[AT_Stalky]

Been much books latly, much 18xx, but on the WW2 front im reread Halders diary... Its a must read for any WW2 intrested..

[mooxe]

I am off for another month long training ex. I am brining with me....

The Reason Why
The Bear Went Over The Mountain
Frontsoldaten
Blood Red Snow

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[diggin.robat]

Already finished: Charles Blondes, Battle of the Marne. Mainly french perspective, but accurate on the german ans french general staffs and their way of command and control in the early WWI.

[AT_Stalky]

Hmm, been so many books lastly, ”Skåda Sovjetunionen i vitögat” translated to English that would be something like ”Looking the Soviet union in the eyeball?”.. Book stretches from WW2 to Cold war ends. Interesting to read more about the Soviet plan during WW2 to occupy Sweden’s north parts, rather “similar” plan as the British and French had when they wanted to move troops over Narvik – Kiruna in 1940 (to occupy Sweden’s iron ore district).. And some Swedish books, like Hägglöfs book Swedish trade during WW2, “Svensk krigshandelspolitik UAVK”
Apart from that it has just been “fun” books about National Economy, World Trade, and Tax Law, Free trade, Tariffs and non tariff trade barriers, and Finances and Calculations, advanced business economics… Not really that fun in compare to WW2..

[Kallen]

Books I've read lately are...

Panzer Commander, the memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck(Written by Hans von Luck, of course.)
The Rising Tide by Jeff Shaara
First Strike by Eric Nylund

And right now I'm reading The Assassins by Oliver North

[Fitch]

Currently reading The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara.

If you haven't read it or it's Prequel The Rising Tide, I suggest you get them. Great, Great Read.. But then I've never picked up a Jeff Shaara book I didn't like.

After this one, I dunno, I may go back and try to Finish The Forgotten Soldier, or Through Hell for Hitler, or even Steel Inferno. Then again, I may pick up O'Brian's Aubry/Mautrin series again.

[Popov]

"Diplomacy" by Henry Kissinger. A thorough analysis of what's been happening in diplomacy/war for the last 200 years. Interesting to see an outsider's opinion on big events in Europe. Very good read about how diplomacy can literally make an impact on how our world looks like. with a lot of maps to illustrate .

[RedScorpion]

I got Niklas Zetterlings new book called Blitzkrieg, a dissection of this type of warfare basically and its history... Got through the first chapters and seems promising.

[Tippi-Simo]

Started today Adolf Hitler´s Mein Kampf.
Tried to loan it from library but there is like 50 people in the line before me. Was lucky to find that from one site (e-book) in finnish.

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[Tippi-Simo]

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[mooxe]

Just got my new pile of books to read...


One Soldier's War - The Battle for Chechnya
Combat Officer - A Memoir of the war in the South Pacific
Guadacanal Diary
Goodbye Darkness - A Memoir of the Pacific War
Requiem for Battleship Yamato
One Square Mile of Hell - The Battle for Tarwara
The Jungle is neutral - A Soldier's Two Year Jungle Escape from the Japanese Army
Cutthroats - The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific

[Tippi-Simo]

U-Boat Ace - The Story of Wolfgang Lüth
Mein Kriegstagenbuch - Hans-Ulrich Rudel
White Death - Simo Häyhä
Red Army Panzers (1918-1945) - Pekka Kantakoski This book is huuuge!
With Napoleon in Russia;The Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt Duke of Vicenza
That Clausewitz book about war

^ those are in finnish of course.

First 2 are from book publish company my friend´s friend own (named Koala).
Bought those 6 books from book fair today.

[Bungarra]

Roberts Ridge

Chinook inserts a Seal team on prepared positions atop a mountain peak in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy7ySLKaM7I

Documentary on same, or just google Roberts Ridge

[ronson]

Interesting book I picked up just before Christmas:-

'The Polar Bears' by Patrick Delaforce.........ISBN 0 7509 3194 9

Covers the story of the 49th Infantry Divison from Normandy to Holland 1944-45.

Mostly drawn from Regimental histories and personal recollections, its a rare study at Battalion/company level of the Liberation, describing the weapons used and the small unit tactics employed and the evolution of these during combat.

Most of the operations of the Normandy campaign are touched upon here, Epsom, Cormorant, Goodwood, plus some of the less well know like Martlet.

Of particular interest is the description of the battle fought around Rauray during the German counter-attack by the 70th Brigade supported by the Shermans of the 24th Lancers at the start of July '44, in which 31 Panthers were destroyed in one day.

Cheers
Ronson

[flick]

My mum found the above book in a second hand book store, made a nice suprise present.

It was interesting reading about what happens when a battalion has to be dispanded, due to casualties.

[Tippi-Simo]

The Terror of Morocco - A book about finnish army captain Aarne Juutilainen.