What are you reading right now?

Jimbuna · 03-22-14, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

The Birth of the Nazis - How the Freikorps blazed a trail for Hitler

Nigel Jones

That is one book I couldn't come to grips with

Friscobay · 03-28-14, 10:47 PM

Mixed Bag, all nautical.

These include, in no order,

''Attack and Sink:The Battle of the Atlantic Summer 1941'' Bernard Edwards. Brick Tower Press. ( great slim volume on the epic fight between SC42 and the MARKGRAF Wolfpack of 9 Sept, 1941 ).

''Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama''. Stephen Fox, Vintage Press ( The merging -point between sail, steam, wood and iron, and the submarine during the American Civil War, and the first naval battles between the US and the Japanese Empire nearly 75 years before Pearl Harbor ).

''Sea of Gray: The Around The World Odyssey Of The Confederate Raider Shenandoah'' Tom Chaffin, Farrar, Straus , and Giroux. The last to surrender, a global odyssey.

''In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy Of the Whaleship ESSEX'': Nathan Philbrick, Penguin Books. ( The source of Melvilles ''Moby Dick'', the sinking of the ESSEX by a whale east of Easter Island in 1819 remains one of the great tales of survival, cannibalism , and the Nantucket whaling industry ).

''Sea of Glory:Four Chaplains and the USS Dorchester'', Ken Wales, David Poling. ( The sinking of USS Dorchester, an American troop ship, by U-223 on the morning of February 03,1943 and the personal sacrifice of the chaplains who went down with their ship ).

Jimbuna · 03-29-14, 11:47 AM

STEED · 03-30-14, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

That is one book I couldn't come to grips with

Why is that jim?

I'm on chapter five now and so far plodding but not boring.

Jimbuna · 03-30-14, 03:02 PM

It's just not of that much interest to me, unlike the actual war years.

STEED · 03-30-14, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

It's just not of that much interest to me, unlike the actual war years.

Very interesting time in Germany with all these factors playing there part seeing the rise of Hitler.

nikimcbee · 03-30-14, 08:15 PM

I just finished the audio book version of "Japanese Destroyer Commander" unabridged.

Wow!

very interesting to hear about these big battles from the Japanese point of view, especially the battles in the Solomons. The book was great because it is critical of the Japanese leaders and strategy.

Akula · 04-08-14, 10:05 AM

Finishing off Hunt for the Red October....very enjoyable read...

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,769 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It's just not of that much interest to me, unlike the actual war years. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I just finished the audio book version of "Japanese Destroyer Commander" unabridged. Wow! very interesting to hear about these big battles from the Japanese point of view, especially the battles in the Solomons. The book was great because it is critical of the Japanese leaders and strategy. __________________

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Friscobay Mate Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 54 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Mixed Bag, all nautical. These include, in no order, ''Attack and Sink:The Battle of the Atlantic Summer 1941'' Bernard Edwards. Brick Tower Press. ( great slim volume on the epic fight between SC42 and the MARKGRAF Wolfpack of 9 Sept, 1941 ). ''Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama''. Stephen Fox, Vintage Press ( The merging -point between sail, steam, wood and iron, and the submarine during the American Civil War, and the first naval battles between the US and the Japanese Empire nearly 75 years before Pearl Harbor ). ''Sea of Gray: The Around The World Odyssey Of The Confederate Raider Shenandoah'' Tom Chaffin, Farrar, Straus , and Giroux. The last to surrender, a global odyssey. ''In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy Of the Whaleship ESSEX'': Nathan Philbrick, Penguin Books. ( The source of Melvilles ''Moby Dick'', the sinking of the ESSEX by a whale east of Easter Island in 1819 remains one of the great tales of survival, cannibalism , and the Nantucket whaling industry ). ''Sea of Glory:Four Chaplains and the USS Dorchester'', Ken Wales, David Poling. ( The sinking of USS Dorchester, an American troop ship, by U-223 on the morning of February 03,1943 and the personal sacrifice of the chaplains who went down with their ship ).

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Akula Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 137 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Finishing off Hunt for the Red October....very enjoyable read...