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Wordsworth Military Library Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Wordsworth Military Library books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Wordsworth Military Library series? Start with "The Drama Of The Scharnhorst (By: Fritz-Otto Busch)" (1951) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Wordsworth Military Library reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst (By: Fritz-Otto Busch)
1951
The Struggle for Europe (By: Chester Wilmot)
1952
The Crecy War (By: Alfred H. Burne)
1955
This Hallowed Ground
1955
The Agincourt War (By: Alfred H. Burne)
1956
The Generalship of Alexander the Great (By: J.F.C. Fuller)
1958
The Longest Day (By: Cornelius Ryan)
1959
Julius Caesar (By: J Fuller)
1965
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses (By: A.L. Rowse)
1966
A Concise History of Warfare (By: Bernard Montgomery)
1972
Queen Victoria's Little Wars (By: Byron Farwell)
1972
The Peninsular War (By: Roger Parkinson)
1973
Winston Churchill (By: Henry Pelling)
1974
The Hussar General: The Life of Blücher, Man of Waterloo (By: Roger Parkinson)
1975
Rorke's drift (By: Michael Glover)
1975
The Thin Yellow Line (By: William Moore)
1975
The Great Anglo-Boer War (By: Byron Farwell)
1976
The Battle of Loos (By: Philip Warner)
1976
The English Civil War (By: Peter Young,Richard Holmes)
1976
Rommel: The Trail of the Fox (By: David Irving)
1977
Battle of Britain (By: Max Hastings,Len Deighton)
1980
The Great War (By: Correlli Barnett)
1980
Flying Colours: The Epic Story Of Douglas Bader (By: Laddie Lucas)
1981
The Right of the Line (By: John Terraine)
1985
The Military Experience In The Age Of Reason (By: Christopher Duffy)
1987
The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered (By: Peter H. Liddle)
1988
Business In Great Waters (By: John Terraine)
1989
A Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars (By: David G. Chandler)
1993
Crusades (By: Robert Payne)
1998
Aramada the Planning the Battle and After (By: Robert Milne Tyte)
1998
Slim: The Standardbearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim (By: Ronald Lewin)
1999
Midway (By: Walter Lord)
2000
Guide to the Battlefields of Europe (By: David Chandler)
2007
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