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Posted: Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:08 AM UTC
Just finished "Panzer Commander" by Hans Von Luck.

Then anything SciFi by Eric Flint.
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2004 - 03:31 AM UTC

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Just finished "Panzer Commander" by Hans Von Luck.

Then anything SciFi by Eric Flint.


Fred-- can you provide a run down on the Panzer Commander book? I trust it is not one of those difficult to understand translated books. What does it deal with --- panzer tank company or highter?
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2004 - 08:07 AM UTC
just finished Chicken Hawk (again) Crazyhorse and Custer by stephen Ambrose Im half way through River god by Wilbur Smith a ripping yarn, picking up Armageddon by max Hastings tomorrow its about the battle for Germany why they held out so long
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2004 - 12:36 PM UTC
John--- I think that particular Ambrose book is his best work. Too bad some of the others are less than enlightening.
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Posted: Friday, November 19, 2004 - 04:45 PM UTC

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Just finished "Panzer Commander" by Hans Von Luck.

Then anything SciFi by Eric Flint.


Fred-- can you provide a run down on the Panzer Commander book? I trust it is not one of those difficult to understand translated books. What does it deal with --- panzer tank company or highter?
thanks
DJ


Von Luck commanded recon units (Armored cars) in just about every major operation in the war and was much liked by Rommel who had him transferred from Russia to North Africa to command a recon battalion. He was able to escape NA and was commanding the 21st PD recon unit during the Normandy invasion.

Basicly it is his memoirs and does not delve too deeply into anything other than what he encountered during the war. He was one lucky Dude and survived the war, but spent almost 5 years at forced labor in russia!

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Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 02:14 AM UTC
Fred-- thanks for the run down. Sounds like an interesting book.
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Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 06:19 AM UTC
DJ a friend of mine lent me wild blue by Ambrose Igave it back to him the next day very very boring, now D day and citizen soldiers they were a good read also Pegasus bridge.I did enjoy Crazy horse and Custer.
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Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 12:05 PM UTC

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DJ a friend of mine lent me wild blue by Ambrose Igave it back to him the next day very very boring, now D day and citizen soldiers they were a good read also Pegasus bridge.I did enjoy Crazy horse and Custer.


John--- if my fading memory serves me correctly, I read Band of Brothers and loved it, then he put our D-Day--good but large protions of the BoB books were in it. Citizen Soldier was more of the same and I think he put out something like "Ike's Boys"--horrible. He also had on on the transcontinental railroad which I never finished...it was super bad. I enjoyed his material, but it got old fast. Always regretted that...
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 12:54 AM UTC
If you liked 'Custer and Crazy Horse', you should try and find Evan S. Connell's Custer book 'Son of the Morning Star', excellent read.

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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 04:34 AM UTC

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If you liked 'Custer and Crazy Horse', you should try and find Evan S. Connell's Custer book 'Son of the Morning Star', excellent read.



I never read that one. Appreciate the advice.
thanks
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 05:36 AM UTC
I really enjoyed "The Wild Blue," mainly because it was really enlightening to me. I grew up with "12 O'clock High" and all of the B-17s flying out of England being pounded into my brain. I didn't realize the extend of the efforts that were staged in Italy. Especially liked the anecdote at the end of the book relating how some of the airmen took their ground crews on flights over Germany so they would have an appreciation for the job they did keeping the planes in the air.

Shaun
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:29 AM UTC
Shaun-- who wrote the book?
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:41 AM UTC
DJ,
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was replying to John's (Easy Co) previous post. The book is by Stephen Ambrose.
Link below.

Shaun

The Wild Blue
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 08:52 AM UTC
Okay, now I know why I did not get that one. However, with your endorsement, I will re visit the issue and probably order it.
thanks
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 10:29 AM UTC
Coming from you DJ the "I will probably order it" comment is really high praise. Thanks,

Shaun
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Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 12:47 AM UTC
i'm quite into ww2 history books. i've recently finished 'panzerkrieg' which is about ww2 german panzer history & tactics from poland '39 to berlin '45... nice small book with lots of facts.
i also have stephen ambrose's 'citizen soldiers' & 'd-day'.. and 'berlin: downfall 1945' . all are excellent books.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 01:22 AM UTC
There are two books by Anthony Beevors (spelling) Stalingrad and Berlin which I think are terriffic works.....has anyone read these two?
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 03:31 AM UTC
Berlin is the better of the two of those books by Anthony Beevor. He has also written one on the German invasion of Crete which seriously annoyed my girlfriend's father, who was one of the British troops defending the island.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 04:27 AM UTC

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Berlin is the better of the two of those books by Anthony Beevor. He has also written one on the German invasion of Crete which seriously annoyed my girlfriend's father, who was one of the British troops defending the island.

Never knew he wrote one on Crete....do you have the title?
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 04:36 AM UTC
Here's the title, from Anthony Beevor's own site. The book also covers the resistance to the German occupation.

http://www.antonybeevor.com/Crete/cretereviews.htm

And there's also this one, which my girlfriend's father liked a lot better

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330490591/wwwlink-software-21/202-2791251-8580633

Hope you find them a good read.

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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 05:02 AM UTC
Dave-- thanks. I ordered both.
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Posted: Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 05:09 AM UTC
Just finished the book called Secret War in Shanghai, about German, Russian, Brit, American, and of course Jap Spies during the occupancy of Japanese in Shanghai. Very interesting read. Especially that I picked up the book when I was stay in the exact same old Hotel that most of the events took place.
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Posted: Friday, December 03, 2004 - 08:37 AM UTC

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I really enjoyed "The Wild Blue,"


I read that and found it horribly boring. Surprised because I enjoyed Ambrose's other works.

If anyone is looking for a great first hand account book I highly recommend "Footsoldier" by Rosco Blunt. Blunt tells his story from his landing shortly after D-Day to his exploits during the Battle of the Bulge and afterwards.

Plus the author is a good friend of mine! (shamless plug!)
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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 02:16 AM UTC
Working on "Eyewitness to History" a collection of letter from people down through history dating back 1000's of years and "The History of nearly Everything" just started it but I like the aurthor he is funny.

Dave
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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 03:17 AM UTC
Update: I am reading "Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan." Great book. I used to focus mainly on the ground war in Europe but this is a really good read.

Link Below.

Shaun

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306807858/104-1601842-6719924?v=glance

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