The best books about the weirder side of World War II

Book cover of Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII Book cover of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Book cover of Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America Book cover of Bat Bomb: World War II's Other Secret Weapon Book cover of Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

Want books like Fu-Go?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Fu-Go.

Book cover of Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Book cover of Bat Bomb: World War II's Other Secret Weapon Book cover of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Book cover of Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII Book cover of The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West Book cover of A Newer World: Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the American West

Browse books like Fu-Go

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in the American West, Japan, and presidential biography?

The American West 145 books
Japan 530 books
Presidential Biography 20 books