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Review written by Foul. [Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:55 am]
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In a work spanning almost 30 years, the 7 volumes of this work are the definitive English language reference on the Peninsular War, and nobody can call themselves a serious student of this era without having read this series. Virtually all of the political, military, and economic issues related to the campaigns are presented in these volumes. Every major battle is described in minute detail by Oman. He personally traveled to virtually every battlefield in Spain and Portugal to bett... Read More |
Review written by Antoni Chmielowski [Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:50 pm]
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This excellent book, by one of the best WW2 authors, deals with Montgomery`s campaign in Normandy, from D Day to the Falaise Gap. It shows how battles such as GOODWOOD and EPSOM, where not the successes that Montgomery claimed that they were, and how some of the Allied Commanders such as Lt Gen BUCKNALL, commander of the British XXX Corps were not up to the job, and as we all know in real life, he was promoted in excess of his ability.The book, including photo`s, maps and appendix is 5... Read More |
Review written by Antoni Chmielowski [Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:47 pm]
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This book deals with the eventual success of the Allied assault against Monte Cassino. Most people will associate the battle of Monte Cassino with the heroic assault of the Polish 2nd Corps to take the monastery of St Benedict. However, the real heroes were the French Expeditionary Corps, under the command of General Juin. His troops were the first to get a significant victory against the Germans, despite the fact that the terrain favored the German defenders and these ... Read More |
Review written by Mr Yormsha (FGM) [Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:42 pm]
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Already hailed as the standard work, whose comprehensiveness is unlikely to be surpassed, The Most Dangerous enemy is a magnificently authoritative history of the British battle that most galvanises the imagination and symbolises the destiny of a nation. But in rigorously re-investigating every aspect of the Battle of Britain - and above all the traditional version of Britain’s victory as a ‘close run thing’, Stephen Bungay tells a story full of surprises…(Has a... Read More |
Review written by Bootie [Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:38 pm]
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I have recently finished this fascinating and in depth book. At a staggering count of over 1500 pages it has taken me quite a while to get through. I picked it up at a second hand book store but will now strive to buy a hardback edition for my collection as it is a book I would gladly sit down and go through again and again. It charts the origins of Hitler from his earliest days all the way through to his suicide in 1945. It offers also an interesting glimpse of all of his cronies i... Read More |
Review written by Antoni Chmielowski [Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:34 pm]
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This book (first published in 1952) deals with his part in the pivotal battles of WW2.It is interesting (if slightly biased) as it is his biography!The book has been translated from German into English and is therefore accurate. When you read the book, you realize how much of a military idiot Hitler was, and how even his brilliant generals became blinded by him. If Hitler had left his generals to do the planning, then the whole of World history may have been so different. The book is 528 pages l... Read More |
Review written by Antoni Chmielowski [Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:28 pm]
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This is an excellent 889 page book (including index and appendix) which details the origin of the idea of the Pearl Harbour attack, as well the actual attack and the aftermath. It shows how ingenious the Japanese were in adapting their torpedoes to work in the shallow depths of Pearl Harbour, as well as adapting the 16-inch battleship shells to use as armour piercing bombs. The book clearly shows how the various branches of the US military did not communicate with each other, and worse how the... Read More |
Review written by Antoni Chmielowski [Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:04 pm]
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This is a book close to my heart - it’s all about some of the winners of the United Kingdoms highest medal – the Victoria Cross. It covers all the actions during which the medal was awarded, from the Crimean War to the current situation in Iraq, where Pt. Johnson Beharry became the latest winner of the Victoria Cross, and the last living winner since 1965. There are now only 12 living winners of the Victoria Cross.The book is 690 pages long (including appendices) and also includes 3 ... Read More |
Review written by Weasel [Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:00 pm]
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Biggest Brother is the story of Major Richard Winters, who became famous from the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers”. This book dispels a few myths that were created in the series, while also providing a glimpse into the pre and post war years of Richard Winters.There were two areas in the book that stood out the most against the HBO series. The first is when the scattered troops of Easy Company ambush two horse drawn wagons on June 6th. In the series Lieutenant Winters leads this sma... Read More |
Review written by MGK(FGM) [Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:13 pm]
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Wassilij Grossman Russian Poet and writer volunteered for the army when the Germans invaded in 1941 and spent more than three years as a special correspondent at the front for the army newspaper Red Star. He was on front with common soldiers and his diaries are chronicles of life and fight free from propaganda. There are a lot of action and "normal" soldiers life observations. He was not cold observer but he was man fighting against barbarian enemy. He was on first line in 1941 then in Stalingra... Read More |
Review written by MGK(FGM) [Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:05 pm]
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It is story of The Polish Airborne Unit created by General Sosabowski. Main topic is focused on battle at Driel and you can find a lot of relations of privates and officers who fought there. Relations like that : " I have landed 40 meters from firing German Spandau position I saw several men of my platoon lying on the field but suddenly bicycle drooped directly on HMG and covered surprised Germans with silk of parachute - we started and take them as prisoners." Here is review from Amazon by By M... Read More |
Review written by Antoni Chmielowski [Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:29 pm]
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This excellent 545 page book deals with the American Eighth Air Force, in Britain during WW II from its initial deployment on 11 May 1942 when 39 officers and 384 enlisted men landed on British soil. The book covers all the major bombing operations such as the disastrous raid on Schweinfurt as well as the controversial raid on Dresden, as well as the D Day Operation. The major appeal of the book is that is based on the oral history of the men who flew the missions and this brings the book to lif... Read More |
Review written by Foul. [Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:21 pm]
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The story of the siege is known as "The greatest film Hollywood never made".When Soleyman The Great decided to remove this Christian outpost in the Mediterranean, which had made itself a reputation for harrying Ottoman shipping, he believed it would take no longer than two weeks to achieve as the Island defenses where weak and the native population were not expected to help the Christian Knights in the defense, little could he have guessed at the fanatical resistance his troops would face from t... Read More |
Review written by Weasel [Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:12 pm]
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I have had this book sitting on my shelf for a very long time, in fact I inherited it from my father. Having read everything in my library, and the local library not having anything of interest at the moment I rummaged through my shelves and came upon an old, musty smelling book, "The Blue and the Gray". At first I put it back, thinking it was just another volume of rehashed data that has been printed many times before and since. However, totally bored and unable to sleep if I don't read before ... Read More |
Review written by Walrus [Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:31 pm]
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When I moved from New Zealand to Australia this was the only book I physically took with me…the other four or five hundred were transported at a later date. That shows how highly I value it.It is the story of a man, easily described as a hero, but that is such an overused term. He was quite unique, yet just a standard Kiwi bloke. The book is full of contradictions, which is why I enjoy it so much.On the surface it is the story of Charles Upham's service in the New Zealand Army during WW2.... Read More |
Review written by Don Fox [Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:33 pm]
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It was just a matter of days after turning in to my publisher the completed manuscript for "Patton's Spearhead - The Fourth Armored Division in World War II", when I noticed a hefty new Patton biography on conspicuous display at my local Barne's & Noble. Having spent the past two years researching and writing the history of the division - a division that was inextricably intertwined with Patton - I was immediately drawn by the title. In his Preface, the author, Stanley P. Hirshson, proudly a... Read More |
Review written by Don Fox [Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:31 pm]
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I just completed Rick Atkinson's "An Army At Dawn"; a book which you will currently find on the shelves of most major book retailers. The subject: The war in North Africa, 1942-1943.Compared to my rapid digestion of several other works during the past few weeks, Atkinson's book was a meal that took many days to devour. Due to the book's length - 541 pages - and the author's style (have your dictionary handy for the occasions when the author challenges your vocabulary), a cover-to-cover reading w... Read More |
Review written by Don Fox [Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:28 pm]
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Martin Blumenson has had a lengthy and tremendously well-respected career as a military historian. His work on the critically acclaimed two-volume "The Patton Papers" placed him at the forefront of experts on the subject of General Patton (a subject that he has been close to ever since serving on Patton's staff during the latter part of WWII). Serious students of military history will have ready knowledge of Blumenson's contributions to the "green book" series of official US Army WWII histories ... Read More |
Review written by Bootie [Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:34 pm]
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"If you survive your first day, I'll promote you." So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy, and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, helping take the small towns of northern France and Belgium building by building.Of all the men and o... Read More |
Review written by Ricky B [Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:13 pm]
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This book not only covers the Pilgrims journey from England to the Netherlands and then to the New World on the Mayflower, but details the settlers' relationship with the local Indians over the next 60 years. It corrects many myths about the early days of Plymouth Plantation, while providing in depth details on how the Pilgrims survived (barely!) and how both groups benefitted in the beggining from their trade and relationships.The local Indian chief used the Pilgrim presence for acce... Read More |
Review written by Don Fox [Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:27 pm]
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When I first saw Clay Blair's "Ridgway's Paratroopers - The American Airborne in World War II" (2002 - Naval Institute Press... originally published in 1985 by Dial Press), I was drawn to it for several reasons. For one, at almost 600 pages, it looked like it would offer a detailed history of the key United States airborne units of WWII. For another, I thought it might contain some fodder for scenario designs. When I arrived at the end of the book, I felt that neither of these urges had been satisfied. ... Read More |
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Okay, continuing from my previous thread. I believe that MGs are a vital part of the defense. In my experience MG do not score many kills... BUT they are very, very good at suppressing and basically scaring the @!#$ out of the enemy's infantry, and if they can't advance, well then they might as well... Read More
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Okay, continuing from my previous thread. I believe that MGs are a vital part of the defense. In my experience MG do not score many kills... BUT they are very, very good at suppressing and basically scaring the @!#$ out of the enemy's infantry, and if they can't advance, well then they might as well... Read More
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