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08-13-07, 10:28 PM | #226 |
Navy Seal
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Just picked up a copy of Submarine Command : A pictorial history by Reginald Longstaff. It's a overview of U.K. Sub development from the first Holland designs to the mid 80's
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08-14-07, 11:18 AM | #227 |
Eternal Patrol
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James Madison, by Ralph Ketcham.
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08-14-07, 01:54 PM | #228 |
Lucky Jack
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Here are three from this year.
The Battle of Kursk The Soviet General Study Translation report written in 1944, No wonder the German lost when you read this you get a very good picture of how well the Soviets were ready for this big battle. .................................................. .............................................. Retreat From Leningrad Army Group North 1944/1945 A very interesting account how this Army Group slowly withdrew and conducted defensive battles. .................................................. .............................................. The Drama Of The Scharnorst A short book of 178 pages but a very good read, written by one of the survivors of 26th Dec 1943, Fritz-Otto Busch.
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08-14-07, 02:22 PM | #229 |
The Old Man
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Be Here Now, by Ram Dass.
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08-16-07, 12:37 PM | #230 |
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I just finished "U-Boat Commander" by Peter Cremer. If you haven't read this book, you simply must! It is the best u-boat account I have ever read. It covers the beginning of his career in 1940 and the invasion of Norway, his time in command of a type VII-C, right up to the very end of the Third Reich, where he led a naval anti-tank battalion after his type XXI was out of combat condition, and was then the commander of Grand Admiral Donitz's security guard during his short stint as Fuhrer. He survived almost the entire span of the war, and passed away in 1992. Truly an amazing real story!
He even has information shared with him by some of his Allied adversaries (destroyer captains and such) that he had run-ins with, and some of them became friends after the war. A really fascinating person. Also read recently "Taker Her Deep!: A Submarine vs. Japan in World War II" by Admiral I. J. Galantin, about his career as a sub commander throughout World War 2. Equally amazing. Both have some inset pictures from the authors' personal collections of their ship, crew, damage recieved, etc. Both of these are actual personal accounts, and so to me have an edge on a lot of the fiction and historian-written books that have been mentioned, so I thought I would share them with you all. Learned a lot about the technology development of new gadgetry and what the commanders really thought of them. |
08-16-07, 01:27 PM | #231 |
Canadian Wolf
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Troublesome Young Men, it is about Churchills earlier days.
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08-16-07, 01:28 PM | #232 |
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Welcome to SUBSIM Bohemond
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08-19-07, 12:59 PM | #233 |
Sea Lord
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In the last five days I've reread The Mandarin Cypher, The Kobra Manifesto, The Sinkiang Executive by Adam Hall. These are the Quiller novels, and all of them are hightly recommended if you like realistic espionage. I may reread the entire series, now that I've read these...we'll see if I have the time.
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08-27-07, 08:27 AM | #234 |
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Here is what im reading at the moment. Very intresting reading all about the ego's and backstabing at the very top of the US Army. Oh and some very intresting information on some of the operations.
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08-27-07, 10:40 AM | #235 | |
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09-15-07, 04:16 PM | #236 |
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Finished Hannibal Rising. Okay time waster but hardly worth remembering or recommending. I'm now reading The First World War by John Keegan. Not bad. Doesn't have the clarity or the beautiful writing of Tuchman's Guns of August...but then again what does?
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09-15-07, 05:02 PM | #237 |
Lucky Jack
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Eichmann
About two thirds in to it, its now early 1944 and that bastard still doing his duty. Twisted son of a bitch he was, interesting book looking forward to reading when he was on the run and kidnapped by Israeli agents and put on trial in Israel. Another dreadful one I finished called Masters of Death about the SS Einsatzgruppen killing squads from 1941 to 1943, a very interesting read but also very disturbing. I don't recommend this book if real war time horrors upset you but on saying that it is a very compelling read.
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09-16-07, 11:52 AM | #238 |
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Typhoon by Robin White. Next on my list Flight of the Old Dog.
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09-16-07, 01:52 PM | #239 |
Silent Hunter
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09-27-07, 06:31 AM | #240 |
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Rereading Costello's "Pacific War" and trying to make it through the Merlin trilogy.
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