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Recommend a Good WWII Book
Posted on 12/26/17 at 11:33 am
Posted on 12/26/17 at 11:33 am
I'll be the first to admit that I am not a big reader, but I want to try it out as a New Year's resolution. I have never read any military history books, but I am fascinated with World Wars I and II...
Have any of you read a WWII book that you would recommend? I'm looking for an easy read that contains information an everyday person wouldn't know.
TIA!
Have any of you read a WWII book that you would recommend? I'm looking for an easy read that contains information an everyday person wouldn't know.
TIA!
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Posted on 12/26/17 at 12:31 pm to RouxDog91
Helmet For My Pillow non-fiction. The Naked And The Damned fiction.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 1:18 pm to RouxDog91
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
About the northern Italian front at war's end
About the northern Italian front at war's end
Posted on 12/26/17 at 2:03 pm to RouxDog91
E B Sledge - With the Old Breed.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 2:38 pm to RouxDog91
The Bedford Boys will break your heart but it's a wonderful book
Posted on 12/26/17 at 3:07 pm to RouxDog91
Find Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 5:06 pm to offshoreangler
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Find Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy.
I thought "An Army at Dawn" was great and "The Day of Battle" was very good. I didn't think "The Guns at Last Light" was as good as the other two, but that's just my opinion.
For the OP, I'd recommend Stephen Ambrose's "Pegasus Bridge". It's an easy read that largely focuses on one small operation and many people are unfamiliar with the story. The Liberation Trilogy books focus on multiple campaigns in the ETO and they're about 700 pages each. It's quite a chunk to bite off for a first time reader on the subject.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 6:14 pm to RouxDog91
Currently reading A Higher Call by Adam Makos.
Highly recommend it.
Highly recommend it.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 6:38 pm to Drank
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The Bedford Boys will break your heart but it's a wonderful book
I second that.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 8:18 pm to RouxDog91
The Winds of War and War and Remembrance.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 8:49 pm to RouxDog91
Rise and fall of the third reich by William Shirer
Was a reporter who followed Hitler through WII
Was a reporter who followed Hitler through WII
Posted on 12/27/17 at 12:36 am to RouxDog91
Just noticed you mentioned WWI in your post.
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman is terrific. It explains all of the different events that lead up to WWI and covers the first month or so of the war (long enough to establish that it's going to be a long bloody grind).
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman is terrific. It explains all of the different events that lead up to WWI and covers the first month or so of the war (long enough to establish that it's going to be a long bloody grind).
Posted on 12/27/17 at 1:43 pm to RouxDog91
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Unbroken
Unbroken
Posted on 12/27/17 at 1:46 pm to RouxDog91
Band of Brothers
A Higher Call
Bloodlands
Fighter Pilot: the Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Wine and War
A Higher Call
Bloodlands
Fighter Pilot: the Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Wine and War
Posted on 12/27/17 at 8:27 pm to chity
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Rise and fall of the third reich by William Shirer
I finished the audio version of this book a few months ago (57 hours...longest audio book I've ever completed).
I highly recommend this as well.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 8:36 pm to RouxDog91
Ordinary men. About police battalion 101 and gives insight to how normal men can be transformed into absolute animals.
Night. Elie wiesel story about his time in the Jewish ghetto then the concentration camps.
The Tigers are burning. All about the world's largest armored battle. Kursk. Told from the Russian side.
Night. Elie wiesel story about his time in the Jewish ghetto then the concentration camps.
The Tigers are burning. All about the world's largest armored battle. Kursk. Told from the Russian side.
Posted on 12/27/17 at 9:45 pm to RouxDog91
William Craig - Enemy At The Gates
Its about Stalingrad - lead in, the fight, the aftermath.
The Hollywood movie was a sidebar in the book.
Its about Stalingrad - lead in, the fight, the aftermath.
The Hollywood movie was a sidebar in the book.
This post was edited on 12/27/17 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 12/29/17 at 1:33 am to stat19
Nemesis by Ian Kershaw. The definitive Hitler biography.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 10:21 am to RouxDog91
a war to be won by allen millett gives you a good overview of all theaters and the homefront in wwii in one volume
Posted on 12/29/17 at 2:40 pm to stat19
If we're including fiction, War of the Rats and City of Thieves.
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