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re: Favorite WW2 Book
Posted on 8/7/24 at 7:04 pm to sledgehammer
Posted on 8/7/24 at 7:04 pm to sledgehammer
Last Stand is an amazing book; those sailors on the destroyers were so very brave to take on Japanese cruisers and battleships.
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Posted on 8/8/24 at 12:19 pm to jose
Duel of Eagles,by Peter Townsend, is a great look at the RAF and Luftwaffe up to and through the Battle of Britain, including his own participation.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 10:33 am to Keltic Tiger
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Winds of War, Vol. 1 & 2. Herman Wouk
Pleasantly surprised to read this. They’re both pretty good between the lines history.
Pug’s translation of General Arnim von Roon’s post war memoirs is a clever distillation of real German officers’ self extenuating post war literature. It’s pretty good history on its own.
Edit: BTW. Robert Mitchum was badly miscast as Pug Henry in the TV series. Maybe Glenn Ford. He was only a year older than Mitchum.
This post was edited on 8/9/24 at 10:46 am
Posted on 8/20/24 at 9:05 pm to andouille
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Band of Brothers, but there have been several other I loved every page.
Currently reading it actually. When I was searching for my next book, this one popped up and that made my decision for me
Posted on 8/22/24 at 10:57 pm to jose
Baba Yar by Anatoli Kuznetsov.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 2:53 am to jose
Many good books in this thead, I'll add a few more.
Joseph Balkowski's five-volume series on the history of the 29th Infantry Division. The 29th was the division that made up the majority of the first wave at Omaha. Due to the casualty rate, after the Normandy campaign was over, the 29th was called the 'Three-in-one' Division: One division in the field, one division in the hospital and one division in the ground. Balkowski interviewed numerous veterans for these books.
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The World Wonder'd: What Really Happened Off Samar by Robert Lundgren. A US victory in spite of Halsey.
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, by David Roll. The actual history of the United States: In times of crises, we somehow find great leadership.
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Joseph Balkowski's five-volume series on the history of the 29th Infantry Division. The 29th was the division that made up the majority of the first wave at Omaha. Due to the casualty rate, after the Normandy campaign was over, the 29th was called the 'Three-in-one' Division: One division in the field, one division in the hospital and one division in the ground. Balkowski interviewed numerous veterans for these books.
LINK
The World Wonder'd: What Really Happened Off Samar by Robert Lundgren. A US victory in spite of Halsey.
LINK
George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, by David Roll. The actual history of the United States: In times of crises, we somehow find great leadership.
LINK
Posted on 8/30/24 at 11:00 pm to jose
Stalingrad
Berlin the Downfall 1945
Both by Antony Beevor
Berlin the Downfall 1945
Both by Antony Beevor
Posted on 9/3/24 at 6:30 am to rebelrouser
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The Rising Sun by John Toland. Fascinating story of how Japan came to start a fight with the most powerful nation on earth.
Reading this right now and it's really good.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 8:55 pm to Sam Quint
I really liked Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides. It's the story of the Japanese POW camp at Cabanatuan in the Philippines, and the great raid that freed those POWs.
The movie "The Great Raid" is based on the book and is a genuinely good movie (basically 100% true except the invented love story).
The movie "The Great Raid" is based on the book and is a genuinely good movie (basically 100% true except the invented love story).
Posted on 9/7/24 at 1:01 pm to JackDempsey
The Forgotten Soldier
Posted on 9/7/24 at 1:02 pm to jose
Lost Victories-Von Manstein
Posted on 9/24/24 at 5:22 pm to jose
The Good Shepherd , C.S. Forester
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:23 pm to Edwardo
Black Thursday, by Martin Caidin; meticulous account of the October 1943 Schweinfurt raid
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris; fictional but experience-based account of the Marine Corps and the Pacific
Wing Leader, by J. E. “Johnnie” Johnson; biographical account of a top RAF ace; led to my lifelong fascination with Spitfires
Dave Dawson series, by “R, Sidney Bowen”; wartime teen fiction that took me to all theaters of the war
Battle Cry, by Leon Uris; fictional but experience-based account of the Marine Corps and the Pacific
Wing Leader, by J. E. “Johnnie” Johnson; biographical account of a top RAF ace; led to my lifelong fascination with Spitfires
Dave Dawson series, by “R, Sidney Bowen”; wartime teen fiction that took me to all theaters of the war
Posted on 10/11/24 at 7:40 pm to GITiger66
Brotherhood of war series.
Posted on 10/14/24 at 1:15 pm to jose
If I survive.
Posted on 10/14/24 at 9:40 pm to jose
Citizen Soldiers and Band of Brothers were both great as I remember.
Currently I am reading The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson. It's part of a series called The Liberation Trilogy. He researched so many personal papers and diaries as well as battle reports and all kinds of stuff. This is volume two, it came into my library on a gift, but since it's about Sicily and Italy, I immediately picked it up and started it.
I'm also reading the Tin Can Soldiers one, as well.
Currently I am reading The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson. It's part of a series called The Liberation Trilogy. He researched so many personal papers and diaries as well as battle reports and all kinds of stuff. This is volume two, it came into my library on a gift, but since it's about Sicily and Italy, I immediately picked it up and started it.
I'm also reading the Tin Can Soldiers one, as well.
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