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Task Force · 10-13-08, 08:02 PM

Im reading a book called. Undersea Terror. Uboat wolfpacks during WW2, It is pretty good, has some vearygood Info on U boats of the american cost, scapa flow, wolfpacks, Ect ect.

TarJak · 10-14-08, 05:43 PM

Currently taking a short break from Aubrey, Maturin and Patrick O'Brien and working through The Time of Terror by Seth Hunter.

Not a bad read and set during the beginning of the French Revolution. The fictional protagonist Nathan Peak dissatisfied with being the commander of HM brig/sloop of war Nereid and working largely for HM Customs trying to chase smugglers around the english Channel, gets tangled up in a plot to devalue the french currency with counterfeit notes.

He crosses paths with a number of famous names from the period and overall I reckon it's a pretty good read.

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 10-15-08, 09:18 AM

I've just read C.S. Forester's 1943 work The Ship. How was it? Well, let's just say that if he's born now, he'll be writing Tom Clancy's SSN or Bear and the Dragon or maybe he's just a 1943 version of Patrick Robinson.

I know the WWII Italian Navy was hardly in the running for "Best Navy", but even counting the fact it is a piece of wartime propaganda there's no need to write them as incompetently as he did.

In one go, the author effectively insults both the Italians and the Brits who fought them. The Russians would no doubt be ecstatic to find out that Malta was more important than Moscow. The Germans basically did nothing.

In short, mediocre characterization and wartime propaganda. Sigh...

Herr_Pete · 10-15-08, 09:57 AM

Hi there guys. I am just about to start reading Max Hastings Das Reich. Has anyone else read this before?

Frame57 · 10-15-08, 10:35 AM

The Sicilian by Mario Puzo. Coppola should make this one into a movie.

Sailor Steve · 10-15-08, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

In short, mediocre characterization and wartime propaganda. Sigh...

The can't all be The African Queen.

HansVonBeehan · 10-19-08, 04:40 PM

Im reading this page :O!

I'm Reading Shipmates

from the BBC and was reading Commando on the Front Line both my Chris Terill

Task Force · 10-19-08, 05:52 PM

Currently reading a big book simply intitled, WW II. It is a book that overviews the war.(Eastern and Western front.)

Jeffg · 10-20-08, 07:05 PM

I am reading All Hands Down about the sinking of the USS Scorpion.The book is great can't put it down.
Jeff

difool2 · 10-20-08, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Subnuts

Okay, now I'm on Page 668 of Castles of Steel, just 120 more pages to go. I just read about the Battle of Jutland. It seems like both Beatty and Jellicoe made mistakes that affected the outcome of the battle. Also, I find it kind of funny that the Germans considered it a victory after they ran back to port and their fleet never left again.

Yeah, that's the one on my radar scope. My WW1 library is woefully meager...

Skorn · 10-20-08, 11:32 PM

Just got done reading a Civil War book about the Battle of Pea Ridge (Arkansas). Relatively small battle, but close to home so thought it would be nice to read up on. Don't normally read about the civil war but it was pretty enjoyable to check out some local history.

Before that I read the Hornblower series and had finished the Maritius Command in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Found a neat book on Amazon called 'The Six Frigates' that I just started. Basically talks about the founding of the US Navy, quite enjoyable so far!

Will be picking back up on the Aubrey series when I put this book up on the shelf.

wireman · 10-24-08, 03:00 PM

Bluejacket: In harm's way from Guadalcanal to Tokyo

by John A. Hutchinson, former Radioman 1st class, USN

I'm goin' down · 10-28-08, 11:10 PM

I am reading all of these posts. Heh!

Frame57 · 11-05-08, 10:50 AM

Riptide by Preston and Child. Best book I have read in a long-long time...

stew278 · 11-05-08, 12:06 PM

Currently reading:

"Silent Running" by James Calvert

"Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days" by Karl Donitz

"Scorpion Down" by Edward Offley

10-13-08, 08:02 PM	#391
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Im reading a book called. Undersea Terror. Uboat wolfpacks during WW2, It is pretty good, has some vearygood Info on U boats of the american cost, scapa flow, wolfpacks, Ect ect. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-19-08, 04:40 PM	#397
HansVonBeehan Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ramsgate, Kent Posts: 114 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Im reading this page :O! I'm Reading Shipmates from the BBC and was reading Commando on the Front Line both my Chris Terill __________________ Cmdr. Mike Beehan Leutnant z. S. Hans von Beehan IC2,IC1,GC,KCOSDG Commander U-181, Type IXD2 1st Flotilla, Brest.

10-19-08, 05:52 PM	#398
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Currently reading a big book simply intitled, WW II. It is a book that overviews the war.(Eastern and Western front.) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-20-08, 11:32 PM	#401
Skorn Bosun Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 64 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Just got done reading a Civil War book about the Battle of Pea Ridge (Arkansas). Relatively small battle, but close to home so thought it would be nice to read up on. Don't normally read about the civil war but it was pretty enjoyable to check out some local history. Before that I read the Hornblower series and had finished the Maritius Command in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Found a neat book on Amazon called 'The Six Frigates' that I just started. Basically talks about the founding of the US Navy, quite enjoyable so far! Will be picking back up on the Aubrey series when I put this book up on the shelf. __________________ Admiral Skorn (Ret.) Seawolves Virtual Military Command http://www.seawolves.org skorn17@hotmail.com ICQ 92296172 Every ship can be a minesweeper...once.

10-28-08, 11:10 PM	#403
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	reading now I am reading all of these posts. Heh!

10-14-08, 05:43 PM	#392
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Currently taking a short break from Aubrey, Maturin and Patrick O'Brien and working through The Time of Terror by Seth Hunter. Not a bad read and set during the beginning of the French Revolution. The fictional protagonist Nathan Peak dissatisfied with being the commander of HM brig/sloop of war Nereid and working largely for HM Customs trying to chase smugglers around the english Channel, gets tangled up in a plot to devalue the french currency with counterfeit notes. He crosses paths with a number of famous names from the period and overall I reckon it's a pretty good read.

10-15-08, 09:18 AM	#393
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've just read C.S. Forester's 1943 work The Ship. How was it? Well, let's just say that if he's born now, he'll be writing Tom Clancy's SSN or Bear and the Dragon or maybe he's just a 1943 version of Patrick Robinson. I know the WWII Italian Navy was hardly in the running for "Best Navy", but even counting the fact it is a piece of wartime propaganda there's no need to write them as incompetently as he did. In one go, the author effectively insults both the Italians and the Brits who fought them. The Russians would no doubt be ecstatic to find out that Malta was more important than Moscow. The Germans basically did nothing. In short, mediocre characterization and wartime propaganda. Sigh...

10-15-08, 09:57 AM	#394
Herr_Pete Commodore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 623 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Hi there guys. I am just about to start reading Max Hastings Das Reich. Has anyone else read this before?

10-15-08, 10:35 AM	#395
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The Sicilian by Mario Puzo. Coppola should make this one into a movie.

10-20-08, 07:05 PM	#399
Jeffg Exec Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ponte vedra beach,fl Posts: 249 Downloads: 1654 Uploads: 0	I am reading All Hands Down about the sinking of the USS Scorpion.The book is great can't put it down. Jeff

10-24-08, 03:00 PM	#402
wireman Sparky Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 155 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Bluejacket: In harm's way from Guadalcanal to Tokyo by John A. Hutchinson, former Radioman 1st class, USN

11-05-08, 10:50 AM	#404
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Riptide by Preston and Child. Best book I have read in a long-long time...

11-05-08, 12:06 PM	#405
stew278 Loader Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 81 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Currently reading: "Silent Running" by James Calvert "Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days" by Karl Donitz "Scorpion Down" by Edward Offley