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

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

This new release arrived in the afternoon mail yesterday; "Between God and Hitler: Military Chaplains in Nazi Germany" by Doris L. Bergen.

Between God and Hitler: Military Chaplains in Nazi Germany by Doris L. Bergen

I just remembered that I do in fact have at least one unread book on Tarawa, so there might be a change in my theme book.

Bloody Tarawa by Eric; Lane John E. Hammel

I think "One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa" has been one of the best books that I've read on the battle. Highly recommended. Another excellent account is "Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa" by Joseph H. Alexander.

Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander

My theme book for this month will be this book covering one of the Australian campaigns; "D-Day New Guinea: The extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War" by Phillip Bradley.

D-Day New Guinea: The extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War by Phillip Bradley

Hi folks,

The October theme read page is open and ready for discussion. I have broadened the theme to cover any Pacific War battle that occurred during 1943:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The October 2023 theme read is any book or books, which can include a novel, that covers the Battle of Tarawa or any other Pacific War battle (land, air or sea) that took place during 1943.

"Battle of the Bulge: Then and Now" by Jean-Paul Pallud is a classic and quite a substantial book (HB), at $1.99 its a steal!

Some pretty good books there! Thanks for the notification Mike.

Excellent birthday gifts! I hope you enjoy "Third Reich at War" and happy Birthday!

Waiting for my copy to arrive Jonny!

Three very interesting books Joao, I hope you enjoy them!

I hope your move goes smoothly Perato. Good to hear you are enjoying Tooze's "Wages of Destruction", it does sound like a pretty interesting book.

An October release that may interest a few group members. After reading his "The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide" I will be on the lookout for a copy of this new book:

Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass

Manray9 wrote: "From Edward Ellsberg's No Banners, No Bugles.

Captain Ellsberg was thoroughly exhausted after a year of port clearing labor at Massawa on the Red Sea. On 24 November 1942, he recei..."

That's a hell of a lot of work for such a small number of men and resources!

Margaret wrote: "'The Pope at War', David Kertzer's Pulitzer Prize winning book researched following Pope Francis's decisio..."

That is a book that I am yet to read. I will look forward to your review.

Josh wrote: "I’m looking for a book about the Point du Hoc battle."

Hi Josh,

Check out this book on the subject:

Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe by Patrick K. O'Donnell

Manray9 wrote: "Tonight I’ve started Captain Edward Ellsberg’s No Banners, No Bugles. It is the second in the trilogy of memoirs of his involvement in naval salvage operations in WW II"

That sounds like a pretty interesting book, MR9, and on a little written about subject. I hope you enjoy it.

More good books at good prices, thanks Mike!

Thanks for the update and summary on the Nimitz book. It's much appreciated, James!

Grant wrote: "I just picked up a brand new copy of;

'Cinderlla Boys, the forgotten RAF force that won the battle of the Atlantic'.

by Leo McKinstry from the Library.
I'm looking forward to getting started with..."

I hope you enjoy the book, Grant. I have an unread copy waiting for me in my library :)