Book Help Needed

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tsquared90

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Jan 22, 2021
I'm trying to locate a series of books, but I can't remember who made them, or what their title was. I used to borrow them from my school library, and they were the first books that really got me interested in WWII. All I have are some sparse details to go off of, but I was wondering if someone here could help me identify the books and where I might be able to find them.

-I want to say they were published in the 70's/80's (possibly the 60's)
-They were about 1"-1 1/2" thick
-They were hardcovered
-The covers were mostly blank and colored red, green, orange, etc. (I think they may have had book jackets on them at one point in time.
-They had a lot of pictures (both photographs and illustrations)
-Each book covered a different topic. I can remember one on D-day, the North African theater, Battle of the Bulge, the War in the Pacific, etc)
-I want to say that they were published by a newspaper/magazine company (they are NOT the Time Life WWII Series though)

I know its a long shot, but I figured I'd try. Thanks in advance!
 
Are you thinking of Purnells History of the Second World War? They a weapons\campaign\battle series (which were also colour coded) as well as others. They were then published by Pan\Ballantyne and then Ballantyne. It's not the magazine series
 
Not sure if it was this series, but could they be part of a Readers Digest series of books. Our family had them in the 1960's. My older brother has them now. I do not remember very many pictures in them. There were about 10 books in the series.
 
Ballantine's History of WW II/History of the Violent Century Lot of 36

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Found this on ebay. I believe this is what you mean.
 

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Sounds like the Ballentine books to me. I had 62 of them that I recently donated to Goodwill. Couldn't find anyone I knew who was interested in taking them.
Another possibility might be the Time/Life Series of books on WW II. Just a thought.
 

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