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WWI book
Posted on 12/20/21 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 12/20/21 at 6:49 pm
Any recommendations on a phenomenal WWI book? Always interested in learning more about this senseless war.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 6:51 pm to GentleJackJones
The Guns of August
Posted on 12/20/21 at 8:05 pm to GentleJackJones
I thought The Radetzky March was very interesting novel for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It really gave a look at life in those days.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 9:39 pm to GentleJackJones
The First World War by Martin Gilbert
I enjoyed this as it goes from late 1800’s setting the table for Ww1 through the whole thing.
Good maps as well inside .
I enjoyed this as it goes from late 1800’s setting the table for Ww1 through the whole thing.
Good maps as well inside .
Posted on 12/21/21 at 7:58 am to GentleJackJones
Be prepared to be alarmed at the thought of history repeating itself..
Posted on 12/21/21 at 6:57 pm to GentleJackJones
Betrayal at Little Gibraltar by William Walker
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:26 pm to GentleJackJones
Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. Young German soldiers account of the war. Dude basically had balls of steel.
Fought in the Somme, the battle of Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, and the final German Spring Offensive in 18. Was shot and wounded multiple times.
Fought in the Somme, the battle of Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, and the final German Spring Offensive in 18. Was shot and wounded multiple times.
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 12/24/21 at 7:24 am to GentleJackJones
Although historical fiction, All Quiet on the Western Front is a great book. It was written by a German veteran of the war and although it’s fiction it’s based off of real events and gives accurate accounts of what it was like in the trenches.
Posted on 12/24/21 at 10:47 am to beerJeep
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Ernst Junger
He has some pretty great quotes. Some people have made the inspiring videos with his quotes.
Posted on 12/24/21 at 3:07 pm to GentleJackJones
If you haven't listened to Dan Carlin's Blueprint for Armageddon 6 part podcast it's highly recommended, the best podcast I've ever listened to and every bit as long as a book.
And I'll second The Guns of August.
Another but very different is Mark Helprin's A Soldier of the Great War. It's fiction, and magical realism, and I really love the thing.
And I'll second The Guns of August.
Another but very different is Mark Helprin's A Soldier of the Great War. It's fiction, and magical realism, and I really love the thing.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:00 pm to beerJeep
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Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger
I need to get this book asap. My grandfather fought against him at the Somme, Arras and Passchendaele (Ypres-Menin Road). He was wounded three times. When finally sent home to Cape Town, his ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay. Galway Castle sinking
Here’s a magazine article about him. Oral history of an infantryman
Posted on 1/2/22 at 3:25 pm to GentleJackJones
In addition to The Guns of August, A World Undone is fantastic.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 4:43 pm to GentleJackJones
Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark is a great book about the build up to the war.
The First World War by John Keegan
Price if Glory Allistair Horne about Verdun
The First World War by John Keegan
Price if Glory Allistair Horne about Verdun
Posted on 1/21/22 at 5:55 pm to whiskey over ice
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The Guns of August
Was at the library today and saw this on the shelf and would not have given it the time of day, except for this thread , so I grabbed it. Gonna start it tonight.
Pretty excited about it
Posted on 2/2/22 at 12:27 pm to GentleJackJones
It's been a while since I've read this but I remember enjoying The Unknowns. It's a book about the pallbearers of the man who would be interred at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.
It basically gives a cool bio of each individual as well as their specific experiences during WW1. If I recall, there was also a bit in there about how the body was chosen, how the tomb came to be etc.

It basically gives a cool bio of each individual as well as their specific experiences during WW1. If I recall, there was also a bit in there about how the body was chosen, how the tomb came to be etc.

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