Top 5 first person World War Two books you need to read - Band of Brothers isn't number 1

Much has been documented on the , which devastated Europe and the world between 1939 and 1945.

From films to historical accounts, there is a wealth of information available to those wanting to understand the conflict.

But for those wanting to hear about it from the people who were there, first-hand accounts are the ultimate source of information.

Below are five of the greatest Second World War memoirs, told by the heroes who fought in the conflict.

Urquhart's account was published in 2010. Throughout the intervening years, he internalised the trauma he had endured, as many like him did, so as to not "upset our wives and families, and ourselves, with unsettling tales of unimaginable torments."

In The Forgotten Highlander, he tells of his anger at the lack of acceptance by Japan for the war crimes committed, as was seen in Germany in the post-war years.

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