The best British experience of WW2 books and films

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To the Victor the Spoils
1.  To the Victor the Spoils by Sean Longden
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  "By far the best social history of the British Army in World War 2"
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From the City, From the Plough
2.  From the City, From the Plough by Alexander Baron
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  "Soon to be republished, the only British war novel that is truly great"
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Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind
3.  Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind by Sean Longden
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  "A moving tale of the horrors of POW life"
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Argument of Kings
4.  Argument of Kings by Vernon Scannell
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  "An ousiders view from the inside"
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The Human Kind (Men, women & war)
5.  The Human Kind (Men, women & war) by Alexander Baron
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  "A novel, yet firmly based in reality. A humane portrait of soldiers."
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A Crowd Is Not Company
6.  A Crowd Is Not Company by Robert Kee
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  "A depiction of the true misery of POW life"
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18 Platoon
7.  18 Platoon by Sydney Jary
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  "A must for any aspirant army officer - on the reading at Sandhurst"
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Fear is the Foe: A Footslogger from Normandy to the Rhine
8.  Fear is the Foe: A Footslogger from Normandy to the Rhine by Stanley Whitehouse
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  "One of a handful of infantry memoirs written from the 'ground level'"
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Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, 1944 (Pan Grand Strategy Series)
9.  Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, 1944 (Pan Grand Strategy Series) by Sir Max Hastings
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  "The definitive history of the Normandy campaign"
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The Way Ahead [DVD]
10.  The Way Ahead [DVD] DVD ~ David Niven
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  "My favourite ever war film, with a perfect cast"
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The Cruel Sea [DVD]
11.  The Cruel Sea [DVD] DVD ~ Jack Hawkins
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  "A moving account of life at sea"
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Overlord [DVD] [1975]
12.  Overlord [DVD] [1975] DVD ~ Brian Stirner
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  "Long forgotten, but deservedly re-released"
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Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle
13.  Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle by Martin Middlebrook
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  "Brilliantly researched and perfectly balanced"
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