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re: Reading recommendation for WWII aficionados.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 5:56 pm to Methuselah
Posted on 12/27/21 at 5:56 pm to Methuselah
The Pacific War trilogy by Ian W Toll. Fantastic—reads like a great novel but it’s all real.
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Posted on 12/27/21 at 5:57 pm to Methuselah
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin is a book by Yale historian Timothy D. Snyder that was first published by Basic Books on 28 October 2010. It is about mass murders committed during World War II in territories controlled by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:17 pm to Methuselah
For a correct timeline via a fictional story, Winds of War then War and Remembrance.
They are long reads but the two best books I've ever read.
They are long reads but the two best books I've ever read.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:25 pm to Methuselah
Some of my collection:
The Ship that Would Not Die; Hell From the Heavens; Audie Murphy; Big Friend, Little Friend; The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors; Zemke’s Wolf Pack; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Miracle at Midway; Citizen Soldiers; George Preddy - Top Mustang Ace; The Jolly Rogers; God is My Copilot
The Ship that Would Not Die; Hell From the Heavens; Audie Murphy; Big Friend, Little Friend; The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors; Zemke’s Wolf Pack; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Miracle at Midway; Citizen Soldiers; George Preddy - Top Mustang Ace; The Jolly Rogers; God is My Copilot
This post was edited on 12/27/21 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:28 pm to cypresstiger
quote:Just finished listening to Pacific Crucible and agree it’s a great book. His prose is so crisp, and the audio version was read by the GOAT, Grover Gardner.
The Pacific War trilogy by Ian W Toll. Fantastic—reads like a great novel but it’s all real.
On the author’s recommendation, before I move on to the other trilogy books, I’m now listening to Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully; it’s the story of Midway told from the Japanese perspective and with new analysis.
I previously listened to Joe Rochefort’s War by Elliot Carlson and Midway by Craig Symonds.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:30 pm to Methuselah
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose. He’s the guy who’s other book Band of Brothers was made into the HBO series. He is very good at tracking all these guys down before they were too old to get their stories and did his due diligence to get all sides of the story. You will love all the details and it feels like you are reading another Band of Brothers script. I got this book in middle school from a teacher who suggested it to me after seeing how much I enjoyed Band of Brothers. But please don’t think this is a middle school caliber book, I had to take it slow and then re-read it when I got older.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:42 pm to Albino Potato
Ambrose likes to build statues while passing over the negatives.
I'd suggest anything written by Max Hastings.
I'd suggest anything written by Max Hastings.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:14 pm to Methuselah
Like the Forgotten 500 a lot. Was interesting the see the covert tactics by US and USSR during the war against each other.
Other recommendations:
The Splendid and the Vile
In the Garden of Beasts
Other recommendations:
The Splendid and the Vile
In the Garden of Beasts
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:27 pm to Methuselah
Listened to The War Below about WW2 submarines. Tang (hit by own torp), Drum (on display at the USS Alabama), Wahoo, Silversides and a couple others. Did the audible book but it is probably a good read as well.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:41 pm to Methuselah
Panzer Commander by Hans Von Luck. Verified memoir by German tank commander. An incredible story from invasion of Russia, to North Africa, Normandy, battle for Berlin and a Russian prison camp.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:45 pm to Methuselah
I've enjoyed the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson. Very detailed.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:56 pm to Methuselah
Many of these i bought as paperbacks to read while traveling for work... or while sitting on the beach...
Masters of the Air
D-Day, Stalingrad, Fall of Berlin 1945 (Antony Beevor)
With the Old Breed
Enemy at the Gates
Incredible Victory
Fall of Berlin (Read and Fisher)
Samurai (Saburo Sakai)
Stuka Pilot (Hans Rudel)
Black May
Steel Inferno
Utmost Savagery
Death Traps
The Mighty Eight
First and the Last (Adolf Galland)
Trail of the Fox
Masters of the Air
D-Day, Stalingrad, Fall of Berlin 1945 (Antony Beevor)
With the Old Breed
Enemy at the Gates
Incredible Victory
Fall of Berlin (Read and Fisher)
Samurai (Saburo Sakai)
Stuka Pilot (Hans Rudel)
Black May
Steel Inferno
Utmost Savagery
Death Traps
The Mighty Eight
First and the Last (Adolf Galland)
Trail of the Fox
Posted on 12/27/21 at 7:59 pm to Inadvertent Whistle
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.
Churchill during the blitz.
Churchill during the blitz.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:01 pm to covlatiger
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a great read.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:12 pm to Methuselah
The actor Sterling Hayden was a Marine officer assigned to the OSS. He was involved in repatriating American flyers from Yugoslavia. His commanding officer described him as "a man utterly without fear."
My recommendation is Crossing the Line. It's the memoir of a torpedo bomber tailgunner who saw action in most of the major Pacific battles. He later was a dean at Princeton, so it's very well written. LINK
My recommendation is Crossing the Line. It's the memoir of a torpedo bomber tailgunner who saw action in most of the major Pacific battles. He later was a dean at Princeton, so it's very well written. LINK
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:16 pm to Jim Rockford
“Masters of the Air”-Donald Miller
All about how the Eighth Air Force turned the tide of the war by gaining air superiority over Europe.
The Eighth Air Force lost more men in the war than the U.S. Marine Corps.
All about how the Eighth Air Force turned the tide of the war by gaining air superiority over Europe.
The Eighth Air Force lost more men in the war than the U.S. Marine Corps.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:26 pm to Methuselah
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American airmen who went down over Yugoslavia on their way back to Italy from bombing raids on Romanian oil fields
I need to read this. My grandpa had to emergency land in Yugoslavia 2x
Posted on 12/27/21 at 8:32 pm to Albino Potato
Citizen soldiers is great.
Ambrose also wrote one about Pegasus bridge that was excellent.
Someone earlier recommended ghost soldiers. Can’t come highly recommended enough. It’s a read that will weigh heavy.
My great uncle wrote a memoir of his experiences in Europe, like 90 pages. He was the tail gunner on the B-24 Mike, The Spirit of LSU. They got shot down and bailed over Belgium. He got picked up by resistance fighters and ended up killing a German on patrol with a knife (he searching his safe house). TBH, he said he remembered very little detail about the experience save one part, the sound of the flashlight the German was carrying thudding on each stair as it rolled down to the first floor. He passed two years ago. In my opinion, the man had a gigantic set of brass balls.
Fun fact, LSU gave him his degree when he got back, free of charge. He didn’t take the remaining classes to get it either. Granted it was in forestry.
Ambrose also wrote one about Pegasus bridge that was excellent.
Someone earlier recommended ghost soldiers. Can’t come highly recommended enough. It’s a read that will weigh heavy.
My great uncle wrote a memoir of his experiences in Europe, like 90 pages. He was the tail gunner on the B-24 Mike, The Spirit of LSU. They got shot down and bailed over Belgium. He got picked up by resistance fighters and ended up killing a German on patrol with a knife (he searching his safe house). TBH, he said he remembered very little detail about the experience save one part, the sound of the flashlight the German was carrying thudding on each stair as it rolled down to the first floor. He passed two years ago. In my opinion, the man had a gigantic set of brass balls.
Fun fact, LSU gave him his degree when he got back, free of charge. He didn’t take the remaining classes to get it either. Granted it was in forestry.
This post was edited on 12/27/21 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 12/27/21 at 9:00 pm to Methuselah
Fly boys
Ghost soldiers
Ghost soldiers
Posted on 12/27/21 at 9:16 pm to Methuselah
Although not exactly a WWII book, I recently finished "Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power" by Andrew Nagorski.
It's a good read that touches on some of the same people discussed in Larsen's "In the Garden of the Beasts"
It's a good read that touches on some of the same people discussed in Larsen's "In the Garden of the Beasts"
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The book covers the years before and during Hitler's ascent to power in Germany—roughly 1922 through 1941, focusing on widely varying impressions of Hitler by Americans who managed to observe him close up.
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