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

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

Tony wrote: "I finished Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East last night, which I definitely recommend. It took me a few weeks to finish but th..."

Great review Tony, thanks for sharing!

Dimitri wrote: "Call me old fashioned :
To Win The Winter Sky: The Air War Over The Ardennes 1944-45 by [author:Danny S..."

One that I am still yet to read. I hope you enjoy the book Dimitri!

Great buys for eBook fans, thanks for those details, Mike!

Billy wrote: "I did not realize that it was a trilogy. I have the first two books. Did not know that I was missing one? :)"

Sorry, my mistake, he followed on from "Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II" with a trilogy on the Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign.

Some good books there Carl!

Billy wrote: "Reading "Rising Sun, Falling Skies" by Jeffrey R. Cox. This is the first book I have read by this author. It covers a not too often covered portion of the war, notably the Japanese conquest of Java..."

I have that trilogy but I am yet to start reading it. I hope you enjoy this first book.

"The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943" - The author provided this first-hand account of when Lieutenant Farley Mowat of the Hasty P's was nearly killed by a truck driving over a Teller mine:

" ... 'My goodness gracious, Squib,' said Bird a little later, 'you should have seen yourself! You popped out of that dust cloud as white as a rat in a flour barrel and with the silliest expression on your face - like a girl who's just been kissed for the first time.' Mowat thought that it had very nearly been the kiss of death. The truck had been carrying boxes of mortars, but by incredible good fortune these had not exploded."

The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland

Two more good books Mike! "The Lions of Carentan: Fallschirmjager Regiment 6, 1943-1945" is well worth the read.

Manray9 wrote: "Tonight I've picked up John Hill's --

Slim's Burma Boys

Hill commanded B Company, 2nd Batt., Royal Berkshires throughout the Burma Campaign...."

Sounds like an excellent book on the campaign. I hope you enjoy the book MR9!

I just watched the same episode and the footage was pretty damn good.

I'm going to be away for a few days a day will have limited internet access so I will catch up when I get back home next week.

it's the only book by that author that I am still yet to read. Hopefully soon I will finally get around to reading it.

There are a lot of very good books there Mike, thanks for posting the details.

Thanks for that link Alan, I hope your new novel does well.

Simon wrote: "The History and Science of the Manhattan Project, Bruce Cameron Reed, published Springer, for December read.



Part of Springer..."

Very informative post Simon and one that members with an interest in the subject will really appreciate. Thanks for taking the time to provide those details.

Tom wrote: "Thankyou for your replies After finishing the amazing “the unwomanly face of war” which I can’t recommend enough I will now read “Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Fron..."

Glad to hear you enjoyed the book. I hope you like "Blood Red Snow" just as much.

Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front by Günter K. Koschorrek

Dipanjan wrote: "


Recently bought these t..."

Nice additions to your library Dipanjan!

More great books, thanks Mike!

"The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943" - British forces have just landed on the foot of Italy and the 2nd Inniskillings were told to push inland and climb Monet San Nicolo. Here is a good account from Captain David Cole of what awaited the poor foot-sloggers during the Italian campaign to come:

"With no vehicles available at this stage, they were forced to use their own two feet. It was still a hot day a they trudged their way up the winding track, past vineyards on the lower slopes, then endless cactus bushes, around a plunging gorge and slopes rich with baby oaks and chestnuts. 'Toiling up the mountain under a burning sun,' noted Cole, 'and weighed down by a barrow-load of personal military hardware, I felt less like a mountain goat than a kebab on a grill'."

The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland

Lawrence Myers wrote: "[bookcover:A Train Near Magdeburg―The Holocaust, the survivors, and the Americ..."

Two books that sound like hard reading but well worth the read!