Colin’s Comments (group member since Dec 16, 2012)

Colin’s comments from the THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP group.

Ambrose was a prick, I knew him. I could tell you a story, but I will not malign the dead.

You may all find my old book Occupation and Insurgency of interest, dealing with the Holocaust and partisan warfare on the Eastern Front.

The Sept 17-24, 1944 Allied Airborne invasion of Holland, supported by British 30 Corps. Plan was to cross the Rhine into Germany, and the war by Xmas. Great failure.

Lilo wrote: "@ Sarah: I haven't read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", but I have seen the TV documentation. I found it very informative, but the statement at the end that the general German public must h..."

Read my book out next March, and also read our book The Star of Africa, about how German officers were learning of this.

I interviewed many German officers, who stated that had they been Paulus, they would have done the same thing. If Goering and Hitler had been honest with Paulus about being unable to supply and reinforce him, and had Manstein been given enough support for the relief force, things may have been vastly different. Paulus felt betrayed when we realized that Hitler's standfast order, not one step back was a suicide directive.

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "This new book sounds like it may offer a fascinating story about the Warsaw Underground during WW2:


by Jan Rosinski
..."

I interviewed Standartenfuehrer Johannes Muehlenkamp, 5th SS Division commander during the uprising. Interesting chat, see our website for that future book at www.lewisheatonbooks.com

Manray9 wrote: "Rick: It looks like my house. I have three book rooms and still growing."

I turned my huge laundry room into a library

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "This October release may interest a few of the members here in the group:


[bookcover:The Silent Attack: The Taking of the Bridges at Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne in Belgium by German Paratroo..."

Excellent choice. I also interviewed many of the German paras, and in the future will release another book, similar to the Aces Speak series we did, with their interviews. Ironically, Oberst Friedrich August Baron von der Heydte was a distant relative of mine. See our website at www.lewisheatonbooks.com and go to Future Book Projects and see.

Rory Gallagher wrote: "Michael,
Did you read Mein Kampf? Years ago I tried to push myself through it, and it was very bland and rambling. I honestly don't remember if I finished it, but I know I reached a point that it w..."

Leni Riefenstahl's films and documentaries were very influential, and the style was admittedly copied by Frank Capra for the American propaganda war in WW II. I interviewed and knew Leni very well, as well as Frank Capra Jr, the elder's son, who was a film producer when I worked in the industry. Also watch Leni's film "Olympia"

FYI, the next WW II book we have coming out through Zenith Press is Volume II of The German Aces Speak, for those who like Luftwaffe subjects.

Classic book and one of my top 5 films of all time. FYI, I had a letter correspondence with SS Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich, played by Maximilian Schell in the fil.

Our new book out in October, Four War Boer, covers the life of Pieter Kruler, who after the 2nd Boer War and WW I in Africa, served as a mercenary in Spain during the Civil War. you all may like his story, very compelling.

Geevee wrote: "The books by Martin Middlebrook, Lyn Macdonald, Richard Holmes, Peter Hart and Richard Van Emden will also serve you well with books that have many accounts, letters and memories by men and women w..."

Look for any books by Hew Strachan

Read Fly for Your Life by Robert Stanford Tuck, a man I met, great story of his escape.

Welcome back Rick!

Martin Bormann's son retired near Munich I think, around Garmisch.

John wrote: "I am just about to start ."

I interviewd Karl Wolff, who worked under and with Heydrich. Great story

Hans Baur, Stumpfeggar, Guensche and Hewell all left the bunker together with a few others. Baur was hit in the knee by Russian fire, later losing a leg in a crude surgery with a pcoket knife, and Bormann disappeared, but presumed dead. His remains were found over a decade agon when a new building was being built, I believe. They compared the dental records and DNA to his son.

Hitler's Inner Circle is still yet to get contracted, our agent will submit the proposal to various publishers soon. Right now I am working on the next book, When They Killed Giants. See our website for our next and future book projects in detail at www.lewisheatonbooks.com

Robert wrote: "Colin wrote: "Geevee wrote: "Thanks Jim and Colin for keeping people informed on your new books.

Colin I know you've interviewed many hundreds (if not into the thousands) of people over the years..."

I use the interviews for my books, altough I will never live long enough to use them all probably. I donated a lot of material to my various schools I attended for their research archives.