Just started on Ladislas Farago's ' The Last Days Of Patton ' found in a secondhand shop for £5 - quite a rare find as it was only published in the USA as a hardback, not in the UK. Looking at my shelves, realise that a LOT of books have been written about 'Old Blood & Guts'.....

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Recently arrived at College, so only brought two books with me. Next weekend heading home and hopefully can bring more up. However, currently reading:

'The Victors' by Stephen Ambrose &
'The Battle of Alamein turning point of World War II' by John Bierman and Colin Smith

So far so good.

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I'm reading "Roosevelt and Hopkins, an Intimate History" by Robert Sherwood.

Here the translated title become "Roosevelt and Hopkins, a World War II History".

It's a nice, but huge book (1036 pages). After a long introduction about the life of Hopkins as one of the leaders of the "New Deal", finally I'm reading about the first months of the WW2 and the earliests diplomatical contacts with Britain.

One thing that I like on it, it's about the documentation and notes about the meetings between Roosevelt and Hopkins, and even with Churchill, and other important personalities of that period.

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Something a little different for me - I'm now reading ' Marianne In Chains - In Search Of The German Occupation ' by Robert Geldea ( an Oxford reader in modern history ).

I've been meaning for some time to read one of the several recent books about the Occupation of France ( a subject which, apparently, still causes much discomfort in France and has been the subject of much historical, er, re-interpretation over there ).

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Heres what im reading at the Moment:

The Defeat of Imperial Germany: 1917-1918 By Rod Paschall (I love the fact that a book entitled 'defeat of Imperial Germany' features a picture of Americans advancing through no mans land on the front cover )

Damage Them All You Can: Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia By George Walsh


both are pretty good, i suggest both to all of you

CvM

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I have just finished Red Devil a memoir by Lawrence Nickell, who was with the 5th US Inf. Div. A very good read.

Also finished The Dispatch Rider by Harry Watts. Harry was a dispatch rider for HQ of the the 5th Canadian Inf. Div. in Italy and Holland.

Am now half way through Company Commander by Charles McDonald. A VERY good read!

Looking forward to getting and reading John Hersey's A Bell For Adano. Although fiction, it seems to be a good description of the work of a US Military Government official, at work in an Italian town after the combat troops have left. Very current with the Iraq situation now, although not comparable perhaps.

[ 20. October 2003, 01:40 AM: Message edited by: Stevin Oudshoorn ]

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Just bought the book Waffen-SS: the secret archives Eastern front.

Loadsa interesting pics...

http://www.barronseduc.com/0764156721.html

There also seems to be similar book on western front

http://www.barronseduc.com/0764156748.html

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I recently flicked through both volumes in a London bookshop. I was a little put off by the 'Secret Archives' bit - a look at the sources didn't actually reveal much that was hitherto 'secret' and there certainly didn't seem to be any new revelations in the Ardennes Offensive section.

Mind you, one has to be careful with 'Waffen-SS' titles - there seem to me to be dozens in the shops, only a few of which are worth the price.... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

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Martin, are you familiar with the so-called author from Scotland--a gordon williamson?

If so, I wish this had come up before because I just last week, threw away the titles I had that this dufus had published. I would have rather had sent them to you if you wanted them.

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Carl, IMHO Gordon Williams falls into the 'SS admirer' category....

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Hi Martin--yup I knew that. Can you guess why gw no longer writes books on the Waffen SS? and or Knights Cross Recipients as well?

Well, I have had more than one RKT tell me besides what i've already posted here many times, that apparently they all are very aware at gw's switching several RKTs RKs for low quality RKs or flat out fake ones.

This is one of the main reasons the Waffen SS vets hate its guts. Another main reason for that is because when interviewing the vets for its books, it renigged on the deals to pay these vets a certain amount of money for their stories.

Now days, all it writes books on are Iron Crosses, Awards and things like that. Flat out, German vets hate its guts with a passion and I don't blame them at all. I don't like that twit either but, its a personal thing for me as I have had dealings with it before.

I bet the reason it moved to Scotland was probably because of its well known admiration for the Waffen SS and I bet someone probably threatened the poor innocent creep.

I think we both share similar feelings for this so called author. Lucas he aint.

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Ok, For you GW fans; I got a few books of his to sell... [img]redface.gif[/img]

Or should I save 'em for the upcoming book-burning-session? (DISCLAIMER: This is meant as a JOKE! I do not condone nor will I EVER join in any book burning events. This JOKE was meant in the light (haha) of the book burning that took place in the third reich.)

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Never knew all that, Carl - but I'm not surprised.... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

Strangely enough, among all the Waffen-SS 'picture books' currently on the shelves one total classic has been quietly reprinted and is currently available in UK 'book warehouses' at a knock-down price.

It's George H Stein's ' Waffen-SS : Hitler's Elite Guard At War ' originally published in 1966 and very hard to find in the original edition. Cerberus/Cornell University republished it in 2002 and piles of them are sitting in bookshops at £9.99.

It's still a highly-regarded study - buy one while you can !

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Hi Stevin/Martin.

Stevin--I WOULD enjoy seeing williamsons books burn. That would be one of two exceptions I would make--otherwise, I don't care to ever see any books burn. It makes me cringe at the thought. Also it's like someone scraping their fingernails down a blackboard----uggggggg.

Martin, Oh yeah--I also have more juice about williamson. Thing is on this juice--I can't prove any of it or have any proven sources for it--or I would have made that public as well--long ago. [img]smile.gif[/img]

In short, that author is a Michling. To say the least. [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

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well if this is true I'll be having quite a brush burn this next February 2004 after my pruning season is over. Bring those yummy seleted titles along and we will have a weeny roast ! Waht a great way to dispose of some unwanted materials as well as get to know one another a little better around a nice cozy fire.

whose bringin the Bier ?

~E

Sounds good, Erich ! Now, lemme see, got a couple of Ambrose and Whiting titles lying around here somewhere....

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and I have some ancient titles as well that need to be tossed. Martin and others, don't forget to bring your wool cap and heavy leather gloves; I've got plenty of pitch-forks handy !

~E

like i said on another post...Stephen Ambrose's "D-day" I'm a good ways into the book and the information is amazingly making me sound like you guys...haha. I couldn't have told you what the Operation Fortitude was before I read this.

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I'll bet he mentions Operation Taxable, too - oops, no - forgot, that's British ....

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Who were the British, Martin? And what were they doing in Normandy???

A bonfire to celebrate the end of pruning season sounds grand to me, especially with our alternative fuels!

I'll bring the marshmallows and a few cans of Belgium Premium....

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I don't know whether the English translations do exist already, but I strictly recommend the books of Guido Knopp:

Hitler's henchmen (Goebbels, Göring, Himmler, Hess, Speer, Dönitz)

Hitler'