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Posts: 2850 (11/16/05 14:50:13) Master Artist
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"Biggest Brother", a biography on Richard Winters, Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st AB, by Larry Alexander. Pretty good read so far. Not much new apart from his pre-Army life and his love of icecream.
"I hate wars. They destroy the armies."
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Posts: 2850 (11/22/05 11:02:00) Master Artist
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"Condemned To Live" by Franz Fritsch, about an Austrian artilleryman in the German Army during WW2. I've just started.
...now, isn't anyone else reading books? "I hate wars. They destroy the armies."
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kar43 |
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Posts: 1738 (11/23/05 12:10:43) |
Currently reading "Death Of The Leaping Horseman: 24.Panzer-Division In Stalingrad".
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SmokinJoe39305 |
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Posts: 47 (11/27/05 01:50:32) New Recruit |
"Tigers in the Mud", Otto Carius' autobiogrphy. Very interesting insights.
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B Hellqvist |
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Posts: 2850 (12/19/05 20:00:22) Master Artist
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"Slaget om Nordkalotten" by Lars Gyllenhaal. A history of the fighting above the Arctic Circle in Finland, Russia and Norway 1941-45. Little-known facts like W-SS warehouses in Sweden, and for good measure (neutrality is a kind of pragmatism...) secret OSS bases just a stone's throw from the Norwegian border. Intersting read.
"I hate wars. They destroy the armies."
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WehrmachtOberst |
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Posts: 1426 (01/09/06 00:00:15) The Eagle's Nest Staff
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Reading The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich by William Shirer and The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS by Heinze Hhne. good books and very informative....
Military History is discussed here->The Eagle's Nest |
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B Hellqvist |
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Posts: 2850 (01/10/06 14:54:44) Master Artist
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I've just begun reading "Storm of Steel" by Ernst Jnger, which is his WW1 memoirs. I'm still reading the introduction by the translator, and am very keen on the main event, as his book is said to be the best memoirs that came out of the war. Having read Graves, Sassoon, Manning and Remarque, it will be intersting to see how he measures up!
"I hate wars. They destroy the armies."
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kar43 |
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Posts: 1738 (01/26/06 21:06:30) |
Just finished "In My Brother's Shadow: A Life And Death In The SS" by Uwe Timm. The brother of the title was in the Pionier Batallion of the "Totenkopf" Division.
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B Hellqvist |
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Posts: 2850 (01/29/06 22:17:29) Master Artist
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Finished "Storm of Steel". Very good book, giving a view of the Western Front by a survivor who was nearly four years in the frontline, wounded 14 times (!) and advancing from private to lieutenant in a couple of years. Jnger describes battle in an almost detached way, before exploding in action during the great offensive of March, 1918. His last battle is almost extracorporeal, where a bullet in the lungs ends the war from him. Unlike his British counterparts (Graves and Sassoon), there's nothing on his pre- and post war life, and while Remarque's "All Quiet" is more passionate, there's no denying that Jnger spent some ten times more time on the front. People are killed all around him (I think that he names at least 20 lieutenants that were killed), and despite him being wounded on several occasions, he got more lives than nine cats. All in all a stunning account by someone who not just survived the war, but who lived to the ripe old age of 102 (he was the last surviving wearer of the "Blue Max"). Just make sure to get the new translation, which is way superior to the original English translation made in the 1920's.
Moving on the "Svenskar i krig" ("Swedes at War"), about Swedes involved in the wars fought 1914-45. An English translation will be published later this year. "I hate wars. They destroy the armies."
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AV8TORJoe |
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Posts: 3140 (02/07/06 14:33:37) |
Just finished The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfisher.
Incidentally, The History Channel will premiere a program based on this book as well. I can't wait... www.tincansailorsbook.com/ |
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Posts: 234 (02/20/06 11:16:56) |
I'm reading Grenadiers by Kurt Meyer and doing a report for school on it as well. I'm so glad I get to work on something I actually like!
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Posts: 424 (02/20/06 13:41:37) |
Im currently reading Esten in der Waffen SS: Die 20. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (Estonians in the waffen SS)
By Rolf Michaelis. It's very interesting book full of maps and pictures iv'e never seen before. If you are into the summer battles around Narwa 1944 etc.. this might be something for you Schwedenzug
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kar43 |
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Posts: 1738 (03/07/06 20:57:29) |
Just finished "The Greatest War Stories Never Told: 100 Tales From Military History To Astonish, Bewilder, & Stupify" by Rick Beyer. It was a nice easy read with a lot of interesting little tidbits.
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Posts: 2850 (03/12/06 20:07:20) Master Artist
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"Ivan's War" by Catherine Merridale, a book on the little-known life of the Red Army soldiers 1939-45.
"It is hard to remember that events, now long in the past, was once in the future."
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Posts: 645 (03/19/06 19:59:10) |
Just picked up a book called Rommel, as Military Commander by Ronald Lewin. It charts the course of Rommels military career, so it should be real good. We shall see.
Kyle Finally got up for my first mission. We dropped 5-1000's on Muhldorf. There was no flak. Happy me!
My Fathers diary..Pantanella, Italy March 19, 1945 |
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kar43 |
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Posts: 1738 (04/14/06 13:18:53) |
Just finished "The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars And The Holocaust" by Heather Pringle. It's a history of the Ahnenerbe and the SS racial research. Pretty interesting stuff and it doesn't get bogged down in a bunch of tedious details. Some of the things these guys believed is just incredible.
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Posts: 161 (04/16/06 11:01:48) |
Just finished "Sniper on the Eastern Front", am currently reading two books: "Royals and the Reich" and "Kursk, the German View". The first one is about german royalty and the Nazis. The Second one is about, well ... Kursk.
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Posts: 293 (05/03/06 08:31:03) |
"Seduced by Hitler"
very insightful. warning:don't read it if your' in love with WWII Germany. but if a reality check is in order, it's recommended. |
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kar43 |
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Posts: 1738 (05/11/06 06:30:22) |
Just finished "Sniper On The Eastern Front" and am now reading "The Red Baron" by Manfred von Richthofen.
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Posts: 301 (05/16/06 09:34:02) |
4 fronts 5 years. WAFFENALASKAN
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