Classic book, Kai. Very ( and perhaps understandably ) disillusioned in tone, but you do get a real sense of both Steinhoff's character and of the hopelessness of fighting against increasingly overwhelming odds.

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Kai :

I think you will find the Dora book by EE one of the all time classics until Jerry releases his two volumes on the Dora variants.

reading through Hess's German jets vs US army AF. wow he sure did not reseach this thing very well, the pics of German jets do not even co-incide with the US pilot accts. nor are they captioned correctly. this is truely a sad book but glad I have in in the data files so I can make numerous corrections and proceed with my own work on the subject. The pics in this small volume are too few in number ...... ~ just called up another 350th fg chap, super guy, and then later today one Jug pilot from the 365th fg "Hellhawks"

I'm currently reading "Bloody Tarawa" by Eric Hammel. I just finished Band of Brothers.

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Thanx Martin,Erich for your views.

Indeed Steinhoff has gone through alot back then. The most unbelievable moment however must have been as Göring sent his message in July 1943 that " Him, and the pilots from Norway, Ostfront,France and defenders of the Reich look ashamed how badly the pilots in the south perform and look forward to their spirits getting stronger after such shameful efforts!"

Like Steinhoff mentions they die like flies already so why bother sending such a message...

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Just finished Peter Caygill´s "Spitfire Mk V in action".

Maybe a bit too much detailed info on kills and losses but otherwise excellent reading. If you´re interested in places and names and exact dates then this is the book for you.

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I just finished Alamein by Jon Latimer. Its an alright read I must say.

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Moscow 1941/Forczyk

http://www.amazon.com/Moscow-1941-Hi.../dp/184603017X

Interesting book and surprisingly many details for such a short book.

these can be discussed of course:

-Hitler´s order on operation Typhoon was only on destroying the Red Army troops and not on taking Moscow.
- Hitler was ready to stop after Kiev and continue next year but the generals made him continue the attack to Moscow
- only 2 divisions out of 7 Siberian divisions fought in the Moscow front so the Siberian troops were not the "miracle force" to stop the Germans
- Guderian´s bigger fear was lack of fuel than the Red Army troops he was facing when operation Typhoon started

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Just bought Walter C. Langer's "The Mind of Adolf Hitler; the Secret Wartime Report" at an absurd price. ($4) Such books about Hitler are extemely cheap in Turkey. I don't know why.

Basicly the book is based on a report issued for U.S. government during the war.

I could not find much about this book on the internet. I'll write more when (if) I finish reading it.

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"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
A.H.

I JUST picked up John Keegan's "The Second World War"

Havn't started it, but..I'll dive in tonight!!!!

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Facta non verba. "Deeds, not words"

The Battle of Kursk
By David M. Glantz & Jonthan M. House

What can I say, brilliant from start to finish.

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Regards, Richard

Just finished re-reading

Das Reich
By James Lucas

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Just finished Peter Longerich´s " The unwritten order " on Hitler´s part in Holocaust and how he was so "invisible". Very interesting, I recommend.

Also bought Nikolai Obryn´ba " Red partisan".

http://www.amazon.com/RED-PARTISAN-M.../dp/1844154289

And almost forgot:

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just looked through two Der Adler mags from the war .......

A bit different from what I´m used to reading but very interesting:

David Fletcher´s "Mr. Churchill´s Tank" (Schiffer) and
"Devil´s Paintbrush" by Dolf Goldsmith the story of the Maxim gun (!)

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re-reading some secret stuff that will be included in a future title this spring 2007 about the night air war .... ...... . . . .

hi...i am reading 'DUNKIRK' by simon sebag-montefiore......karlo

I bought 'Dunkirk' quite recently and have yet to read it - it looks very interesting and was well-reviewed when it came out....

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Now I'm reading The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas.

It's a vintage first edition, published long before the death of Franco, and therefore the book underestimate the numerical importance of slaughters, as the author admited (last edition takes these into account).

Still, this book is often considered as one of the very best references on the subject.

I find it quite good and well documented.

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Police cars carry three agents. The first one can read, the second one can write and the third one keeps watch on those dangerous intellectuals.
Unknown subversive activist - 20th century.

Currently reading Evan Thomas' Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign.

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Why do we press harder on the remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Just picked up the Bomber War by Robin Neillands, sounds and looks good so we'll see how it goes.

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

Still on Schweinfurt - reading 'Wrong Place ! Wrong Time !' by George C Kuhl - the disastrous story of the 305th BG on October 14th, 1943.

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George Nafzigers long OOP Lutzen and Bautzen

pushin Napoleon out of Germany in 1813, slowly ....

the title commands some pretty hefty prices if you can find a copy now of above US $ 100.00 easily

going to do some re-reading of Lorant/Goyat volume 1 JG 300