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STEED 04-08-12 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1866826)
He dies at the end :DL

Not about him. :rotfl2:

STEED 04-08-12 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kranz (Post 1866847)
In Hugh Thomas' Doppelgangers- The Truth about the Bodies in the Berlin Bunker he does not:DL
a great book btw.

Got that on my bookshelf, read it years ago. Some interesting points and fair bit of what if's.

nikimcbee 04-20-12 01:32 AM

My copy of "Japanese Destroyer Captain" arrived today.:woot:

Jimbuna 04-20-12 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1872750)
My copy of "Japanese Destroyer Captain" arrived today.:woot:

That title looks rather interesting Jason, be sure to let us know how good it is.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Japanese-Des...4923664&sr=1-1

Red October1984 04-20-12 07:25 AM

I'm reading every Tom Clancy book in order. Now on The Bear and The Dragon.

Herr-Berbunch 04-20-12 09:16 AM

Recently finished Test Pilot by Brian Johnston, based around the BBC filming for a documentary of the same name from the mid-'80s at the Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down. May have to have a peek on the Tube to see if there are any bits on there - I remember watching it.

Now I'm on to Colditz - The German Story by Reinhold Eggers. I'm about a third of the way in and amazed that still they don't know how some escaped. :o

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

nikimcbee 04-20-12 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1872825)
That title looks rather interesting Jason, be sure to let us know how good it is.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Japanese-Des...4923664&sr=1-1

Rgr that.

sharkbit 04-26-12 01:15 PM

"Iron Coffins" by Herbert Werner.

:O:.....ducks and runs for cover.

:)

GreyIron 04-30-12 11:26 PM

Looking for a Book
 
That explains all the mechanics,electrical,pneumatic and theory of all the systems to a WWII subs. Preferably but not necessary....VII,IX.. Any suggestions?

Jimbuna 05-01-12 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by GreyIron (Post 1877967)
That explains all the mechanics,electrical,pneumatic and theory of all the systems to a WWII subs. Preferably but not necessary....VII,IX.. Any suggestions?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-U-boat-e...867180&sr=1-52

Herr-Berbunch 05-01-12 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1878035)

That book goes for a ridiculous price, I almost doubled my money after a couple of months! :o

I've just started reading The Red Baron by Peter Kilduff - turns out it's about some guy during the first world war and not about Snoopy - who knew? :03:

kranz 05-01-12 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1878062)
That book goes for a ridiculous price

this.

There is a 4 volume series called Die Ubootwaffe which can be regarded as a "Polish Ubootwaffe bible", that is the only series/book in Polish concerning uboats.
Each volume was worth around 12-15 Euro, so the whole set was around, let's say, 60 Euro (240 Polish zloty). The series was re-edited and re-published as a single book- without any major changes- and the official price was around 75-80 Euros (around 340+ Polish zloty), which was still an acceptable price, taking into consideration that: the 4 volume series could be only found on second-hand sales over the Internet and in antiquarian bookstores as well as the fact that 80 compared to 60 is an acceptable increase in the pricing. BUT, soon after it was published, some sick nimrods began to sell it, after labeling it as a uber unique edition, for, get ready, 250+ Euro (1000 PLN).
so, yeah...tell me about ridiculous prices.:DL

Jimbuna 05-01-12 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1878062)
That book goes for a ridiculous price

Quality rarely comes at a cheap price :hmmm:

kranz 05-01-12 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1878262)
Quality rarely comes at a cheap price :hmmm:

I haven't seen Rossler's book so I can't really argue with that but I bought a lot of top-quality (in the sense of an academic research, number of sources used, time devoted to perform the research etc) books by writers such as Irving, Kershaw, Beevor, Blair and Fest, much cheaper than a few books, which actually are a collection of randomly selected pictures found over the interwebz, printed on slightly better paper and wrapped in a hardcover.

Jimbuna 05-01-12 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kranz (Post 1878294)
I haven't seen Rossler's book so I can't really argue with that but I bought a lot of top-quality (in the sense of an academic research, number of sources used, time devoted to perform the research etc) books by writers such as Irving, Kershaw, Beevor, Blair and Fest, much cheaper than a few books, which actually are a collection of randomly selected pictures found over the interwebz, printed on slightly better paper and wrapped in a hardcover.

Oh quite true on occasion...I've another book on U-boat classes by a Polish (I think) author which majors on photographs (some not previously posted) but I'm at work right now and can;t remember the authors name or book title :doh:


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