and am trying to read only ww2 booksall year. currently have read the longest day (complete over view of d day from england tothe resistance, to rommels hq. comprised of personal accounts only) big red one on d day the longest winter (battle of the bulge) flyboys (american pows in japan) the men of bastogne tigers are buring (battle of kursk) so any recomendations. i prefer stories oof indvual battles with first hand accounts. basically non fiction. if u look at the longest day u will see exactly what i mean
Two good parts of the Forums here to get the type of information you are looking for are, WWII Books and Publications - World War II Forums Information Requests - World War II Forums
Better use of punctuation, capitals and spelling might help you get a better mark as well. I guess...
Wju/// Sorry..why? all computers come with spellcheck software now.... OK can anyone tell me where the bufoon is...sorry button... Chenstrap, look up Martin Popiwell on the threads JC gave you. A personal none nazi view from the German side. Get both sides mate or you have nothing.
I have read stories on both sides of the war that is just what iI have read so far. And i usually abreviate hings when on a forum . Im honestly the best speller in my class (junior year of high school) just not great with a keyboard
If you found the Longest day to your satisfaction and a good one it was too...why not stick with the author..Granted history is revealed and rewritten everyday with new and closed files becoming available etc. But Ryans books full of personal memories as well as being a good grounding in the overall situations, are still a usefull scource today as when they were written. Easy to read and not too techcnical. So go for his other ones including Berlin and Arnhem fame..I'll leave you some work to do by findng out the titles though.
US Point of view: Parachute Infantry Yank The Men of Company K - one of my favs Autobiography of a US rifle company in Europp Company Commander - An excellent read - One of the first accounts of the war Terrible Terry Allen - Biography of Terry Allen, CO of the 1st and 104th Infantry Divisions Hell in the Hurtgen - All the Way to Berlin - Autobio of the only man to serve in both the US and Red Armies Roll Me Over - Good autobio of a soldier in the ETO Road To Arnhem - 101st in Market Garden Lucky Lady - Story of the USS Sante Fe and the USS Franklin The Bedford Boys - Story of Co A, 116th IR, 29th ID, who lost 95% of men on Omaha Beach The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - Excellent, excellent book The Men of the Gambier Bay - Good to read with the above book. Iwo - Author of the book has posted in this forum Foot Soldier - ETO again German point of view: In Deadly Combat Soldat Five Years, Four Fronts Tigers in the Mud Russian point of view: Tank Rider - this the better of these two 800 Days On The Eastern Front
Also add in Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.(For the German point of View). I liked Soldat as well Mr. SlipperyDigit. Yours, Bill
I would add Elie Wiesel's Night, Nechama Tec's Dry Tears and Anne Frank's Diary. Each deals with the Holocaust from a different perspective and most high school English teachers should know the books. My son read Frank's Diary in 8th grade and Night in 9th grade. There is also plenty of literary criticism available on those titles so you can readily get ideas for papers if you have to write any.
read anne franks diary and night already and they were quite good. however my favorie so far had been because of romek by david faber. heres an axcrept from his bipgraphy. Polish Jew born Holocaust survivor; Nazi victim from 1939-45; survivor of nine concentration camps; witness to the Nazi murders of his parents, brother Romek, and five of his six sisters; partisan resistance fighter at age 14, liberated from Bergen-Belson 1945, age 18, weight 72 pounds; author and award-winning lecturer and educator. [Excerpt from his biography on "Because of Romek"] saw him talk at a local school a few years back at a local school and it was very touching. plus it wasnt held at like an assembley so there was no censorship. literally read this 5 times in a row.
I would have added some first person accounts from other combatant, such as the UK or Canada, but they are had to come by here in the States.
I second the recommendation on Elie Wiesels Night and also recommend Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi, I've read it several times and its a heart rending book. Yours, Bill
I've tried like the dickens to find a book that Owen suggested to me, Once a Patricia, and have had little success, except in locations that require currency exchanges. Tell me again, now, were the Limeys actually in the war, other than to parade around a cigar chomping governmental leader and a dodgy little beret-wearing Field Marshal who loved GS Patton more than life itself?
Slip, come on..you know the history of the British Empire....we controlled India and most of Aisa and Africa with a few Brits in admn roles, the odd pretty uniform and bayonet...What makes you think ww2 was any different.. Churchill and Monty were pretty good at fooling everyone though eh? See enough pics of them and you tend to think theres more behind em... We just practiced the art of....Err....the old Empire ways....Churchill and Marshall...best of buddies....Hang on you going my way..hop on my plane old boy....now about Husky..I know you were not oo keen in there but now we are alone...here's what we do... Its just the British way.... We are such likeable rascals... Just dont ever agree to dig trenches for us. Back to originator though.. If he's still interested in the personal side, the 2 volume paperbackTHE WAR 1939-45 by Desmone Flower and James Reeves is a little rarity and a beuty. All first hand accounts from military, civilian, politician of every pary involved. All major nations represented, and follows individual stories thru form 39-45 following the individuals thru the war. Bomber pilots to German housewife.
i recommend 1.stalingrad by antony beevor 2.monte cassino by matthew parker 3.d-day by steven e ambrose 4.the desert rats by robin neilands 5.pegasus bridge by steven e ambrose 6.band of brothers by steven e ambrose 7.nine lives by wing commander alan deere 8.soldier country by jim henderson 9.crete by antony beevor 10.berlin by antony beevor
