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Old December 7th, 2007, 01:38 AM
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Default Re: Recommend Me A WWII Book

Zhao,

I recommended that book in the other thread because I had read it when I was your age. It will get you started.

A good, general book on the US side of the naval war is The Two Ocean War, by Samuel Elliot Morrison. Good broad overview of the actions of the US Navy, not much on the Brits or the Med Sea, though. Maybe some of the Brits here can help out with a book on what the what the Royal Navy did.

I hope you read enough to learn much of what these men did for you (and me and my family) 60 or so years ago, especially those who earned with their lives, the good life we enjoy now. Many of them were not much older than you are now and they gave so much, even if all they gave was time away from home, perspiration and effort. To them, it wasn't a video game, it was deadly serious. I had an uncle who was gone for 4 years, not seeing his family for nearly the entire time. My grandfather came home to two children who were too young to remember him and did not know who he was.

Thanks for wanting to know.
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