'Aussie Rick'’s Comments (group member since Jun 12, 2009)

'Aussie Rick'’s comments from the THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP group.

Great post Jonny! This quote was also mentioned in my recent book on the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain:

"On the third day I did not care a hoot, and on the fourth day I was enjoying it. It was our pre- breakfast amusement to chase single soldiers over the fields with machine- gun fire and to leave them lying there with a few bullets in the back."

Today I am pre-packing our household items and furniture including most of my books to go into storage tomorrow for 8-10 weeks. I have selected a few books to take with me on my wanderings until we can move into our new apartment. I should be able keep involved in the group discussions except for the occasional day or two without internet service.

First item on the agenda once I move in is to get some new bookcases built so I can unpack my books. It may be a few more weeks of no access to my library :(

Nice links Liz, thanks for posting!

Dimitri wrote: "Back from a citytrip to Neuremberg. Do NOT visit the former Nazi Party rally grounds before 2026, the main exhibition is under reconstruction, probably with a fat jubilee budget.

On to Theresienst..."

Sounds like an excellent trip Dimitri, with some nice mementos for the library.

Darya Silman wrote: "I bought

Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II by Joseph Wheelan.

There..."

Nice purchase!

Jonny wrote: "I've started on Robert Kershaw's Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk; it'll be interesting to see if Kershaw can provide as interesting a myth-busting book as he did with [..."

I'll be keen to hear your final thoughts Jonny as I have an unread copy as well :)

Gary wrote: "Bombing Hitler's Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe

I enjoyed the book and liked how the author followed up with surviving bomb crew..."

Glad to hear you enjoyed the book Gary!

Hi Lucy and welcome to the group.

carl wrote: "After hiking about the Mojave Desert awhile, yes I'm not sure why I do these things either, we were headed to a hotel and holy smokes out in the middle of nowhere was a General Patton Memorial muse..."

Looks and sounds like and excellent experience and worth the visit!

I'm going to start reading the Kindle edition of; "Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain" by Victoria Taylor.

Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain by Victoria Taylor

Liz V. wrote: "Margot Friedländer, author of Ich tue es für Euch, dies

https://apnews.com/article/friedlande......"

Sad news!

Another Holocaust survivor has died, aged 103:

https://www.dw.com/en/holocaust-survi...

Good to hear, Tony!

Some great news links there Liz, thanks for posting!

Mike wrote: "I picked up two WWII books today.

Stranded in the Sky: The Untold Story of Pan Am Luxury Airliners Trapped on the Day of Infamy
[bookcover:Stranded in the Sky: The Untold Story of..."

Two very interesting books, Mike!

Great effort by those destroyers! Excellent post, MR9!

Mark wrote: "Currently reading Pegasus Bridge by Stephen Ambrose. Its a very easy to book to read, enjoying it. Just finished Peter Caddick Adams tome Snow & Steel about the Battle of the Bulge. Its a brilliant..."

Peter Caddick Adams' trilogy covering Western Europe 1944-45 is an excellent set of books and well worth the time to read.

Shrike58 wrote: "Coming up for me is Death of the Leaping Horseman: The 24th Panzer Division in Stalingrad By: Mark, Jason D. July, 2014 , old-fashioned "lines on map" military history by a specia..."

Should be an excellent account! I have a numbered and signed edition of the book that I am yet to read :)

That should be a pretty interesting account! Thanks for posting the details, Jerome.

Tony wrote: "I’m a hundred pages into Passchendaele: A New History, which is pretty good so far. I’m especially enjoying the German perspective.

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Glad to hear you are enjoying the book, Tony.