What book are you reading now... - Page 9

Scout32 · #81 (**permalink**) May 14th, 2008, 11:57 PM

The Battle of the Ruhr by Derek Zumbro

Hagen · #82 (**permalink**) May 15th, 2008, 07:42 PM

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The Battle of the Ruhr by Derek Zumbro

How you likng it Scout? I thought it a very good read. As for me I'm reading 'Berlin 1945 The Final Reckoning' by Karl Bahm. Nothing new, has some pics I haven't seen before.

Double Deuce · #83 (**permalink**) May 16th, 2008, 01:25 AM

Just started reading The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944 (David Glantz).

Biscuit · #84 (**permalink**) May 16th, 2008, 01:37 AM

Beyond Band of Brothers by Major Dick Winter - excellent read, highly reccomend it!

lorddeathrage · #85 (**permalink**) May 16th, 2008, 12:14 PM

Nuremberg: Evil on Trial
by James Owen

Pylon1357 · #86 (**permalink**) May 17th, 2008, 01:36 AM

I just finished reading a book I picked up last weekend. Its titled Valediction And Remembrance: Canadian Epitaphs Of The Second World War. It is a collection of Epitaphs found on Canadian War Graves. I picked it up mainly because the epitaph on my uncles headstone is quoted on page 171. It is a 192 page hard cover book.

This is from the publisher: This beautiful book is a moving tribute to fallen soldiers of the Second World War. Filled with examples of the inscriptions families requested for the headstones of their lost ones, the book builds around these epitaphs a tapestry of past history and present landscapes.

The author takes us on a virtual tour of cemeteries and monuments all over Europe where Canadian soldiers are buried. His eloquent descriptions are richly interwoven with background information on relevant events of those years, and together with the many photographs they bring his subject to life.

krieg · #87 (**permalink**) May 18th, 2008, 09:45 PM

having a look see at a book called.. soldaten ..by john keegan .and
richard holmes
seems ok to start with
cheers krieg

lorddeathrage · #88 (**permalink**) May 24th, 2008, 07:18 PM

My Just War by Gabriel Temkin

It is the memoir of a Jewish soldier of the Red Army in WW2, seems to be a really good read.

jwarrenclarke · #89 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2008, 07:13 AM

I just started Barbarossa, The Russian-German Conflict, 1941-45 by Alan Clark The Eastern Front is one I know little about.

lorddeathrage · #90 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2008, 07:44 AM

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My Just War by Gabriel Temkin

It is the memoir of a Jewish soldier of the Red Army in WW2, seems to be a really good read.

I just picked up an original copy (1944) of Carel Birkby's "Close to the Sun".
This means 'My Just War' has to be put on hold for a couple of days.

This bad-boy still smells like South Africa and I can't wait to start reading it.