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lancesergeant · 29-05-2006, 02:26 AM

Now on Sharpe's Triumph.

lancesergeant · 29-05-2006, 02:33 AM

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Blood, Sweat and Arrogance by Gordon Corrigan. 2/3's of the way through, quite bizarre.

He's not worried about being controversial, he has a reputatation for ferreting out the facts and he's not worried about having a go at the generals. Some of his critics might say he is harsh on Churchill, but he has done his homework.

morse1001 · 29-05-2006, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by lancesergeant

Now on Sharpe's Triumph.

never liked the tv progs. never read the novels!

Gage · 29-05-2006, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lancesergeant

Now on Sharpe's Triumph.

Cornwall is a great writer. But I haven't got round to his Sharpe stuff yet. A few guys at work say that it's great.

lancesergeant · 29-05-2006, 05:45 PM

I like his books but I am not mad on the medieval stuff like Excalibur, Harlequin whatever. He goes slightly off track in the Sharpe books but overall I like them. He researches the material and builds a story around it. As has probably been said he is on a parallel with Hornblower.

St. Ives · 07-06-2006, 05:16 PM

I had just finished reading Stalingrad byAnthony Beevor.

Immensely detailed and thoroughly researched and having finished it I cannot wait to be more from the same author.

Like his other book - Berlin - he goes into practically every conceivable detail, outlining in no uncertain terms the disastrous effects that can be brought about from such encounters. War is certainly not for the squeamish.

Anthony Beevor is undoubtedly one of the finest war writers we have today and whose books should be made compulsory reading for anyone who has a genuine interest in furthering their knowledge and understanding of events during World War II.

Kiwiwriter · 07-06-2006, 05:22 PM

Battle of Britain: The Jubilee History, by Denis Richards and Patrick Hough

Good stuff.

von Poop · 07-06-2006, 05:29 PM

Russian Tanks of World War 2, Stalin's Armoured Might.
by Tim Bean & Will Fowler.

Great Stuff, A few Typos but More detail than I've found before and Good analysis of the Paradox of the Early Red Army. Exceptionally advanced ideas and technology draped over an old-fashioned and politically fractured infrastructure, no wonder it's birth and eventual emergence as a highly sophisticated force were so difficuilt.

07-06-2006, 07:35 PM

Just finished Barnes Wallis' Bombs, and well worth the read. very informative, and goes into every raid carried out by 617 & 9 Squadrons, with results and problems entailed, and lots of info on all the bombs he designed. Also has a brief history of what happened to the main protagonists after the war as well. Well worth the £25.
Now starting Beam Bombers on the history of 109 Squadron and their specialist use of Oboe and PFF duties. Shaping up well so far.
As to Cornwall, not my cup of tea, though i am told the Alan Evans WW2 books are good (naval).

laufer · 09-06-2006, 08:41 AM

BLACK DEVILS MARCH - A DOOMED ODYSSEY : The 1st Polish Armoured Division 1939-1945. by Evan McGilvray

07-06-2006, 05:22 PM	#137 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,443	My reading du jour Battle of Britain: The Jubilee History, by Denis Richards and Patrick Hough Good stuff. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

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lancesergeant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 780	Now on Sharpe's Triumph.

29-05-2006, 05:45 PM	#135 (permalink)
lancesergeant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 780	I like his books but I am not mad on the medieval stuff like Excalibur, Harlequin whatever. He goes slightly off track in the Sharpe books but overall I like them. He researches the material and builds a story around it. As has probably been said he is on a parallel with Hornblower.

07-06-2006, 05:16 PM	#136 (permalink)
St. Ives Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Co. Tipperary Posts: 71	I had just finished reading Stalingrad byAnthony Beevor. Immensely detailed and thoroughly researched and having finished it I cannot wait to be more from the same author. Like his other book - Berlin - he goes into practically every conceivable detail, outlining in no uncertain terms the disastrous effects that can be brought about from such encounters. War is certainly not for the squeamish. Anthony Beevor is undoubtedly one of the finest war writers we have today and whose books should be made compulsory reading for anyone who has a genuine interest in furthering their knowledge and understanding of events during World War II.

07-06-2006, 05:29 PM	#138 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 7,617	Russian Tanks of World War 2, Stalin's Armoured Might. by Tim Bean & Will Fowler. Great Stuff, A few Typos but More detail than I've found before and Good analysis of the Paradox of the Early Red Army. Exceptionally advanced ideas and technology draped over an old-fashioned and politically fractured infrastructure, no wonder it's birth and eventual emergence as a highly sophisticated force were so difficuilt.

07-06-2006, 07:35 PM	#139 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	Just finished Barnes Wallis' Bombs, and well worth the read. very informative, and goes into every raid carried out by 617 & 9 Squadrons, with results and problems entailed, and lots of info on all the bombs he designed. Also has a brief history of what happened to the main protagonists after the war as well. Well worth the £25. Now starting Beam Bombers on the history of 109 Squadron and their specialist use of Oboe and PFF duties. Shaping up well so far. As to Cornwall, not my cup of tea, though i am told the Alan Evans WW2 books are good (naval).

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