Just ordered through mail: If You Survive by George Wilson and Soldat by Siegfried Knappe. The Wilson - book was recommended by someone here in this thread and I thought I'd get it.
Finally got these, started reading If You Survive, seems very good, action packed but also well written. Knappe's book seems good too, and long, 430 pages with good pics.
Am already looking for more to read, I'm kind of shifting my interest to the Vietnam war. I'm interested in the MACV SOG and the LRRP's and the other 'silent warriors'. Also interested in the Vietnamese perspective.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Currently reading Deep Survival. Another book thats part of the CO's book club here on base. Not very far in, but it started with a WW2 story so I pretty interested already.
Just ordered through mail: If You Survive by George Wilson and Soldat by Siegfried Knappe. The Wilson - book was recommended by someone here in this thread and I thought I'd get it.
Finally got these, started reading If You Survive, seems very good, action packed but also well written. Knappe's book seems good too, and long, 430 pages with good pics.
Am already looking for more to read, I'm kind of shifting my interest to the Vietnam war. I'm interested in the MACV SOG and the LRRP's and the other 'silent warriors'. Also interested in the Vietnamese perspective.
Finished "If You Survive". Very good story from the perspective of 'stock' infantry officer in WW2. Very 'close combat' - style in the way that the terrain is described in detail before the battles.
Haven't yet started reading "Soldat" by Knappe. Ordered two more books, "SOG - The Secret Wars of America's Commandoes In Vietnam" by John Plaster and "Recondo" by Larry Chambers. Started reading SOG, seems interesting although probably not very academically reliable.
Also I've been reading a non-war related book, "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Pleasantly surprised that these forums are still up and running. It's been a while since my last visit. ;)
Anyway, on topic; unfortunately study books just now.... :(
Still, I've got to share my favourite WW2 book. The Guns of War (actually 2 books in one - The Guns of Normandy and The Guns of Victory) by George G Blackburn..
Bargain - Amazon link
#H
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Just finished Max Hastings' "All Hell Let Loose".
Great read. It covers the 1939-45 period, so most of it is well known to the ww2 buffs, but Hastings provides, as usual, some good arguments, some [fact based] revision, top-down analysis and bottom-up personal accounts.
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Reading "Battle of the Reichswald" by Peter Elstob. Makes sense doesn't it Reading it in Dutch.
Other books on the reading list for the Rhineland mod:
"The Rhineland 1945" by Osprey. Finished it this week. Basically no more than an introduction to the campaign.
"Der Zweite Weltkrieg Zwischen Rhein und Maas" by Heinz Bosch.
And there will be much more I reckon.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Two books by sir F. Kitson, very important for understanding terror tactics used lately by the NATO and their Arab puppets throughout the Maghreb countries and Syria, as well as some British criminal undertakings during the decolonization in 1960s-70s:
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
AT_Stalky,
do you mean a book called "Commando Extraordinary Otto Skorzeny" by Charles Foley? I have that and I've read it, was pretty good. Wasn't much in it about Skorzeny's time in the eastern front though.
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Hi
Have read some 120 pages or so, he’s in Italy by now, just before the Mussolini event.. Haven’t seen any BS so far, maybe that part is in the next chapter?..
MF, this is Otto’s own memoirs. In this book he takes us through his early life in a few chapter, and the detailed story’s starts when WW2 starts. He covers his experience of Barbarossa in rather good details.
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Stalky, what is the book title exactly?
Is it "Secret Missions"?
As I understand in some languages it was titled "Secret Memoirs".
IF that is the book you're talking about than: the part about Yugoslavia is more-less rubbish; the part about 20 July plot, and his role in it, is wildly exaggerated.
I think I've found some odd stuff about the Ardennes offensive as well, but will have to dig out the book to verify that
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Its Ottos own memoirs from 1950, original title "Geheimkommando Skorzeny". In Swedish something completely different though..
You name BS in the part about Yugoslavia, (I know very lill about the fights down there).
Otto describes the three times he was in Yugoslavia, first in 1941. Its most anecdotes talking to the people and noticing the split between Bostonian and the Serbs. He’s a technical officer and is thus not a fighting man, and the only time he fined him self in "contact" with the “enemy” is when his 2 tractors are probing the roads after a Yugoslavian redraw, and they come to a village and there are some 50 or 80 men with 3 officers that lay down there weapon to them.. No drama or heroism at all, no dead no vounded nothing, some warning shots was fired though.
The second time he’s there, he just noticed the partisans was strong and controlled much.
So, what was BS here?
/S
(edit: he wasnt there a third time, as I previously wrote)
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: Re: What are you reading?
Yeah, read Skorzeny many years ago as well - nice adventure novel, but would not take it as a source .
Anyway Sajer's memoirs are same crappy fact-wise but still is a good read.
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