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27-02-2008, 09:48 PM
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| Angels one-five   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time
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 | Reading 'My War' by Colby Buzzell. Very good book about Iraq, funny in places, about a guy trying to make a difference.
__________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. In the USAAF in World War II, over three times as many men were killed as wounded. Donald L. Miller. Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944.  |
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06-03-2008, 12:16 PM
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| I Like Tanks.   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion.
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| David Fletcher - Vanguard of Victory; The 79th Armoured division.  Another in the HMSO series, very good with clear descriptions of each 'Funny' deployed by Hobart and his men, from AVREs to rocket powered ARKs. Not quite sure why it now commands a highish price on the second-hand market as it's more of a high quality extended magazine article than a real in-depth study, still worth a read though. Cheers, Adam.
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12-03-2008, 09:35 PM
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| Angels one-five Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time
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|  Top Ten Book Just finished 'Finest Hour' by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig. This book is one of my top ten books. Fantastic book on 1940 (Owen if your reading this, try and get a copy if you haven't read it).  Just started 'Dunkirk' by H S-Montefiore.
__________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. In the USAAF in World War II, over three times as many men were killed as wounded. Donald L. Miller. Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944. |
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12-03-2008, 09:38 PM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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| Finished yet, Norbert Hannig "Luftwaffe fighter ace". Very good book, IMHO, author have very good novel-like style, sense of humor (hey, that nazi have humor!) and u can't stop reading it 
__________________ I DRIVE HONDA. HONDA - POWER IN YOUR ARMS. Grandfather: front medic, caught by nazi in defence of Moscow 1941, placed into POW camp, ran away from camp, got a gangrene, lost left leg, survived war, now RIP. INTERACTIVE BOOK of EASTERN FRONT from 22 june 1941 to 9th may 1945 (5+ hours of show with videos, photos, audio notes from soviet veterans etc.): http://english.pobediteli.ru FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.    マキシマムザホルモン [Makishimamu Za Horumon] |
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21-03-2008, 06:27 PM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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| Almost finishing Guido Knopp "Hitler Krieger", a translation from german, book about six german top army men like Rommel and Ernst Udet, very interesting story about men that didn't supported nazism itself but did nothing to stop it just doing 'soldier job' and obeying orders..
__________________ I DRIVE HONDA. HONDA - POWER IN YOUR ARMS. Grandfather: front medic, caught by nazi in defence of Moscow 1941, placed into POW camp, ran away from camp, got a gangrene, lost left leg, survived war, now RIP. INTERACTIVE BOOK of EASTERN FRONT from 22 june 1941 to 9th may 1945 (5+ hours of show with videos, photos, audio notes from soviet veterans etc.): http://english.pobediteli.ru FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. マキシマムザホルモン [Makishimamu Za Horumon] |
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21-03-2008, 10:01 PM
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| Partisan   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cheshire, England
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| I've just finsihed Alan Clark's Barbarossa, and have started on Amazon.co.uk: The Siege of Leningrad: 900 Days of Terror (Cassell Military Paperbacks): David M. Glantz: Books which is disappointingly only 334 pages, of which almost 100 are notes, biblio. & a complete list of every army and division in both the Wehrmacht and the Red Army! I will order this one a a follow up: Amazon.co.uk: The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad: Harrison E. Salisbury: Books 640 pages, that's more like it! I can read 300 pages in a week, and have to ration myself not to finish books too quickly! I am looking forward to Beevor's Leningrad, published 2009
__________________  The Motherland, bent over her daughter's ashes, Sings this tender maternal song About Zoya, the girl, who has become a legend, Who died and was born for eternal life. Dimitri Shostakovich Song for Zoya (1944) The War in the East Last edited by Zoya; 21-03-2008 at 11:40 PM. Reason: Spelling |
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30-03-2008, 11:22 AM
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| Member   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England / Estonia
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| Zoya, I'm reading Vasily Grossmans Life and Fate, it's heavy going in places but a fantastic read for those interested in the Russians at war and how the Soviet state worked from someone who experienced it themselves and became one of Russias most famous writers of the 20th Century !! Some thought provoking stuff !! Plus have just read Chris Bellamy's Absolute War , Soviet Russia in the second world war. This was easier to read and very well researched and written , i really enjoyed it and learnt loads about the Soviet high command and the way they fought the war, it includes a very informative section on the Siege of Leningrad. Would recommend them both, Paul
__________________ Nikto ne Zabyt . Nichto ne Zabyto. Let no one forget . Let nothing be forgotten. http://www.frontline-battlefield-tours.com/ Last edited by Korps Steiner; 30-03-2008 at 11:23 AM. Reason: additional info |
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30-03-2008, 01:35 PM
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| Partisan Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cheshire, England
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| I have Life and Fate on my Amazon wish list! Also his book A Writer at War, about his time with the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War/ Barbarossa (not sure which is it best to refer to it as?!) I could do with a new book, I'm finding David Glantz's 'Siege of Leningrad' to be dry beyond belief  Has anyone read this one?: Amazon.co.uk: The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad: Harrison E. Salisbury: Books
__________________ The Motherland, bent over her daughter's ashes, Sings this tender maternal song About Zoya, the girl, who has become a legend, Who died and was born for eternal life. Dimitri Shostakovich Song for Zoya (1944) The War in the East |
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