Flyboys, gut wrenching but accurate.

I just started the Battle of Kursk, this is for Slonik.

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classic weapons series
the 88.the flack/pak 8.8.. chris ellis . peter chamberlain
just picked this one up a wile ago not one for reading much but this one looks very interesting .. best krieg

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Flyboys was good, well written. Just think how different history would have been had that airplane not made it a far to sea as it did. US history from 1988 on would have been altered greatly.

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Yep, then think about all of the chance that goes into life everyday. CRAZY!

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REINHARD HEYDRICH THE BIOGRAPHY: Volume one and two, Max Williams

BAYERLEIN: FROM AFRIKAKORPS TO PANZER LEHR, THE LIFE OF ROMMEL'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF GENERALLEUTNANT FRITZ BAYERLEIN by P.A. Spayd

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..be interested to read your thoughts on this ... IMHO a forty year old text, full of errors I'm afraid...

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Kaczmarek - a German view of the air war

..and for me, freshly arrived from the US, Martin Blumenson's The Battle Of The Generals, about the Falaise Pocket controversy.....

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..BTW new Falaise title due from Pen & Sword at the end of month;

Falaise: The Flawed Victory by Anthony Tucker-Jones

".....The destruction of the trapped German forces in the Falaise pocket in August 1944 is one of the most famous episodes of the Normandy campaign. But myths have grown up around accounts of the battle, and its impact on the course of the war is sometimes misunderstood. This compelling book gives a graphic account of the conflict and dispels the misconceptions that have arisen.

In this meticulously researched and perceptive study Anthony Tucker-Jones takes a broad view of the sequence of operations that culminated in the battle of Falaise, tracing the course of the campaign mainly from the German viewpoint. For two bloody months, following the D-Day landings, the Germans held the Allies at bay. But then they were blocked in at Falaise and the area became a killing ground. Yet was the event similar to Hitler’s defeat at Stalingrad, as some historians argue, or was victory flawed because so many German troops escaped?..."

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America's Fighting Admirals, by William Tuohy pub 2007 9-780760-329B56. 363 pages with endnotes & photos.

I was expecting this book to provide some insight into workings of flag officers of the US Navy during the war period, maybe in the manner of The Germany Army, by Matthew Cooper or Churchills' Generals, by John Keegan, but so far what I have read is essentially a recitation of the Pacific war, with little factoids, etc thrown in. Maps are sparse to non-existent, necessitating the use of an additional mapbook.

The depth of information is lacking and would better be served as a study for the moderately knowledgable student of WWII. I am 125 pages into it and if my opinion changes, I will edit this post to reflect such.

I have found a couple of typographical errors, possibly due to typesetter's errors, as one one erroneous word was a homophone for another word which would fit in the sentence better.

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This should be interesting:

Amazon.co.uk: Karl Brandt - The Nazi Doctor: Medicine and Power in the Third Reich: Ulf Schmidt: Books

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soon to be starting the stirling story by michael jf bowyer bought for £2.50 in charity shop looks really good plus chapter on arnhem,seems to have everything you could want to know on the stirling, and perfect in my quest to know more about military aviation.

Just finished "Guadalcanal" by R. Frank. Halfway through "Armageddon" by M. Hastings.

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Here are some amazing books!



An Amazingly well written book about some of the Elite divisions of the Waffen-SS and some of the other as well.Pictures on every page! Sometimes multiple. Chapter Sections include the following (directly from book)

Racial Warriors, Baptism of fire, Blitzkrieg in the west, Balkan Whirlwind, Crusade in the East, Death at Demyansk, Winter Storm, Kursk, Fresh Blood, Fire Brigades, The Black Guard Crumbles, Twilight of the Gods and Atrocities and war crimes. This book did so much for my knoledge of the SS and many other things as well.

This is a MUST READ for ANYBODY who enjoys history of World War 2.

I will post more soon!

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woundering around a shop today and came across a . daily mirror news paper
december .23.1941
main page .... 100.000 japanese troops land in the philippines
looks like there might be some good reading ahead
best krieg

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just about to go on holiday and am taking 'secret war' by RV Jones to read again which is a fantastic book, plus...... I just bought 13 sven hassel books from ebay for a £5..... bargain!!!!

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Hello gentlemen,

'Because we are Canadians', by Sgt. Charles D. Kipp, Douglas&McIntyre ,2003.

I live in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands and Sgt. Kipp was involved in the fighting for that city in october 1944.

Regards,
!-16 Rata

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Strange victory by Ernest R May, and Im spitting at every page as he tries to be sensationalist and gives his own flawed arguments on the fall of France, contradicting himself with every turn of the page.
I wouldnt reccomend this to anyone. But Im determined to finish it or I may just throw it at a passing dog. A much better read is Dunkirk by Nicholas Harman who disputes much of the old Dunkirk myths but in a much more factual way. Telling the story and intrigue we all know of but concentrating much more on Britain looking after number one to France's immediate if not strategic disadvantage. One thing he states in the prologue which I found to be proved by the end of the book was his statement, The truth cannot hurt them now. A much better and more researched book than May's rubbish.

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William L. McGonagle, MOH, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer, USS LIBERTY 1967.

I've just finished Hirschfeld: A secret Diary of A U-boat by Wolfgang Hirschfeld, and I am
half way through Iron Coffins by Herbert A Werner. Both books available on Amazon uk.

Just started reading "The Vintage Book of War Stories" edited by Sebastian Faulks and Jorg Hensgen.

Have just finished reading Hrvatski Orloviaratroopersof the independent state of croatia 1942-1945,very brief at 77 pages but an intresting read

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WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY, FOR YOUR TOMORROW,WE GAVE OUR TODAY. Epitaph on the Kohima memorial .

dunno what happened there but should be a p not a funny face!

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WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY, FOR YOUR TOMORROW,WE GAVE OUR TODAY. Epitaph on the Kohima memorial .

This one showed up yesterday in the mail




Iwo by Richard Wheeler : Booksamillion.com (0785823069, Hardcover)

It looks to be a good book, I've only read the prologue and thumbed through it.

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