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Gotthard Heinrici · 12-05-2006, 10:25 AM

Guys

I found Stalingrad to be a very very good book. Beevor is an excellent author and Stalingrad is a fine example of his work.

von Poop · 12-05-2006, 10:35 AM

Just to go against the grain a little. I thought Beevor's Stalingrad started well but then became puzzled as to how he managed to make such a fascinating subject so dull for the second half of the book...

This week I bin' reading 'Warriors' By Max Hastings. A lightweight and not too serious book, but a damned good read for a bit of real life 'Boys own Adventure' from the Napoleonic era to the 20th century. (and bloody cheap in 'The Works' at the mo.)

St. Ives · 12-05-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Gotthard Heinrici

Guys

I found Stalingrad to be a very very good book. Beevor is an excellent author and Stalingrad is a fine example of his work.

Well, as I say I am indeed really enjoying it so far, in fact can't wait for lunch so I can read for an hour

Von Poop. I agree his style can be a bit dry but as long as the facts are in place and I can learn more on this little understood element of the war then I shall persevere

morse1001 · 23-05-2006, 05:18 PM

I picked this book up at a charity shop and the sad thing was, it had never been read before.

If, however, bought the book originaly, had read it, they would have found it a first class description of an action which showed the ANZACS to be amongest the greatest fighters in the world.

it also has one of the best short descriptions of the buildup to the 68 tet, that i have read and dispels a few falsi i deas i had about both the tet and the ANZAC war in vietnam.

I had previosly read McAulay's first book, The battle of Long Tan, which is a spiffing good read as well. Therefore I was a ware of the breadth of detail and his style but this urpassess it!

23-05-2006, 06:46 PM

Big pile of books and a long summer to get through them. Woohoo!
Just started Barnes Wallis's Bombs. Very good so far. Mostly technical, but then you get personal statements and little asides thrown into it. Well worth the read.

lancesergeant · 23-05-2006, 09:46 PM

Let me go - Helga Schneider, a sad story of a little girl abandoned while her mother to become an extermination guard in Auschwitz and Ravensbruck.

BumInABox · 23-05-2006, 09:48 PM

To Hell & Back -- Audie Murphy's autobiography. He was the most decorated soldier in ww2.

laufer · 24-05-2006, 10:07 AM

Der Tote im Bunker. Bericht über meinen Vater. by Martin Pollack (in polish translation). It is sort of investigation into family story by a son of dr Gerhard Bast, Sturmbannführer of SS and war criminal,who was find dead in spring 1947 on the Brenner Pass in Tyrolean Alps.

spidge · 24-05-2006, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by laufer

Der Tote im Bunker. Bericht über meinen Vater. by Martin Pollack (in polish translation). It is sort of investigation into family story by a son of dr Gerhard Bast, Sturmbannführer of SS and war criminal,who was find dead in spring 1947 on the Brenner Pass in Tyrolean Alps.

You take a risk when you search as you may not like what you find out!

Gotthard Heinrici · 24-05-2006, 11:43 AM

I'm reading "A Bright Shining Lie" by Neil Sheehan and its an account of the life (and death) of John Paul Vann, An American involved in Vietnam. A great read so far.

12-05-2006, 10:25 AM	#101 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,656	Guys I found Stalingrad to be a very very good book. Beevor is an excellent author and Stalingrad is a fine example of his work. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

23-05-2006, 05:18 PM	#104 (permalink)
morse1001 Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Posts: 4,686	The Battle for Coral I picked this book up at a charity shop and the sad thing was, it had never been read before. If, however, bought the book originaly, had read it, they would have found it a first class description of an action which showed the ANZACS to be amongest the greatest fighters in the world. it also has one of the best short descriptions of the buildup to the 68 tet, that i have read and dispels a few falsi i deas i had about both the tet and the ANZAC war in vietnam. I had previosly read McAulay's first book, The battle of Long Tan, which is a spiffing good read as well. Therefore I was a ware of the breadth of detail and his style but this urpassess it!

24-05-2006, 10:07 AM	#108 (permalink)
laufer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lublin Posts: 197	Der Tote im Bunker. Bericht über meinen Vater. by Martin Pollack (in polish translation). It is sort of investigation into family story by a son of dr Gerhard Bast, Sturmbannführer of SS and war criminal,who was find dead in spring 1947 on the Brenner Pass in Tyrolean Alps. __________________ "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." Robert E. Lee "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept my faith" 2 Timothy 4:7

24-05-2006, 11:43 AM	#110 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,656	I'm reading "A Bright Shining Lie" by Neil Sheehan and its an account of the life (and death) of John Paul Vann, An American involved in Vietnam. A great read so far. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

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12-05-2006, 10:35 AM	#102 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,027	Just to go against the grain a little. I thought Beevor's Stalingrad started well but then became puzzled as to how he managed to make such a fascinating subject so dull for the second half of the book... This week I bin' reading 'Warriors' By Max Hastings. A lightweight and not too serious book, but a damned good read for a bit of real life 'Boys own Adventure' from the Napoleonic era to the 20th century. (and bloody cheap in 'The Works' at the mo.)

23-05-2006, 06:46 PM	#105 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	Big pile of books and a long summer to get through them. Woohoo! Just started Barnes Wallis's Bombs. Very good so far. Mostly technical, but then you get personal statements and little asides thrown into it. Well worth the read.

23-05-2006, 09:46 PM	#106 (permalink)
lancesergeant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 781	Let me go - Helga Schneider, a sad story of a little girl abandoned while her mother to become an extermination guard in Auschwitz and Ravensbruck.

23-05-2006, 09:48 PM	#107 (permalink)
BumInABox Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 25	To Hell & Back -- Audie Murphy's autobiography. He was the most decorated soldier in ww2.

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