After the Battle's Blitzkrieg in the West

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  1. Len Trim

    Len Trim Senior Member

    Hi all,
    after seeing it mentioned so often on the site i finally got this for my birthday today. Awesome book as my pupils would say.
    58, hell I was only 18 yesterday!

    Len
     
    Len Trim, Feb 24, 2010
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  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Double congratulations to you then!
     
    dbf, Feb 24, 2010
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  3. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    See? You didn't post your age in your datasheet, so noone could have guessed :)

    Have a nice day!:group2:
     
    Za Rodinu, Feb 24, 2010
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  4. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Happy Birthday.
    Tis rather good isn't it.
     
    Owen, Feb 24, 2010
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  5. nicks

    nicks Very Senior Member

    Happy Birthday, Len.
     
    nicks, Feb 24, 2010
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  6. Len Trim

    Len Trim Senior Member

    Thanks for the messages guys. Excellent photos Owen. I can foresee great problems planning my next trip. About the only thing agreed upon at the moment is fly into Charleoi. Whether its then WW1 related and off to Ypres or WW2 related and possibly into the Ardennes who knows.

    Len
     
    Len Trim, Feb 24, 2010
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  7. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Len,
    I hope that you enjoyed your Birthday.

    Regards
    Tom
     
    Smudger Jnr, Feb 24, 2010
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  8. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Happy Birthday - and a good choice for a pressie. It's one of my favourite ATB books.
     
    Paul Reed, Feb 24, 2010
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  9. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    58...18...What's a few years?
     
    Slipdigit, Feb 24, 2010
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  10. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Many happy returns Len,
    One of the better After The Battle books I reckon.
    Wonder if newer editions have slightly better picture reproduction?

    Did I mention I got mine for six quid... oh yes, I think I did... :p

    ~A
     
    von Poop, Feb 24, 2010
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  11. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Happy birthday, young man. Best wishes.
     
    Gage, Feb 24, 2010
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  12. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Happy Birthday Len... Indeed a good book-I think my copy has been to France more times than me :lol:
     
    Drew5233, Feb 24, 2010
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  13. Len Trim

    Len Trim Senior Member

    Happy Birthday Len... Indeed a good book-I think my copy has been to France more times than me :lol:
    Hi Drew5233,
    it was reading your trip reports, amongst others, that persuaded me to get the book.

    Len
     
    Len Trim, Feb 25, 2010
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  14. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Belated Birthday wishes to you Len and I hope you are enjoying the book!
     
    Gerard, Feb 25, 2010
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  15. Len Trim

    Len Trim Senior Member

    Snow has closed my school and I have all day to read Blitzkreig in the West. What bliss!

    Len
     
    Len Trim, Feb 25, 2010
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  16. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Whats your thoughts?

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    For sure the Then and Nows are EXCELLENT and I never get tired of looking at those and many have helped add a bit of fun to my trips to northern France. Searching for them has brought the location to life for me as to what happened on an exact spot some seventy years ago.

    I did found the last 100 pages a bit hard going for me to finish (had to force myself to pick it up) for some unknown reason. Overall though I'm glad I've finished it and the most important thing for me is I learned something from it but for some reason I was hoping it would be so much more than it actually was - Maybe I'm comparing it to Sebags Dunkirk-Fight to the last man? Two completely different books.

    Whats your thought?
     
    Drew5233, Jan 12, 2011
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  17. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    CL1, Jan 12, 2011
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  18. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    I did found the last 100 pages a bit hard going for me to finish (had to force myself to pick it up) for some unknown reason.


    Only because it was about the French & not the BEF.

    You are an obsessive who has no interest outside your BEF studies.

    I've found it a great book that I couldn't put down & as you know have used it for many Then & Nows in Belgium & France.
    I great introductory book into the whole camapaign.

    Some Belgian Then & Nows here.
    http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-battlefields-today/13422-my-ardennes-trip-february-2008-a.html

    Somme Crossing.
    http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-battlefields-today/28268-crossing-somme-june-1940-then-now.html

    One I got wrong.
    http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-battlefields-today/28263-how-get-then-now-wrong.html
     
    Owen, Jan 12, 2011
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  19. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    great introductory book into the whole camapaign.
    That about sums it up for me. Like all the ATB 'campaign' books, it's essentially a thorough & detailed list.
    'This happened, then that happened', 'Here are some pictures & very detailed captions', 'here is a contemporary account' etc.
    Brilliant stuff in their own way, but their job's not really to offer overmuch analysis, they provide solid grounding in a given campaign & you then have to read more to get deeper analysis of the wider whys & wherefores. You've already done lots on the Blitzkrieg Andy, so maybe you got round to it a tad late.

    Owen's probably right though... you switched off after the BEF had gone. ;)

    Have I mentioned my copy was £6 in a charity shop? Actually, I think I may have...
     
    von Poop, Jan 12, 2011
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  20. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    I did try not to allow the lack of BEF info not to influence me and as previously discussed with Owen I appreciate its written by a French author so it would have a French perspective.

    On a plus I have purchased a couple of 1940 French focused books on the back of reading it. I think you may be right Adam that I've read it too late in the big scheme of things.
     
    Drew5233, Jan 12, 2011
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