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May 13th, 2004, 08:46 PM
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hello . im halfway through a book by chris goss . its called the luftwaffe fighters . contains short storys from german pilots during the battle of britain . good read so far , hearing it from the german side .........
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May 20th, 2004, 11:23 AM
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I have just started Lord Alanbrooke's War Diaries. Very Interesting especially his opinions on those in high command. Recommended.
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May 20th, 2004, 01:40 PM
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Just started to re-read panzer aces... been reading about Mr. Bix...
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May 21st, 2004, 11:59 AM
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I just finished reading An Army at Dawn. I reccomend it to anyone who wants to know more about the French trechery and the very interesting process of the US Army actually becomming an army.
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June 7th, 2004, 06:07 AM
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Recently managed to find a copy of Matthew Cooper's 'The German Air Force 1933-1945 - An Anatomy Of Failure' ( Janes, 1981 ).
The book deals with strategy and the personalities & decisions of the men at the top of the Luftwaffe. I thought it would be a 'dry' read but not so ! The writing style is excellent and I'm finding the book quite fascinating.
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June 7th, 2004, 08:29 AM
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Still battling with the the last 100 pages of the Himmler biography....
But I also started Mark J Reardon´s Victory at Mortain which looks quite nice and has definitely loadsa details about the fighting.
Been reading loadsa books on USSR and Stalin lately for some reason...
 
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June 8th, 2004, 03:51 PM
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All last month I didn't read any WWII thing... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
Re-read the "Iliad" and "Odissey", Herodotus' "History" and Hesiode's "Theogony". Pierre Grimmal's "Greco-Roman Mythology", "The War of Troy" —I don't remember the author— and an ecyclopædia on acient Greece— along many other books of mithology. I of course, ruined myself the film "Troy". [img]smile.gif[/img]
But now I'm back on my way and re-reading the wonderful "The Divine Wind" by Robert Pineau, Rikihei Inoguchi and Tadashi Nakajima.
Finally, "Lost Illusions" by Honoré de Balzac. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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June 8th, 2004, 09:31 PM
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Reading:
Geoff Wawrow's book on the franco-prussian war
Absolutely American: Four years at west point (gotta get ready for my college  )
The Myth of the Great War: by John Mosier
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June 8th, 2004, 09:56 PM
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Trying to start 'Rising 44' but keep buying books and getting distracted...
Got distracted into 'Soldier Sahibs'... not WW2 but my other love... India during the Sikh wars and the Indian Mutiny...
Its got a whole chunk a book dedicated to one of my hardest Victorian Heroes, Henry Hodson, so it just had to be bought... plus it only cost 6 yo-yos...
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June 9th, 2004, 03:43 PM
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Currently reading Micheal Howards Franco-prussian war. A classic. Also going to start Tolstoys War and Peace.
For WW2 still plouging through Alanbrooke's war diary.
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June 9th, 2004, 03:54 PM
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War and Peace hurt me... I read it for GCSE...
Horrible thing... 
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June 9th, 2004, 03:59 PM
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June 9th, 2004, 04:03 PM
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Dont mention that bloody thing... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
Nearly as boring as War and Peace 
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June 9th, 2004, 04:11 PM
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Hey! Careful with what you say about "War & Peace"! [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img] It's one of my favourite books and one of the greatest novels ever written…
But you have the right not to like it, it's up to you! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Patrick, what is "The Myth of the Great War" by John Mosier about? Sounds interestig, just wondering what myth is he talking about… 
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June 9th, 2004, 04:15 PM
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Yeah its been a good way to put me to sleep |
June 14th, 2004, 12:08 AM
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Bought "The Fall of Eben Emael" and "Tank Warfare-D day". "Panzer Aces II" was $50 used so I passed. [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
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June 14th, 2004, 08:23 AM
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Enjoy Eben Emael Framert! Let me know what you think!
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June 16th, 2004, 02:18 PM
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Just picked up a copy of Julian Jacksons 'Fall of France'. Looks like quite a good read.
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June 16th, 2004, 03:07 PM
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Just started Robert Gellately's "The Gestapo and the German Society: Enforcing Racial Policy 1933-1945". Awesome book. No more "the Germans didn't know" myths. Highly recommened to understand how nazi crimes were comitted and to understand what Nazi Germany really was.
Also "Neruda's Postman" by Antonio Skármeta, "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert and "Breakthroughs in Science" by Isaac Asimov. 
About to start Len Deighton's "Winter" too.
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June 16th, 2004, 03:37 PM
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You guys will probably kick me for this but I am reading through the Sven Hassel series, just reading 'March Battalion' at the moment. It isn't bad, I picked up 4 of his books so I figured I may as well read them.
I am also reading Paul Adlemans 'The Decline of the Liberal Party 1910-1931' which is remarkably interesting.
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June 16th, 2004, 04:17 PM
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...<kick>...(sven hassel....)
I am reading The Bloody Battle For Tilly by Ken Tout...A Rather perculiar start of a book. No introduction to the story (you are going to read) but straight into the graphic discription of the battle....a bit like watching the start of SPR....
Also reading a book on the 1st Polish Armoured Div.
[ 16. June 2004, 11:21 AM: Message edited by: Stevin ]
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June 16th, 2004, 04:45 PM
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still reading the first portion of Bodenplatte by Ron Pütz and John Manhro. Again thank you Stevin ! yes interesting verbage in Jg 1 whcih I am almost done with. some unseen pics of Fw 190A's I had not seen before. The p[ortrait shots although unique are quite small....
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June 16th, 2004, 05:26 PM
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Yes...Yes...
but what excited me was the personalized scribble on the first page of the book...
I think the book is really well done by Hikoki, pictures look good, certainly! Also the vet pics and accounts are well done. Are you happy with the info on the Ju that was downed by those 268 Sqn guys? The 'you will read all about that' of John led me to believe there would be a grand rendering of that story, but I guess no more than 150 words were spent on it in total? With the Personal Combat Report as only source.
But still, I had sometimes diffulty understanding what they actually meant...text-wise...
Still a great book to have. Not the definitive story but certainly the book that has set the standard on Bodenplatte for years to come. Well done John and Ron...n'est pas?
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