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What are some ww2 authors you enjoy
Posted on 9/12/18 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 9/12/18 at 4:08 pm
I’ve read some Antony Beevor and Donald Miller stuff, looking for more.
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 4:44 pm to cheesesteak501
Hell in the Pacific by Jim McEnery was damn good and eye opening
Posted on 9/13/18 at 6:41 pm to cheesesteak501
The Naked And The Dead Norman Mailer
Helmet For My Pillow Robert Leckie
With The Old Breed E.B. Sledge
Helmet For My Pillow Robert Leckie
With The Old Breed E.B. Sledge
Posted on 9/13/18 at 7:26 pm to rebelrouser
Ambrose
Posted on 9/14/18 at 10:35 pm to zeebo
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Ambrose
If anybody that read band of brothers is looking for more in that vein, about half the guys in BoB wrote books themselves.
Winters, Compton, malarkey, and guarnere did. There may be more. I’ve never gotten around to reading them but a buddy of mine is always telling me I need to. I will one day. So I don’t know their quality but do know they’re out there. So that may not be what OP is looking for.
Cool story bro: The guy that is always recommending these books dad was in the Corp of engineers and at one point was attached to or in the same areas as easy so he has an interest in easy and BoB that others may not have.
This post was edited on 9/14/18 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 9/15/18 at 8:59 pm to cheesesteak501
William Shirer, "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"
Was a reporter who was assigned to following Hitler throughout WWII.
Was a reporter who was assigned to following Hitler throughout WWII.
Posted on 9/16/18 at 7:51 pm to chity
Not so much 2 pure WWII books, more Holocaust related,
but Dr. Miklos Nyiszi's "AUSCHWITZ, A DOCTOR's EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT" and Heather Morris' "THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ" are two pretty compelling reads. The first book is the true story of a Jewish doctor forced by Mengele to perform autopsies inside the main building of the crematories. What he saw and subsequently wrote about is beyond belief even to those well versed in Auschwitz's history. The second book is self explanatory, as the author, again a true story, was one of the main tattooists responsible for tattooing the new "names" on those selected to live/work themselves to death. In this book as well, Mengele plays no small role.
but Dr. Miklos Nyiszi's "AUSCHWITZ, A DOCTOR's EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT" and Heather Morris' "THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ" are two pretty compelling reads. The first book is the true story of a Jewish doctor forced by Mengele to perform autopsies inside the main building of the crematories. What he saw and subsequently wrote about is beyond belief even to those well versed in Auschwitz's history. The second book is self explanatory, as the author, again a true story, was one of the main tattooists responsible for tattooing the new "names" on those selected to live/work themselves to death. In this book as well, Mengele plays no small role.
Posted on 9/18/18 at 3:00 pm to Keltic Tiger
Just placed a hold at my local library for the Tattooist book
Posted on 9/19/18 at 8:31 pm to cheesesteak501
James hornfischer - ship of ghosts
Posted on 9/20/18 at 10:10 am to cheesesteak501
John Keegan is excellent. His book about the Civil War is also well done.
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