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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Melvin on January 29, 2012, 07:10:10 PM
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During the last round I ordered The Big Show, Cracker, War As I Knew It, and Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors. I read them in that order, and am now on the hunt for another book.
This time I'm looking for writing that details ground warfare in Europe or North Africa. I would also like to find a good book written about the exploits of Luftwaffe pilots.
Of course any and all suggestions are appreciated and will be considered.
:salute
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"The German Aces Speak"
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Excellent book from the turret of a German Panzer:
http://www.amazon.com/Panzer-Commander-Memoirs-Colonel-Hans/dp/0440208025
Boo
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Excellent book from the turret of a German Panzer:
http://www.amazon.com/Panzer-Commander-Memoirs-Colonel-Hans/dp/0440208025
Boo
Good Book. :aok
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I thought flyboys was a great book. very eye opening.
http://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/0316105848/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327886929&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/0316105848/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327886929&sr=1-1)
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I thought flyboys was a great book. very eye opening.
http://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/0316105848/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327886929&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/0316105848/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327886929&sr=1-1)
There's something about Bradley, I don't know what, but I don't like his writing style.
It's strange as hell, but I really didn't like Flags Of Our Fathers.
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During the last round I ordered The Big Show, Cracker, War As I Knew It, and Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors. I read them in that order, and am now on the hunt for another book.
This time I'm looking for writing that details ground warfare in Europe or North Africa. I would also like to find a good book written about the exploits of Luftwaffe pilots.
Of course any and all suggestions are appreciated and will be considered.
:salute
What did you think of "War as I knew It"? Its been alot of years since I read it. Its kinda a mini book of the second volume of "The Patton Papers."
If you liked that. I would suggest both volumes of the papers. Which contains not only his wartime diaries but personal letters and communication.
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Also if your up for a non war book.
"Fatso" by Art Donnovan about his life and life in the NFL during the 40s and 50s
Great book funny as hell too as only Donnovan could tell it
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I found the North Africa and Sicilian campaigns were written more like "General George's Travel Guide To The Mediterranean". Not much in the way of substance.
However, once he hit France the book took a great turn. I found it very insightful as to the workings of a rather complex and effective combat leader.
Has anyone read Rommel's book and how does it rate?
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"The German Aces Speak"
Is that a fairly new one?
There was a book that had a similar name that was going to have a book signing with the author just this past couple of days, but work kept me from checking it out.
Luftwaffe? Check out "I Flew for the Fuhrer" by Heinz Knoke if you haven't already. :aok
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I really enjoyed the first two books in the liberation trilogy by Rick Atkinson.
http://www.liberationtrilogy.com/rick_atkinson.htm (http://www.liberationtrilogy.com/rick_atkinson.htm)
The first book "An Army at Dawn" chronicles Operation Torch and the battle for North Africa, the 2nd "The Day of Battle" covers the battle for Sicily and Italy. The third hasn't been published yet.
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Is that a fairly new one?
There was a book that had a similar name that was going to have a book signing with the author just this past couple of days, but work kept me from checking it out.
Luftwaffe? Check out "I Flew for the Fuhrer" by Heinz Knoke if you haven't already. :aok
Yeah, Publishing date is November, 2011
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I've read Cracker, pretty good book :aok
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'Betrayed Skies" Rudolf Braunburg. A novel, but written by a former 190 pilot. A totally different look at the airwar from an anonymous German pilot.
"Nanette" Edwards Park. Still the best fighter pilot book ever. P-39s in New Guinea 1943
"Serenade to the Big Bird" Bert Stiles. Best first person account of the life of a B17 co-pilot. Written before the war was over as Stiles died on a second tour flying 51s in November 44. Just re-read it. A very powerful book.
If you liked Hornfischer's "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", his other two books would be well worth your while. "Neptunes Inferno" about the USN off Guadalcanal, and "Ship of Ghosts" about the USS Houston in early 42 and her crew's experiences as POWs following their last battle.
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I thought flyboys was a great book. very eye opening.
http://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/0316105848/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327886929&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/0316105848/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327886929&sr=1-1)
+1, Very good book.
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Bringing the Thunder: The Missions of a World War II B-29 Pilot in the Pacific. By: Robertson Jr., Gordon Bennett
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The good war, an oral history of ww2 by studs terkel. Tanks, infantry, pilots, civvies, pacific, europe, russia and all that good stuff. Great book.
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There's something about Bradley, I don't know what, but I don't like his writing style.
It's strange as hell, but I really didn't like Flags Of Our Fathers.
I know what you mean. Flyboys and Flags were good books, but not my favorite, and hard to push myself to read through at a good speed.
Samurai! by Saburo Sakai - I know it's not NA or ETO, but I read this book last summer, and it is my favorite "new" book that I've read within the last year.
I'm currently going through Hell Hawks! by Dorr & Jones - it's a good read so far, but a bit more detached and an over-head "recounting of the official record as it was laid" than I like, I wish it would just get a notch more immersive or personal with the men that together they made up the unit as a whole, but I've barely gotten halfway through it (I've been busy as hell so I'm getting through less than a chapter a week since the holidays ended, I wish I had more time to give it a solid reading).
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Fire In The Sky: The Air War In The South Pacific
Its an excellent book that details the triangle (The air war between Moresby, Rubaul and Guadalcanal).
It gives excellent eye account and observations of just how bad the pacific was.
I also suggest with this:
Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific
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Has anyone read Rommel's book and how does it rate?
I have quite a few books written by or about Rommel - either his aid or one of the officers that worked for him, all were extremely excellent reads.
His Dairy is one thing I charish the most, you can read the fatigue that takes over him - talks about forgetting to write to his wife or eating.
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Raid!: The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission By Richard Baron, Maj. Abe Baum, and Richard Goldhurst.
Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Raid-Untold-Pattons-Secret-Mission/dp/0440236096/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328081306&sr=1-10)
Turns out Patton's Son-In-Law was in a German P.O.W. camp....
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