I'd be interested to know what you think of this one, Kai. Saw it on Amazon with no reviews, so have hesitated to purchase for just the reason you stated.....

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

Currently reading 'Blitzkrieg'-a volume from Time Life's old WWII series.

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I´ll be back with more info after the weekend Martin but I did manage to read until the Fall Weiss and I must say the author has done excellent work to get info from other sources or records of meetings with other colleagues of his. So far it is thumbs up but we´ll see about the rest of it. And unfortunately not very many pics....

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Hitler's Commander: Field Marshal Walther Model--Hitler's Favorite General

Finished yesterday this one. Like Model´s career the book seems to catch fire after 1941, I think.

Things that are charasteristic for Model according to the author:

I always thought that you cannot be hated by your staff but Model seems to have made that almost every time ! and yet in-between the shouting he managed to pull tricks out of his hat to save the troops!!.And if Rommel was blamed for being heaven-knows-where it seems Model outdid him on that one.

I know the book definitely misses some details of his life that Model himself destroyed but I do think this was a great book, even if the author does not leave Model without some nasty remarks about his behaviour. I also got good info on Model´s tactics and why and how he was so good. And especially several reasons for what he did in Kursk and diffenrently from AGS´s part.

I found this book very interesting expecially once we got the the ostfront. I give it 9 out of ten.

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Well, I'm reading about three all at the same time, a littl ein each not everyday but pretty frequently...

"Thunder Run" by David Zucchino
3rd Inf. Division's "Thunder Run's" Into Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

"Grasshopper Pilot" by Julian W. Cummings
Biography of Julian W. Cummings days as a 10th FA, 3rd Division J3 Cub Pilot from Sicily to Austria.

"Fighter Boys" by Patrick Bishop
The story as told from one perspective of a R.A.F. pilot during the 1940 Battle of Britain.

Regards,
MARNE

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"ROCK OF THE MARNE"
Sgt. James Dunigan III
Able Co., U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division(Reenacted)

Just finished Helmut Altner´s "Berlin dance of death" describing the life of a 17-year old boy who was taken to the army in march 1945 to fight in Berlin´s battles. It is amazing that he survived really...

Just shows the cynicism and on the other hand the "joy of youth" as they boys left to the first battle they greeted " See you in the mass grave!" and smiled at each other. How true that was....

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RETREAT FROM LENINGRAD
ARMY GROUP NORTH 1944/1945

BY STEVEN H. NEWTON

Very interesting book which fills in a badly neglected front at that time, Army Group North conducted a brilliant withdraw to the Courland. I find it very refreshing when an author fills in a hole in the history books.

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Regards, Richard

A very touching end to the book Ivan´s war by C Merridale

"What do the old men talk about when they come back to remember?" I asked the curator of the museum at Prokhorovka, Russia´s greatest battle.
"They don´t talk much" she answered. " They don´t seem to need to. Sometimes they just stand up and weep."

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Just finished Hans Baur´s book "Hitler at my side". I enjoyed reading it.

Next some Patton (Aug-Sept 1944) Tim Ripley "Patton unleashed".

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Just took a three day break from my other book I got on the go to read this small book.

The Drama Of The Scharnhorst

By Fritz-Otto Busch

Good read, as her crew put it the `lucky ship` which finally ran out of luck in Dec43.


Now back to my other one.

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Regards, Richard

Currently Neighbors by Jan Gross. Interesting read about the Jedwabne pogrom and killings. Not finished yet but enjoying it so far. It seems that alot of peices are missing but that's understandable just due to the lack of surviving eyewitnesses and documents.

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Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it- Sun Tzu

Almost finished the "To win the winter sky" by Danny S Parker.

It tells about the air battles during the Battle of the Bulge. Actually I´m amazed that the battle in the air was as fierce as it was on the ground. They sure could make a film of the air battles as well!

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Got Joel Hayward : Stopped at Stalingrad
( Luftwaffe in the east 1942-1943 )

Hopefully as interesting as its title sounds like!

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Kai:

if I may, please be careful of the German accts in Danny Parkers book. He took nearly word for word off the old title 6 Months to Oblivion by W. Girbig. there are errors throughout this old book when I purchased it in the original German. Much better resources are the wealth of Dr. J. Prien volumes coming into English via Schiffer pubs, they will give a true pic of the winter onslaughts slugging it out with US P-51's, P-47's and RAF a/c and Manhro/Pütz of course have done a true tribute to Bodenplatte in their work via Hikoki pubs.

Personally I am going over one of my own works at the moment, last 6 months covering Ju 88G-6 craft and crews in late 44 till wars end. this thing is taking forever but not surprising

Ok, Thanx for the hint, Erich!

Must say the book is full of pilot fate details so I keep away from describing them...

Anyway, like I said, got a totally new view of what happened over the clouds and if even half is true the battle was as rough there as it was on the ground!

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I got 2 new books recently, probably not new to others, but new to me.

Panzer Tactics, Wolfgang Schneider

Images of Kursk, Nik Cornish

I'll hit them as soon as the weekend arrives!

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I actually am reading Sun Tzu's Art of War which still rings out today as one of the most incredible books on war. The guy was so far ahead of his time and knew every step of war and it's processes. Very, very good.

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Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it- Sun Tzu

I have Sun Tsu myself. I hear tell it's required reading for the Marine Corps newbies.
You are correct in saying its doctrines are followed and recognized many times throughout the past and today as well.

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THE BATTLE FOR KURSK 1943

The Soviet General Staff Study

Translated and edited by
David M. GLANTZ and HAROLD S. ORENSTEIN

Very interesting read I was fearing it was going to be a little boring but it was not there was one little draw back the maps were a bit small apart from that very good read.


Dose anyone know if there is a similar book on the Germans side of the battle?

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Regards, Richard

"Tiger I&II-Combat Tactics"/Thomas Jentz

Hope it´s as good as it sounds like!

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