Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle Books in Order

How many Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle books are there?

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle has 16 books, released between 1969 and 1974.

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

Where to start with Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle

Start with Kursk: The Clash Of Armour (1969), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle book?

Ploesti: Oil Strike (1974) is the newest Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle book released so far.

Is there a new Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle book coming?

No next Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle at a glance

No recent titles

The newest Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle title on record dates from 1974, 52 years ago. No later title is catalogued.

Release pace

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

1,499 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle books, 13 of 16, were published in the 1970s.

Attribution

Of the 16 titles, 3 are credited to Geoffrey Jukes, 2 to A.J. Barker, 2 to Charles Whiting and 2 to Kenneth John Macksey. A further 9 writers are credited.

What the Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle books are about

10 of the 16 Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: world war, 1939-1945 is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• World War, 1939-1945 3 of 10 books
• Campaigns 2 of 10 books
• Ruhr Pocket, Battle of the, Germany, 1945 2 of 10 books