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06-24-15, 06:28 AM | #1606 |
Rear Admiral
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And to stick around in WW1, I'm currently reading:
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06-27-15, 07:17 AM | #1607 |
Swabbie
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red storm off course in hard back form . fone on ebay for £2.00 lol
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07-02-15, 11:22 AM | #1608 |
Lucky Jack
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Picked up a nice cheap bargain from the Osprey campaign series.
The Caucasus 1942–43 Kleist’s race for oil Campaign 281 Good read, makes a change read about this as the Caucasus part of the operation is so over shadowed by Stalingrad.
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07-05-15, 01:09 AM | #1609 |
Ocean Warrior
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"Street without Joy" by Bernard B Fall.
Not a Naval book. But a much praised account of the Indochina war following WW2 till the Armistice in the early '50s.
Good photos and maps and excellent narrative of a period almost forgotten. I read it in the 70s in one day and night - just couldn't put it down. And am currently rereading it. Here's a link for some reviews for it:- www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844153185/ref=cm_cr.
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07-06-15, 08:20 AM | #1610 |
The Old Man
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I currently have three books making their way on the slow boat from the UK.
In other news, I'm down to about $10 in my monthly book budget! |
07-06-15, 10:35 AM | #1611 |
Eternal Patrol
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I've had The First Destroyers for years. A lot of good detail. An excellent companion piece is Friedman's British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War.
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07-08-15, 03:56 PM | #1612 |
Born to Run Silent
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Nicholas and Alexandra
One of my favorite books. Very tragic.
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07-08-15, 05:25 PM | #1613 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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HAS anyone else read both Dreadnought and Castles of Steel? A serious one-two punch on the sea war of WWI
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07-26-15, 01:48 PM | #1614 |
The Old Man
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Just finished reading French Destroyers the other day. A very interesting book, with lots of interesting information, detailed plans, and many excellent photographs. I wrote a brief review of it you can read on Amazon if you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2WO5J...cm_cr_rdp_perm
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07-29-15, 12:04 PM | #1615 |
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on kindle.
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08-21-15, 09:46 PM | #1616 |
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Turning the Tide
Just finishing up "Turning the Tide: How a small band of allied sailors defeated the U-boats and won the battle of the atlantic" by Ed Offley:
http://www.amazon.com/Turning-Tide-S...rning+the+tide Very interesting details about two east-bound convoys (HX229 and SC122) that were hit hard in March, 1943, followed up by one west-bound convoy (ONS5) that was also hit hard by over 40 Uboats in May, 1943. The difference being that the escorts with ONS5 were eventually able to sink several Uboats. If you are a sub fan this book is a must read as it tells the story of the Battle of the Atlantic through the perspective of the merchant marine and British-American-Canadian convoy system. Many details about how these convoys were handled, and the escort groups that were responsible for protecting them, are covered in great detail. This book is not an overall history of the Battle of the Atlantic. It is very focused on the convoys mentioned above and covers specific events that happened to these convoys. It gives some background at the beginning, and ends with details about how the Battle of the Atlantic was eventually won. It would be great to have a PC game where you move up through the ranks of escort commanders in the atlantic. What an action packed game it would be. It would be just as good as Silent Hunter III if not better. First you take command of a single Corvette, then move up to command a larger WWI destroyer, then on to a modern WWII destoyer, and finally take command of an entire escort group responsible for escorting convoys across the atlantic. You would have different types of depth charges to employ, Hedge Hogs, radar, asdic, passive listening sonar, radio communication, convoy management system, zig-zagging course corrections, wolve pack attacks, atlantic weather in a destroyer, and much more. I can't believe this hasn't been done. Last edited by hocking; 08-21-15 at 09:53 PM. |
08-22-15, 03:52 PM | #1617 |
The Old Man
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I bought a pristine hardcover copy of volume 1 of "Hitler's U-Boat War" at Savers today for $2.99. Now to just squeeze it into my busy reading schedule...
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08-22-15, 09:22 PM | #1618 | |
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I take it you couldn't get vol. 2. |
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08-23-15, 06:36 AM | #1619 |
The Old Man
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Well, there are quite a few copies of volume two available used on amazon for a decent price, so I'm not going to complain too much.
What is odd is that volume one is available on kindle, but volume two isn't. |
08-23-15, 10:11 AM | #1620 | |
Chief of the Boat
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Quote:
http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-U-Boat.../dp/B00713DNPS
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