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June 13th, 2003, 11:16 AM
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I have been wondering if it would be worthwhile if we all put up the areas of interest that we have in world war two so we have some idea at who to ask about relevant questions and also so we can see what the major areas of interest are.
To get the ball rolling, my areas of interest in the war are;
Airborne Forces
Tanks
Waffen SS
Wittmann
Normandy D-Day
My collection of books is generally based on the above topics but spread wider than the above topics. I have a large amount of info on the Luftwaffe in relation to airborne troops. I also have a large amount of uniform references, particuarly for the Germans.
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June 13th, 2003, 12:12 PM
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Location: The Cabinet War Rooms
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Good idea. My areas of interest are:
- Normandy and the campaign in NW Europe
- Burma esp. Field Marshal Slim
- The Pacific
- The British Army
- North Afrca
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June 13th, 2003, 12:40 PM
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Location: Republic of Texas
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Aircraft, all types and nations 
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June 13th, 2003, 12:48 PM
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Location: Kotka, Finland
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Areas of interest:
-Finland in WW2
-Jochen Peiper
-Kurt Meyer
-Waffen-SS Hitlerjugend
-Finnish Waffen-SS
-Kursk
-Nachtjagd
-Rommel
-Battle of the Bulge
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June 13th, 2003, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Germany
Posts: 815
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Areas of Interest:
- Operation "Barbarossa" until 1941, everything, both sides
- Holocaust / War Crimes
- Strategic Bombing Campaign
- Grand Strategy / Politics of the WW II powers
- German economy during 1933-1945
Complete idiot/uninterested in:
- weapon / tank technics
- awards
- biographies except of top politicians/field marshals
- PTO
- ETO (West) from D-Day onwards
To sum it up, I'm a hopeless "East Front"-geek!
Cheers,
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June 13th, 2003, 02:00 PM
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Location: Texas Ambassador to Ohio
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Eastern, Balkan and Mediteranean Theater of Operations
Waffen SS
Special Operations
Facist Italy
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June 13th, 2003, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: New England, US
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Allied Military Government
BETFOR, British Element Trieste Forces 1947-1954 ( http://www.milhist.net/betfor)
TRUST, Trieste United States Troops 1947-1954
US 34th Infantry Division in WW2 ( http://www.34infdiv.org)
US 88th Infantry Division in WW2
US Army in WW2 Mediterranean ( http://www.milhist.net)
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June 13th, 2003, 02:31 PM
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Location: Cruising at periscope depth...
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German U-boat and US submarine operations
Battleship Bismarck
Rommel
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June 13th, 2003, 03:00 PM
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Location: Rollin' and Tumblin' on Satan's Rotisserie
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Tiger Tanks...
Eastern Front
more Tiger Tanks
Late War (1945) German operations
still More Tiger Tanks
Armored warfare (including Tiger tanks)
Logistics during WW2
Oh- also- Tiger tank variants.
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June 13th, 2003, 03:00 PM
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Location: Waukegan, Illinois
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Strategic Bombing Campaign
Pacific War
Other wars throughout history.
Greg [img]smile.gif[/img]
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June 13th, 2003, 03:36 PM
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an excellent posted question, now let's see ah..........let me get back to U
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June 13th, 2003, 05:09 PM
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Location: London
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Good idea, We all know that Erich is an authority on submarines ( [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) and as for me : -
RAF Bomber Command
The Dam Busters
Battle of Britain
Arnhem
The Ardennes
Small Arms
Avro Lancaster / DH Mosquito
..and getting quite knowledgable about Crete, too....
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June 13th, 2003, 05:35 PM
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and will be the future author of a multi volume work on the Mosquito Night fighter......eh Martin ?
subs ? nah that is Herr Kaluens prime subject and Wolfpack.
for me it has to be late war missions of the Luftwaffe, day and night fighters/ pilots and a/c.
Also I luv the history surrounding the S-booten arm, craft and crews.....and this is another area that is seriously lacking, especially late war. [img]graemlins/rk.gif[/img]
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June 13th, 2003, 05:55 PM
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Drifting slightly O/T but I saw a book about S-Boats in London's Charing Cross Road today, published by Histoire et Collections of France....
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June 13th, 2003, 06:10 PM
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Ccheque is in the mail Martin.... seriously though do know the price ? can U check if U have time, I beleive I have heard of this one through..... ?
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June 13th, 2003, 08:46 PM
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Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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Interests.
All things about the Eastern Front.
All things about the Kriegsmarine.
All things about Knights Cross Recipients.
All things about Stalingrad.
All things about the Battle of the Bulge.
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June 14th, 2003, 04:09 AM
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Location: England
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Same as I put in my 'profile'?
British Special Forces
British Military Intelligence
The Allied Italian Theatre and Civil War
No.9
Oh, and alien abduction of second rate icons!
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June 14th, 2003, 06:14 AM
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Location: UK
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Dieppe (Commando Operations only)
SAS in ww2
Operation Market Garden
Certain areas of D-Day
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June 16th, 2003, 03:50 AM
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Location: Citizen of the world, though quite misantropic!
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Well, Here is someone interested in Military History since 500 B.C. until 2003. [img]smile.gif[/img]
But speaking ONLy about WWII I'd have to say:
-The Führer
-German generals
-Battle of France
-Battle of Britain
-Battle of the Atlantic
-North Africa
-The Balcans
-Italian Front
-Eastern Front 1941-1945, specially Stalingrad.
-Western Front
And now:
-Pacific Theatre 
I am still more less ignorant on:
-Aircraft
-Militaria
-Air War
-Waffen SS
-Weaponry
-US ARmy
-British Army  (I regret this very much...)
-Aeroplanes
-WWII Films (too young to have watched the good films...)
-Commandos
-Flying combat machines
-Holocaust
But I like to get into discussions of ANY topic, even if I don't know much... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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June 16th, 2003, 08:32 AM
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Main areas of interest:
Ritterkreuztragers [img]graemlins/rk.gif[/img]
Waffen SS Panzer Divisions
Sturmgeschutz Abt/Brigades
East Front/ Stalingrad
Durham Light Infantry
Paul [img]smile.gif[/img]
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June 18th, 2003, 04:28 PM
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Only just picked up on this.
My main areas of interest/knowledge are:
British Army in WW2; having access to a large number of regimental and divisional histories.
Campaign in NW Europe 1944-45.
Campaign in Italy 1943-45.
I also have a pretty good knowledge of WW2 Battlefields worldwide and am happy to help or advise on visiting them.
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June 18th, 2003, 08:45 PM
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Location: Stockport , England
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My interest is British history of the 20th century.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a Jack of all trades, and master of none. 
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June 22nd, 2003, 03:09 AM
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Location: Australia
Posts: 1,531
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Mine are:
*101st Airborne Division
*US Army operations 1941-1945 (ETO)
*Medal Of Honor recipients
*US Military medals and decorations
*Holocaust/War Crimes
*Market Garden and Dutch operations (to an extent)
*German medals and decorations
*Oberleutnant Gunter Viezenz
*Infantry Weapons of all countries
*Hitlerjugend groups 1944-45
Want to know more on:
*Battle of the Bulge
*French Campaign after D-Day
*Waffen SS/Allegemeine SS
*Tank Destruction Badge recipients
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June 23rd, 2003, 03:55 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Quahog, Rhode Island
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My interests is in ALL military history, Im not as knowledgeable about WW2 as other wars, but my interests are in no particular order
PTO mainly Philippine Scouts and guerilla units
ETO Stalingrad and Kursk
Tanks especially Soviet and German
Waffen SS
US Marines
I would like to learn more about
Logistics
WTO
Navies
French Resistance
Anti Partisian Operations
Afrika Korps
German Generals
And anything else I don't already know about
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