From daring battles to tender love stories, writers have explored World War II from all angles. Here are a few:

George "Heck" Tilson is an Iowa farm boy whose innocence proves to be no match for the horrors of Omaha Beach.

This gripping novel pits an American submarine crew in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a Japanese destroyer nicknamed Bungo Pete.

A group of Marines is stranded in northern China after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and it takes a daring rescue mission to save them from advancing Japanese forces.

Following the death of his wife at the hands of the Nazis, former millionaire Francis Scott Keegan becomes an anti-Nazi mercenary.

The crew of a Dutch merchant marine ship goes undercover to haul classified cargo for the British Navy. This thriller has danger, action, and a crew of unlikely heroes.

Captain Yossarian is stationed on a small Mediterranean island in this darkly funny classic.

A German sailing ship disguised as a Swedish vessel leaves Brazil late in World War II with passengers wanting to return to Germany.

C Company engages in the bloody Guadalcanal campaign; unlike From Here to Eternity, this visceral novel examines the ruthlessness of war, not its emotional toll.

Considered by many to be the best novel about WWII, this classic looks at the lives of soldiers as ordinary men as they fight in the Pacific.

Ross Colyer's assignment is to lead a group of officers and enlisted men into Romania, flying at a low altitude, to destroy a refinery complex during World War II. The first in the Wings of War series.

Prominent historical figures mix with ordinary soldiers in this sweeping novel, as U.S. troops battle Rommel's forces in North Africa. Definitely a novel for military history buffs.

Mata Hari and one of her colleagues become the foil for catching the German forces during World War II.

An Air Force colonel unwittingly delivers a group of Allied officers into the hands of the Germans and then plans an escape.

Recounts the exploits of Augustus Sharps, Jr., who continues his family's military tradition when, during World War II, he becomes one of the Black combat pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

An American mine sweeper, the Caine, patrols in the Pacific during World War II under a tyrannical skipper until an ensign leads a mutiny against him.