Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:37:42 GMT

I thought Twilight Of The Gods was pretty good. I wish that it had had a little more detail but for what it was I thought it was fine. Same thing with the Diary Of A Tank Gunner book. What there was of it was pretty interesting.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (B Hellqvist) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:58:07 GMT

What do you think of "Twilight Of The Gods"?

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:41:12 GMT

Just finished Diary Of A Tank Gunner In The Panzer Regiment Of The Brandenburg Panzergrenadier Division February 1945 Volume I and Diary Of A Tank Gunner In The Panzer Regiment Of The Brandenburg Panzergrenadier Division March-April 1945 Volume II by Eduard Bodenmuller and Twilight Of The Gods: A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences With The 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Eastern Front 1944-45...

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:34:20 GMT

I've recently read From Rocks To Rockets: Arms And Armies Throughout The Ages by William Gilkerson and SALVO! Classic Naval Gun Actions by Bernard Edwards. Currently I'm reading Angriff: The German Attack On Stalingrad In Photos and Terror Of The Autumn Skies: The True Story Of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace Of World War I by Blaine Pardoe.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (82ndLegacy) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:33:34 GMT

Rogue, Pegasus Bridge is a terrific read--I am sure you will enjoy it!

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (RogueJK) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:44:48 GMT

After finishing Sniper on the Eastern Front by Albrecht Wacker, I just started Anthony Beevor's latest: D-Day: The Normandy Invasion. I love Beevor's other WW2 fare, such as Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin, so I'm interested in how his take on the Normandy Invasion stands up to the classic volumes from Cornelius Ryan and Stephen Ambrose.

I'm hoping to score a copy of Ambrose's latest,...

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:54:58 GMT

Just finished HMS Hood: Pride Of The Royal Navy by Andrew Norman and The Legendary Tales And Historical Truths Of The Most Notorious Warriors by Daniel Mersey. Next up is Black Nazis! A Study Of Racial Ambivlaence In Nazi Germany's Military Establishment: Non-German Ethnic Minority And Foreign Volunteers, Conscripts, Laborers And POWs, 1940-1945 by Veronica Clark.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (82ndLegacy) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:46:52 GMT

Tried reading A Magnificent Failure.....but couldn't make it through....very dry, difficult style to read....currently reading Utah Beach by Joseph Balkoski, which is as good as his study on Omaha.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (B Hellqvist) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:20:18 GMT

I've just read "Achtung Schweinehund" by Harry Pearson, and as I'm just a few years younger and have moved in similar circles as the author, there was a lot of recognition. The author is a wargamer, mainly Napoleonics in 20 mm scale, but he manages to balance the autobiographical parts with the history of wargaming and the popularisation of the World Wars, studding it with very funny and too-close-to-home observations on male behaviour, collector's mania, and geekiness....

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:32:05 GMT

Recent reads include SS Uniforms, Insignia And Accoutrements: A Study In Photographs compiled by Arthur Hayes, Weapons Of The Tankers: American Armor In World War II by Harry Yeide and Armored Fighting Vehicles: 300 Of The World's Greatest Military Vehicles by Philip Trewhitt. Now I'm reading The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell. This one is a long novel...

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (82ndLegacy) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:57:27 GMT

In the middle of "Four Stars of Valor" by Phil Nordyke, about the 505th PIR of the 82nd Airborne in WWII. Incredibly good book--in the same vein as Ambrose's Band of Brothers, but on a regimental scale. Highly recommended!

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:06:50 GMT

I've read several short ones this week:

Ashevile And Western North Carolina In World War II by Reid Chapman and Deborah Miles

Berlin 1945: The Collapse Of The "Thousand-Year" Reich by Dimitrios Stavropoulos, Sotiris Vourliotis, John Terniotis, Ioannis Kotoullas, Stavros Valmas and George Zouridis

The Italian Army At War: Europe 1940-43 by Philip Jowett and Dmitriy...

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:05:02 GMT

I've just finished Great Mistakes Of The War by Hanson W. Baldwin and The Hitler Youth 1933-45 by Alan Dearn and Elizabeth Sharp. Now I'm reading The Sixth Panzer Division 1937-45 by Helmut Ritgen.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (82ndLegacy) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:58:33 GMT

Thanks for the tip--I will check it out.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:52:46 GMT

I really enjoyed it. Lots of good information and it's funny in places. I think you would probably like it.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (82ndLegacy) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:30:03 GMT

Kar43--how was Legionary? I saw it in the window of our local Barnes and Noble and was intrigued.

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:20:23 GMT

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (kar43) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:17:36 GMT

I've recently read Legionary: The Roman Soldier's Unofficial Manual by Philip Matyszak, The German Army 1939-45 (1) Blitzkrieg, The German Army 1939-45 (2) North Africa & Balkans, The German Army 1939-45 (3) Eastern Front 1941-43, The German Army 1939-45 (4) Eastern Front 1943-45 and The German Army 1939-45 (5)...

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (RogueJK) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:52:31 GMT
I just finished "Fox at the Front". I'm not usually big on alternate history, but "Fox on the Rhine" and "Fox at the Front" were both pretty well written. I'm currently about halfway through "And No Birds Sang" by Farley Mowat, an autobiographical account of the First Canadian Division's slog through Italy. Next up is a book that I've been trying to get my hands on for a couple of years now: "Black Edelweiss" by Johann Voss. I...

Re: What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (82ndLegacy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:39:54 GMT
Recently read Omaha Beach by Joseph Balkowski, which was excellent--almost a minute by minute account of the entire operation on Omaha. I highly recommend it! Also re-read Pegasus Bridge and Band of Brothers for the first time in years--both excellent reads as well. Sitting on my shelf is A Magnificent Failure, about the Market-Garden Operation.

What are you reading now? v.2.0

feeds@yuku.com (B Hellqvist) — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:32:01 GMT
As the attack on EZBoard wiped many threads, I'll start a new thread on what (mainly WW2-themed) books we are reading now. I'm halfway through Max Hastings' "Overlord", his look at D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. While I don't agree with some of his conclusions, it sure is compelling reading and very well written (a real page-turner). The book was first published in 1984, and has become one of the classic works on the campaign.
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