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08-01-2008, 11:58 AM
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| Top Moose   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs
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  | The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story Just ordered this. The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story by Charles Whiting. Only about a fiver so something to read at work. I thought the title a bit OTT as the British involvement in the Bulge is hardly a secret. I've enough Divisional Histories to read up on what the British did in that battle. This bit of the blurb is utter rubbish. Quote:
Amazon.com: Battle of the Bulge: Books: Charles Whiting Seems to get bit of a slating. I bought it mainly to read the... Quote:
I did think of cancelling the order but I won't let other peoples' negative views cloud my own judgement. I hope to call at Hotton Cemetery soon and see where the British fought in the Battle of The Bulge so even if it's not the best book ever it'll be some more background info. | ||
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08-01-2008, 12:19 PM
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| Ubique  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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| Charles Whiting was more a 'popularist' historian than an academic. His books rarely quote original sources, and I have found errors in several of them. However, he does tell a good story, and he was a WW2 vet himself. And his books must have been read by thousands.
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08-01-2008, 03:55 PM
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08-01-2008, 04:15 PM
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| I've just looked a brief biog of Whiting up. We went to the same school; You learn something new every day  .Haven't read one of his for a fair old while. Good readable style if I remember, and sometimes I can live with a few errors of content for the sake of something actually written in English.
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08-01-2008, 05:33 PM
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| I've got a couple of Whiting's works on the shelf. I remember enjoying reading them, always worth a couple of quid at a car boot sale. I had assumed he was American. Not seen the British Bulge book though. I would be interested to hear if it's any good.
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11-01-2008, 11:56 AM
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| Just arrived. One error straight away. Photos of Churchills labelled 29th Armd Bde. Er...no they had Shermans. Maps are rubbish, don't show any British units at all. Just general "Bulge" maps. I'll get stuck into it later at work. Last edited by Owen; 11-01-2008 at 12:00 PM. |
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11-01-2008, 12:35 PM
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| I'd suggest that whilst the story is known to the likes of us, it probably isn't to many people & that they're more likely to read a book by Whiting than one written from primary sources.
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11-01-2008, 12:42 PM
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11-01-2008, 12:58 PM
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| No, 29th Armd Bde were 11th Armd Div, they were swapping to Comets when Bulge started , they picked up there old Shermans and went down to help out. There was also a F&F unit in 79th Armd Div. I've mentioned it before on another thread somewhere. |
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