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Posted on 4/25/21 at 10:42 pm to BugAC
Not sure if you like books on WW2 in the Pacific, but I highly recommend reading
Shattered Sword. It's about the battle of Midway. I've read a handful of other books on Midway, but this one is much more detailed and gives the Japanese perspective of the battle as well.
It won the John Lymen Book Award for "Best Book in U.S. Naval History" Great read!
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Shattered Sword. It's about the battle of Midway. I've read a handful of other books on Midway, but this one is much more detailed and gives the Japanese perspective of the battle as well.
It won the John Lymen Book Award for "Best Book in U.S. Naval History" Great read!
LINK
Posted on 5/9/21 at 4:17 pm to BugAC
The liberator. Not sure which I preferred between band of brother and it.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 9:32 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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IF you want more of a very unsettling analysis of how the holocaust happened - try Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning.
Night
Elie Wiesel
This was 9th grade required reading and I’ve read it several times in the many years since.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 9:48 am to BugAC
Ambrose's Pegasus Bridge is one of his lesser known but its good. Its a quick read.
I know you mentioned ETO but a favorite of mine is Flyboys by James Bradley.
I know you mentioned ETO but a favorite of mine is Flyboys by James Bradley.
This post was edited on 5/20/21 at 9:51 am
Posted on 5/24/21 at 8:39 pm to msap9020
In the garden of beasts
Splendid and vile
Splendid and vile
Posted on 5/31/21 at 10:42 am to BugAC
We Band of Angels is a good book on a group of nurses that were captured on Bataan.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 9:02 pm to BugAC
Anything by Antony Beevor or Rick Atkinson are great in regards to the European Theater of Operations. Reading Agent Zigzag now. Macintyre is a great author.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 9:03 pm to BugAC
“Beneath a Scarlet Sky”
Based on a true story about an Italian boy, Pino Lella, who helped Jews to safety and was part of the resistance against the Nazi’s. Works as a spy for the resistance directly for one of Hitler’s right hand guys.
A wonderful read. I recommend it to everyone.
Based on a true story about an Italian boy, Pino Lella, who helped Jews to safety and was part of the resistance against the Nazi’s. Works as a spy for the resistance directly for one of Hitler’s right hand guys.
A wonderful read. I recommend it to everyone.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:52 am to Jeebus
The Bomber Mafia, by Malcolm Gladwell
Posted on 6/7/21 at 11:25 pm to BugAC
Hitler's Revolution by Tedor
Posted on 6/11/21 at 6:22 am to BugAC
Battleship at War: The Epic Story of the Uss Washington was a good read. I can't remember what the authors position was on the ship but think he was a officer of some sort.
Amazon link
Amazon link
Posted on 6/17/21 at 4:04 pm to choppadocta
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Ian Toll's Pacific Trilogy
Just finished Toll's final volume, "Twilight of the Gods". Terrific books. King, Spruance ("The Pacific war is 10% strategy, 90% logistics"), Mitscher and several others just don't seem to receive enough credit for the critical roles they played. In addition to his focus on the US naval campaign ("the conquering tide"), Toll also presents a lot of fascinating info from Japanese archives regarding their strategy and thinking, including interviews (Nomura - "The US always arrived sooner than we expected"), letters to home and life on their homefront (schoolkids trained to fight with bamboo spears). Bear in mind Toll is a navy man, so you may not be onboard with some of his takes on MacArthur
If you're looking for a very readable and thorough history, from Pearl to V-J Day these are the books.
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