Great Xmas Gifts.

[mr chris]

I have had a excellent holiday season so far.
I got some great and unexpected presents from my family.
Namely plenty of U-boot reading material.
Here is a picture off all the books i got to add to my current collection.
Ive now got plenty to read now while i go through the days and hours between convoys out on patrol.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture001-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I can't see the bible Chris :hmm:

[mr chris]

No Jim i already own it.

Both Volumes
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435260801_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435261601_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Good man http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[nikimcbee]

No Jim i already own it.

Both Volumes
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435260801_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435261601_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Damn you are good! you beat me to the post!:roll: oh well, great minds think alike.

[nikimcbee]

Here' my library:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5117/p1030696ly0.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5117/p1030696ly0.jpg)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5881/p1030693ii7.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5881/p1030693ii7.jpg)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5661/p1030692sm9.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5661/p1030692sm9.jpg)

[mr chris]

Wow you have got some books there nikimcbee.
I have a quite a few more but they are in storage along with the rest of my budding library as i did not have the space to bring them with we when i got posted to Cyprus. Dam the Army.:nope:

[nikimcbee]

Wow you have got some books there nikimcbee.
I have a quite a few more but they are in storage along with the rest of my budding library as i did not have the space to bring them with we when i got posted to Cyprus. Dam the Army.:nope:

I had to pack all of mine because I changed jobs and moved. It killed me to have them packed away.

[andym]

I see you are missing the "Ladybird Book of U Boats" and the "Boy's Own Stories of Kapitainleutnant Zur Zee Albert Kreigelbaum"

[Vacillator]

No Jim i already own it.

Both Volumes
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435260801_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435261601_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Just reading these now, good accounts of the struggle.

Just a couple of thoughts spring to my (UK) mind, an apparent dislike of the 'Brits' pervades the text, and seemingly even more important to the author is a crusade to defend US Admiral Ernest King.

I don't think I'm misinterpreting things am I?

[Brag]

Nice shelves, guys!
We likes literate Kaleuns. :know:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

No Jim i already own it.

Both Volumes
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435260801_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435261601_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Damn you are good! you beat me to the post!:roll: oh well, great minds think alike.

LOL, you both beat me to it...

However, MrChris.... I'm sooo disappointed!!! :nope:

Where oh where is your copy of "The U-boat Commander's handbook???" :lol:

[mr chris]

It is in my Wish list.
Just need to get my new rig and some stuff for the house for the wife and then i can shop with freedom once again.;)

[nikbear]

No Jim i already own it.

Both Volumes
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435260801_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435261601_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Just reading these now, good accounts of the struggle.

Just a couple of thoughts spring to my (UK) mind, an apparent dislike of the 'Brits' pervades the text, and seemingly even more important to the author is a crusade to defend US Admiral Ernest King.

I don't think I'm misinterpreting things am I?

I think that is the only thing that stops me getting them,it would annoy the hell out of me since its something you just don't find in other books about the battle of the Atlantic,where the British were much admired for they're convoy abilities and seamanship:hmm:

[Jimbuna]

No Jim i already own it.

Both Volumes
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435260801_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/030435261601_SY190_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Yeah IIRC I remember recommending you get them about two years back :hmm:

[Jimbuna]

Here' my library:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5117/p1030696ly0.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5117/p1030696ly0.jpg)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5881/p1030693ii7.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5881/p1030693ii7.jpg)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5661/p1030692sm9.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5661/p1030692sm9.jpg)

Nice shot of the naval section at your local municipal library Jason :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Just reading these now, good accounts of the struggle.

Just a couple of thoughts spring to my (UK) mind, an apparent dislike of the 'Brits' pervades the text, and seemingly even more important to the author is a crusade to defend US Admiral Ernest King.

I don't think I'm misinterpreting things am I?

It's nearly two years since I last read them but IIRC I thought he was pretty pro Doenitz and if anti anything, it was Canadian, but only in a small way :hmm:

Either way, two great volumes/reference books on the Atlantic struggle and commonly referred to by myself as 'The Bible' http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

I can wholeheartedly recommend his Silent Victory (one volume) as an equally definitive account of the Pacific struggle http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[bigboywooly]

Damn thought you were going for connect 4 James :doh::doh:

I myself had one of these

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/gwx3/Image012.jpg

( crap pic taken on camera phone yesterday evening )

And the monitor behind :rotfl:

Usual clothes and smellies and alcohol too

[mr chris]

Thats a beast of a model there mate.:up:
Im sure you will have putting that together.
Just don't stick your hands together with superglue like my Dad done today. :rotfl:

[bigboywooly]

Well after reading Siaras thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123846

Tis not gonna be a quick job to do right
:rotfl:
Will try avoid the glue

[Red Heat]

Well for me its was a smooth Christmas season...my Mother get very sick, at the moment and all the atentions its to her...so must of the Christmas season "it was his passing by"...
The family "feeling" its like "we are together"and we "work hard" to keep this feeling all the year...and in the Christmas season too, so with bad cir****ances or with out them we try to keep "hight moral" in the "barracks" beter days will come for sure! ;)

[nikbear]

Damn thought you were going for connect 4 James :doh::doh:

I myself had one of these

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/gwx3/Image012.jpg

( crap pic taken on camera phone yesterday evening )

And the monitor behind :rotfl:

Usual clothes and smellies and alcohol too

WOW,what a fantastic pressie BBW,that should keep you busy for quite a while:up:I'm green with envy:oops:;)

[Jimbuna]

Damn thought you were going for connect 4 James :doh::doh:

I myself had one of these

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/gwx3/Image012.jpg

( crap pic taken on camera phone yesterday evening )

And the monitor behind :rotfl:

Usual clothes and smellies and alcohol too

Nice (the model I mean) http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

There's quite an interesting story about that....but I wouldn't want to dampen your xmas http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img412/4774/thumbsuplargeon1.gif

[_Seth_]

I dont think any other game community has the same amount of people amongst them, that actually read books (and have real life interest & knowledge) that connects them directly to their favourite games! :up::up::up: Excellent collection of litterature, folks! *I wish my collection were just as big..*
PS: Nice model, BBW! :up:

[bigboywooly]

No Herr Buna
Dont
lol

[timbob]

I recieved and have already read Iron Coffins by Herbert Werner, a really enjoyable read, not only portraying the submarine conflict, but a general overview of the war from one man's perspective. Thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I'm hungry for more.

Any recommondations for another book or two to add to my shelf? I already have Bucheim's Das Boot, but that's it.

[mr chris]

Would highly recommend the Clay Blair Books posted above. In my opinion they are the bible when it come comes to the U-boat war.
You might want to look at this link.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=U-BOAT++BOOKS&x=0&y=0

I just typed in U-Boat Books into the amazon search engine.

[Paul_IronCoffin]

Nice collection Mr Chris, but I should thank you the most for opening my eyes to those two juicy books by Clay Blair. Wasn't aware they existed, but today they sit here within a few feet. Lovely reading!

Cheers
Paul

[mr chris]

Glad to have help.
Enjoy reading them so much information in them.:up:

[={FH}=Paddy]

War of the U-Boats by "Bernard" - sounds like a worrying read there!:roll: