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By Times Staff
Published August 28, 2005

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Thousands of books have been written about World War II; a Web site devoted exclusively to the subject lists 5,203 books in stock.

Where to start? Here are 10 recommendations by Times book editor Margo Hammond. For more on these books and other recommendations, go to www.sptimes.com

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission, Hampton Sides

Hiroshima, John Hersey

Catch-22, Joseph Heller

One Soldier's Story: A Memoir, Bob Dole

Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle Nest, Stephen E. Ambrose

Survival in Auschwitz, Primo Levi

The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, William L. Shirer

Flags of our Fathers, James Bradley