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First, a must for everyone is John Keegan's The Second World War. A pretty comprehensive study of the entire war. Next, anything by John Lukacs (especially The Duel and Five Days In London: May 1940 are great books) and A.J.P Taylor are solid, solid choices. Personally, I thought Band of Brothers was a terrible book (the miniseries is so far and away greater and better than the book) and he is a awful author. I think you could find better scholarship and writing elsewhere.
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