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Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:34 pm to corndawg85
D-Day by Stephen Ambrose. Easy reading for the amount of facts it contains. Very informative and well written
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:37 pm to shutterspeed
Great book...what moron would down vote ??????
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:39 pm to tickfawtiger
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Great book...what moron would down vote ??????
Some loser serial downvotes in all the military threads.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:40 pm to corndawg85
"Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin" is another read I'd recommend. I haven't read it in it's entirety but it's some pretty strong stuff.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:00 pm to corndawg85
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:28 pm to corndawg85
Not a book, but here's a quick, interesting read Guadalcanal Journal
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:33 pm to corndawg85
With the old breed
Band of brothers
Hero of the pacific (about john basilone)
Windtalkers
All the way to Berlin
Citizen soldiers
Band of brothers
Hero of the pacific (about john basilone)
Windtalkers
All the way to Berlin
Citizen soldiers
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:42 pm to corndawg85
For some different perspective to WWII, not as rah-rah as most of the other books recommended so far.
This was assigned reading in Stephen Ambrose's graduate-level WWII class at UNO.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:46 pm to johnnydrama
GREAT BOOK!
Posted on 1/28/15 at 1:05 am to corndawg85
- The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer - Eastern Front memoir
- Death Of The Leaping Horseman by Jason D Mark - 24 Pz Div at Stalingrad
- With The Old Breed by Eugene Sledge - US Marine memoir
- Hells Gate by Doug Nash - Battle Of Cherkassy Pocket
- Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault On Berlin by A. Stephan Hamilton
- Kohima: The Furthest Battle by Leslie Edwards
- War Without Garlands - Op Barbarossa 1941-1942 by Robert Kershaw
- Death Of The Leaping Horseman by Jason D Mark - 24 Pz Div at Stalingrad
- With The Old Breed by Eugene Sledge - US Marine memoir
- Hells Gate by Doug Nash - Battle Of Cherkassy Pocket
- Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault On Berlin by A. Stephan Hamilton
- Kohima: The Furthest Battle by Leslie Edwards
- War Without Garlands - Op Barbarossa 1941-1942 by Robert Kershaw
Posted on 1/28/15 at 1:24 am to BIGFOOD
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 4:43 am to corndawg85
Nearly anything by Stephen Ambrose is good for historical overviews. Read Citizen Soldier, D-Day then Band of Brothers in that order and you will get the macro to micro viewpoint of the European theater.
For a Russian perspective try "Enemy at the Gates". This is a specific story about Russia's top Sniper in Stalingrad. You get the sense of not only how brutal this battle was, but how brutal the Soviet politicians and Generals were to their own people.
Edward Razinki's "Man of Steele" is a chilling biography of Stalin. The parts regarding the war are amazing as most of the history that was written during that time was a flat out lie. Stalin had turned to Jello the first month or two of the German invasion and was curled up in the fetal position in his Dacha. Of course, he re-wrote his role as the savior of all of Russia as the war ended. In total, Stalin seems to get a pass from Western journalist and media but ended up murdering, starving, shooting or death camping Tens of millions, (some say over 100 million) of his own people.
I don't know why the Soviet history fascinates me so, but it is like reading a really good horror story, only it's true.
For a Russian perspective try "Enemy at the Gates". This is a specific story about Russia's top Sniper in Stalingrad. You get the sense of not only how brutal this battle was, but how brutal the Soviet politicians and Generals were to their own people.
Edward Razinki's "Man of Steele" is a chilling biography of Stalin. The parts regarding the war are amazing as most of the history that was written during that time was a flat out lie. Stalin had turned to Jello the first month or two of the German invasion and was curled up in the fetal position in his Dacha. Of course, he re-wrote his role as the savior of all of Russia as the war ended. In total, Stalin seems to get a pass from Western journalist and media but ended up murdering, starving, shooting or death camping Tens of millions, (some say over 100 million) of his own people.
I don't know why the Soviet history fascinates me so, but it is like reading a really good horror story, only it's true.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 8:10 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 4:49 am to corndawg85
"The Second World War" by John Keegan
Posted on 1/28/15 at 5:52 am to corndawg85
Berlin Diary
Winds of War/War and Remembrance
Skeletons At The Feast
Winds of War/War and Remembrance
Skeletons At The Feast
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:03 am to johnnydrama
The Good War.
I second.
It is a unique format and covers both Europe and Pacific.
I second.
It is a unique format and covers both Europe and Pacific.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:09 am to webstew
This.
"A Higher Call" is a great story from a different perspective.
"A Higher Call" is a great story from a different perspective.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:57 am to corndawg85
Operation Mincemeat is good
Posted on 1/28/15 at 6:58 am to corndawg85
Helmet for My Pillow
Posted on 1/28/15 at 7:06 am to Tchop
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The Winds of War
Great book along with War and Remembrance
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