What are you reading? - Page 3

kiwimac · 21-07-2006, 05:01 PM

Just started Romila Thapar's A history of India

Kiwimac

Gnomey · 21-07-2006, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by spidge

In Australia the book is called "On our Doorstep"!

Funny that spidge, I wonder why...

PingaHead · 21-07-2006, 10:13 PM

I read these about a month ago. Picked them up at an estate sale for $8 US about 11 years ago. Was always afraid to start because didn't think that I would be able to stand Churchill's style of writing. He is a good authur who had a seat at the table, and it is interesting to see what was going on "behind the scenes" that wasn't in the newspapers.

Since July first I have read :
"A Bridge Too Far" Cornelius Ryan
"Bataan: The March of Death" Stanley L. Falk
"The Battle of the Bulge" Robert E. Merriam
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I learned something I didn't know...Gen Marshall US Army Chief of Staff had officers put on staff of all Divisions as Historical Officers. He knew that Action Reports and such never told the whole story.....
Merriam was a Historical Officer for the 7th US Armored Division
Falk was a Historical Officer with the Occupational Command in Japan.

Kiwiwriter · 24-07-2006, 05:15 PM

I'm reading "The Coming of the Third Reich" by Richard J. Evans. Fascinating stuff...I never realized that the Third Reich meant Germany!

52nd Airborne · 28-07-2006, 10:05 AM

I have just started reading Vulcan 607 by Rowland White, it's about the Raf's attempt to bomb Port Stanley airport during the Falklands Conflict - So far, so good!!

VonLuck · 03-08-2006, 11:41 PM

Just got the brand new book called "The Jew with the Iron Cross" by Georg Rauch. Its the memoirs of an Austrian soldier with Jewish ancestry being drafted into the Wehrmacht and sent to the Eastern Front. It promises to be a very good read and the personality of the writer is first class. Hard to get since its a iUniverse published book but well worth the effort in my opinion.
Before that I'd just read "Sniper in the Eastern Front" by Sepp Allerberger. This is without a doubt the most raw set of memoirs I've ever read. Parts of it are so strong they are hard to get through. Very good book but no for the faint of heart.

wright61 · 04-08-2006, 12:00 AM

The Fall of France
The nazi Invasion of 1940
By Julian Jackson

Samlind · 07-08-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by spidge

Many people do not realise how nasty the Pacific theatre was! Mud, Rain, Disease, Heat, Slaughter..........................

The Aussies on the Kokoda Trail. Stuff of legends.

07-08-2006, 01:23 PM

Just read Peak District at War in one sitting. Now have numerous sites to visit

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About to start on the Greatest air battles of WW2 by Laddie Lucas and Jonny Johnson, then another on the developement of nightfighter squadrons from 1914 to now.

morse1001 · 07-08-2006, 07:01 PM

Saw the entire series of Stephen Ambrose on sale in the Bookworld at reduced rate!

21-07-2006, 05:01 PM	#21 (permalink)
kiwimac Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 102	Re: What are you reading? Just started Romila Thapar's A history of India Kiwimac

21-07-2006, 10:13 PM	#23 (permalink)
PingaHead Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	Re: What are you reading? I read these about a month ago. Picked them up at an estate sale for $8 US about 11 years ago. Was always afraid to start because didn't think that I would be able to stand Churchill's style of writing. He is a good authur who had a seat at the table, and it is interesting to see what was going on "behind the scenes" that wasn't in the newspapers. Since July first I have read : "A Bridge Too Far" Cornelius Ryan "Bataan: The March of Death" Stanley L. Falk "The Battle of the Bulge" Robert E. Merriam ------------------------------------------------------------------ I learned something I didn't know...Gen Marshall US Army Chief of Staff had officers put on staff of all Divisions as Historical Officers. He knew that Action Reports and such never told the whole story..... Merriam was a Historical Officer for the 7th US Armored Division Falk was a Historical Officer with the Occupational Command in Japan. __________________

24-07-2006, 05:15 PM	#24 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,443	Re: What are you reading? I'm reading "The Coming of the Third Reich" by Richard J. Evans. Fascinating stuff...I never realized that the Third Reich meant Germany! __________________ "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

28-07-2006, 10:05 AM	#25 (permalink)
52nd Airborne Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Looking for a Landing Zone Posts: 1,265	Re: What are you reading? I have just started reading Vulcan 607 by Rowland White, it's about the Raf's attempt to bomb Port Stanley airport during the Falklands Conflict - So far, so good!! __________________ *52nd Airborne.* Remembering the fallen from the 5th Hampshire Regiment and The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

03-08-2006, 11:41 PM	#26 (permalink)
VonLuck Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5	Re: What are you reading? Just got the brand new book called "The Jew with the Iron Cross" by Georg Rauch. Its the memoirs of an Austrian soldier with Jewish ancestry being drafted into the Wehrmacht and sent to the Eastern Front. It promises to be a very good read and the personality of the writer is first class. Hard to get since its a iUniverse published book but well worth the effort in my opinion. Before that I'd just read "Sniper in the Eastern Front" by Sepp Allerberger. This is without a doubt the most raw set of memoirs I've ever read. Parts of it are so strong they are hard to get through. Very good book but no for the faint of heart.

04-08-2006, 12:00 AM	#27 (permalink)
wright61 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 21	Re: What are you reading? The Fall of France The nazi Invasion of 1940 By Julian Jackson

07-08-2006, 01:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What are you reading? Just read Peak District at War in one sitting. Now have numerous sites to visit . About to start on the Greatest air battles of WW2 by Laddie Lucas and Jonny Johnson, then another on the developement of nightfighter squadrons from 1914 to now.

07-08-2006, 07:01 PM	#30 (permalink)
morse1001 Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Posts: 4,686	Re: What are you reading? Saw the entire series of Stephen Ambrose on sale in the Bookworld at reduced rate!

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