I'm still muddling through Fire in the Sky. Like HalfTrack it's takes me awhile. But, it's an interesting read and I 'might' finish in a few weeks.
The last one only lasted a couple of hours. Short (and useful to me). Now on Eyewitness to Wehrmacht Atrocities on the Eastern Front by Luis Raffeiner. Initially had no interest but it was inexpensive at Edward Hamilton so I thought, why not? ETA: Read the first few chapters. He's South Tyrolean and it's the second book I've come across by a South Tyrolean. He served one year in the Italian Army and never renounced his Italian citizenship before going to Germany where he joins the Wehrmacht and is trained as a mechanic for a stug battalion. He says that while being the mechanic, he had to ride outside of the vehicle and was let in only during combat. Interesting read which is better than I originally anticipated.
James Holland's Normandy, 44. Kind of a different view of D-Day and beyond. The myth of the German soldier as superb is debunked by Holland's research.
Not WW2, but just read "Vulcan 607" about the Black Buck raid on Port Stanley Airfield. Very good book, rather gives away that the whole operation was by the skin of their teeth!
I just picked this up today at a used bookstore in town. I had read good reviews on it but have never read it.
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman, 1974. I read this allegory for Vietnam while completing three years of physical therapy.
WORLD WAR II SNIPERS: The Men, Their guns, Their stories by Gary Yee. Publisher: Casemate books. I have several books on snipers and this one is probably the best. Lots of emphasis on Soviet Sniping/snipers-especially the ladies. It also does well for Germany, USA, British Commenwealth, and Japan. All the anecdotes re Japanese snipers were from their targets: American soldiers and Marines. Lots of good sidebars too.
A Bridge Too Far. I picked it up at a used book store in Chambersburg for $11.00 today. I saw the movie at least two times and have read Ryan’s, The Longest Day, but never this one. 595 pages. Most of the reviews I have read are five stars.
Current read. Expanded my knowledge of how Bletchley Park actually worked. Much more complicated than I thought.