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

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

A few arrivals in the mail today, one new and one old:

Defeat and Division: France at War, 1939–1942 by Douglas Porch

When the Odds Were Even: The Vosges Mountains Campaign, October 1944-January 1945 by Keith Bonn

That was a great post MR9! I really liked these two bits;

". . . we invariably found ourselves in the peculiar Canadian position of explaining the English to the Americans. (In the previous three years we had been explaining the Americans to the English.)"

And;

"Working the U.S. coastal and Caribbean convoy routes had certain advantages over the North Atlantic and UK waters. The weather was “balm to our fog-shrouded souls.” "

Dj wrote: "Not WWII, but Vietnam. Here is a new show that is almost enough to make me think about getting Apple TV, almost.

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi39672059..."

Luckily, I have a subscription so I will check it out for you :)

Jonny wrote: ""Business In Great Waters; John Terraine' detailed the birth of a certain class of ship - just for Manray:On 24 January, 1940, there was a launching at Smith's Dock, Middlesbrough; the craft concer..."

Another very interesting post Jonny, thanks for sharing those details!

Manray9 wrote: "From Hal Lawrence's A Bloody War: One Man's Memories of the Canadian Navy, 1939-45.

In 1942, Lawrence transferred to another Flower-class corvette, HMCS Oakville. On 28 August 1942,..."

That made me burst out laughing - very funny story! Thanks for sharing MR9 :)

fourtriplezed wrote: "I have been very slow to get to start Paul Hams Kokoda for this group read. I got through about 40 pages in the last few days, but this will take a bit of time to finish, life is getting in the way..."

Slow and steady wins the race 4ZZZ! I hope you enjoy the book regardless of how long it takes you to read it :)

Jonny wrote: "Amazoon have me the unparalleled opportunity to spend money with them on the forthcoming release from Saul David. Thanks, but I'll hang on for the Daily Deal (there's just a wee smidge of Scots DNA..."

A bit of Scottish DNA can be quite helpful when juggling a budget!

My copy is already on its way :)

Two excellent posts Jonny and MR9 - again highlights the fact that being in the Infantry isn't always a bad thing!

Good point MR9! Talking of Japanese atrocities during WW2 I still have this book to read on the subject:

Hidden Atrocities: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial by Jeanne Guillemin

happy wrote: "Mrs. Happy brougt Peter Caddick-Adams's



home from the library for me, so it is one of my current reads..."

Sounds pretty good to me Happy, keep us all posted :)

Great story MR9! My father-in-law served in an Australian corvette during WW2 - they really sounded like shit-buckets as far as I could tell!

Antonio wrote: "Finished "The Universal Tank" by David Fletcher, a great end to a good trilogy of books on british armor."

Nice to hear Antonio!

Marc wrote: "Started this one today:

Macchi C.202 Folgore - Italy's Best Fighter of the Second World War"

Something different, let us know how you go.

Yep, that's about it Nathan!

I hope you enjoy it MR9. I have a pre-order in for this book on the Canadian Navy during the Atlantic campaign; "Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory", by Ted Barris.

Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory by Ted Barris

Nice haul there Dimitri, some very good books there!

This internet article just popped up on my news feed:

D-day tribute or theme park? Battle rages over Normandy plan:
https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news...

I have a copy of Prit Buttar's book that I am yet to read, maybe in a month or two I can get around to it. Glad to hear its a solid 4 star account :)

The Australian General Blamey wasn't much help either to those Australians fighting and dying on the Kokoda Track.

"Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942" - In the Epilogue of the book the author mentions a memorial erected on Red Beach at Dieppe which incorporates a maple-leaf motif and is designed so that when sunlight falls over the monument, the maple leaf is shadowed:

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/rememb...