snipers have played an outsized role in the War on Terror that has earned them the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and countless other honors.

The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Brandon Webb, John David Mann
• Narrated By Jon Bailey

Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Red Circle provides a rare and riveting look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career as a lead instructor for the shadowy "sniper cell" that makes his story so compelling.

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

• ABRIDGED (5 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Marcus Luttrell
• Narrated By Kevin T. Collins

In June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader. Less then 24 hours later, only one of those SEALs remained alive. This is the story of how team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle that led to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history.

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Adam Makos
• Narrated By Robertson Dean

Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber’s tail - a German Messerschmitt fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger.

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

• UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Ian W. Toll
• Narrated By Grover Gardner

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.

Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 9 mins)
• By Hans von Luck, Stephen E. Ambrose (introduction)
• Narrated By Bronson Pinchot

A stunning look at World War II from the other side.... From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the disastrous Russian front - von Luck fought there with some of the best soldiers in the world. German soldiers. Awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight's Cross, von Luck writes as an officer and a gentleman.

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 57 mins)
• By E. B. Sledge
• Narrated By Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks
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The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.

Snow & Steel: The Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

• UNABRIDGED (31 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Peter Caddick-Adams
• Narrated By Paul Boehmer, Tim Reynolds

Between December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg defending against an advancing German army amid freezing temperatures, deep snow, and dense fog. Operation Herbstnebel - Autumn Mist - was a massive German counter-offensive that stunned the Allies in its scope and intensity.

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Robert Leckie
• Narrated By James Badge Dale, Tom Hanks
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.

A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Henrik O. Lunde
• Narrated By Mark Ashby

This audiobook examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia. A small Scandinavian nation, with at most one and a half million people and scant internal resources of its own, there was small logic to how Sweden could become the dominant power on the Continent.

Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT Michael P. Murphy

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Gary Williams
• Narrated By A. T. Chandler
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Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy, commander of Navy SEAL Team 10, posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on 28 June 2005 during a fierce battle with Taliban fighters in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Michael was the first recipient of the nation’s highest military honor as a result of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. He was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously.

Bomber Command

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Max Hastings
• Narrated By Barnaby Edwards

With an introduction read by Max Hastings. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night.

Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 58 mins)
• By Rorke Denver
• Narrated By Rorke Denver
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Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs - the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of action-packed mission experience and a top training role, Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow’s soldiers are recruited, sculpted, motivated, and deployed. Now, Denver takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program he now oversees.

The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 22 mins)
• By A. J. Baime
• Narrated By Peter Berkrot
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The Arsenal of Democracy tells the incredible story of how Detroit answered the call, centering on Henry Ford and his tortured son Edsel, who, when asked if they could deliver 50,000 airplanes, made an outrageous claim: Ford Motor Company would erect a plant that could yield a “bomber an hour”. Critics scoffed: Ford didn’t make planes; they made simple, affordable cars. But bucking his father’s resistance, Edsel charged ahead.

The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians, and the Rise of Islam

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Peter Crawford
• Narrated By James Lurie

The War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century - with its chief focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641) - a pivotal and dramatic time in world history. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to the very brink of extinction by the Sassanid Persians before Heraclius managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the Sassanids with a desperate, final gambit.

Battle for the Falklands

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 23 mins)
• By Max Hastings
• Narrated By Cameron Stewart

The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history - 28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000 miles from home. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity, but the British victory confirmed the quality of British arms and boosted the political fortunes of the Conservative government.

A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible WWII Narrative of the Hero Whose Spy Network and Secret Diplomacy Changed the Course of History

• UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 27 mins)
• By William Stevenson
• Narrated By David McAlister

A Man Called Intrepid is the account of the world’s first integrated intelligence operation and of its master, William Stephenson. Codenamed INTREPID by Winston Churchill, Stephenson was charged with establishing and running a vast, worldwide intelligence network to challenge the terrifying force of Nazi Germany. Nothing less than the fate of Britain and the free world hung in the balance as INTREPID covertly set about stalling the Nazis by any means necessary.

Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 18 mins)
• By Craig L. Symonds
• Narrated By Craig L. Symonds
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Seventy years ago, more than 6000 Allied ships carried more than a million soldiers across the English Channel to a 50-mile-wide strip of the Normandy coast in German-occupied France. It was the greatest sea-borne assault in human history. The code names given to the beaches where the ships landed the soldiers have become immortal: Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah, and especially Omaha, the scene of almost unimaginable human tragedy.

Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

• UNABRIDGED (26 hrs and 57 mins)
• By John Ferling
• Narrated By David Baker
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In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports listeners to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle."

Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Peter Hart
• Narrated By Tim Gerard Reynolds

A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement; pathos and comic relief; occasional cowardice and much selfless courage - all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this gripping and revisionary look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth.

Civil War Stories: A 150th Anniversary Collection

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 23 mins)
• By The Washington Post
• Narrated By Kevin Pariseau

Stories from - and about - a nation divided. At The Washington Post, the Civil War has held an enduring fascination for both readers and writers. Raging from 1861-1865, the Battle Between the States has left a lasting imprint on the United States' collective psyche for 150 years. This 150th Anniversary Collection aggregates historical data with contemporary reflections, as journalists and historians put the bloody war into context.

1812: The Navy's War

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 50 mins)
• By George C. Daughan
• Narrated By Marc Vietor
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At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean but America's war fleet, only 20 ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the tide of the war.

Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Chuck Pfarrer
• Narrated By Chuck Pfarrer

"Since the first navy frogmen crawled onto the beaches of Normandy, no SEAL has ever surrendered," writes Chuck Pfarrer. "No SEAL has ever been captured, and not one teammate or body has ever been left in the field. This legacy of valor is unmatched in modern warfare." Warrior Soul is a book about the warrior spirit, and it takes the listener all over the world. Former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer recounts some of his most dangerous assignments.

Wellington's Rifles: The Origins, Development, and Battles of the Rifle Regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Ray Cusick
• Narrated By Matthew Lloyd Davies

Until now there has not been a serious study of the rifle-armed regiments of the British Army that earned such renown in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. Compiled by a former rifleman, Ray Cusick, who has written extensively on the subject, Wellington's Rifles examines the new rifle regiments, how they came about, their development and their actions.