Hello all!

I bought a while ago a 7 soft cover books for 14 €.
They are parts of the series:
- Purnell's History of the second World War, battle books.
- Ballantine's Illustrated History of Violent Century, campaign books.

The ones the buy included:
- Donald Macintyre "Leyte Gulf, Armada in the Pacific".
- Graeme Kent "Guadalcanal, island ordeal".
- Benis M. Frank "Okinawa, touchstone to victory".
- A.J.Baker "Midway the turning point".
- A.J.Baker "Pearl Harbor, Tora, Tora Tora".
- Henry I. Shaw Jr. "Tarawa, a legend is born".
- David Mason "Raid on St.Nazaire".

My question is (thanks to the shortage of free time that I have) has anyone read any of these? If yes, which one is (the best and) most worth reading. I doubt that I could find time to read them all in the next few years, that's why I seek "assistance". [img]smile.gif[/img]

Cheers,
Sami

Hi Sami--sorry I can't give an opinion on those--ive never looked at them being that im into the European theater of Ops more than any other area.

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SAMI-I have one of the Purnell books entitled 'Afrika Korps'-it doesn't look too bad, and does cover the entire action well, so yes, they will be very useful and informative.

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Sorry, I have not read any of those listed. Although I almost purchased "Raid on St.Nazaire".

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Thanks for the feedback.
I just returned home from a work trip and set off again early tomorrow morning.
I think I'll take one of them with me and try to start reading it, at least keeps me busy during the flight.

Cheers,
Sami

Currently reading "Masters of Death"by Richard Rhodes- very sobering. Although I am sure noone will ever agree on the actual number of victims that perished at the hands of the Einsatzgruppen and Nationalist pogroms I wonder if there are any sites which discuss this on the web? Rhodes sources say that over the 12-year period of the Nazi regime approx. 20 million unarmed persons died with Jews comprising about a third of that....3 million Poles, 7 million Soviet citizens, 3.3 million Soviet pow's.........

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