Your Best WW2 Book in 2015

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Maybe another Battle of the Bulge theme read for 2016 to help you guys get motivated in reading a most excellent book?

[Timothy]

Certainly, Rick. I'm game. I'm willing to put off reading if GeeVee and Manray9 want to do a group book read.

[A.L.]

I think most of us have large enough to-read lists that we can repeat themes and still find something on-topic that we'd like to read.

[Timothy]

Probably right!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Yep, most likely true A.L. :)

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Good idea folk and Timothy please don't wait if you want to read it sooner.

[Timothy]

Geevee wrote: "Good idea folk and Timothy please don't wait if you want to read it sooner."

I have the same problem we all have. A load of books in the to be read pile. I can certainly wait until we are all ready to start.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

If folks like I can set up a second theme read for December for a Battle of the Bulge theme. Group members can either join that theme or the Pacific theme or both. Plus December is the perfect month for a Ardennes book don't you think? Let me know as I am happy to join in with my copy of Antony Beevor's new book on the Ardennes Offensive.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Sounds good Rick and the timing is a good one indeed.

[A.L.]

I've got a few Bulge books I'd like to get in before the end of the year, so that sounds good to me.

[Timothy]

I'm for it.

[Bevan Lewis]

As a newby, is a group read setup as a separate thread?

[Timothy]

Bevan wrote: "As a newby, is a group read setup as a separate thread?"

I'm a newbie myself (mid Oct), but there was a seperate tread for October, which was reader's choice, anything on the 3rd Reich.

[Bevan Lewis]

Cool, I've grabbed a copy of Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble, will crack into it as soon as I've finished Secret War.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Bevan, all group reads are set up as separate threads:

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

I will organise a December thread for the Ardennes and also another for the Pacific campaign and will let everyone know when they are open and ready for discussion.

[Dimitri]

Ardennes would be good. I was going to read Beevor's Ardennes book and a little memoir of a 101st veteran before attending the Bulge weekend of december 11th.

[Doubledf99.99]

Dimitri wrote: "Ardennes would be good. I was going to read Beevor's Ardennes book and a little memoir of a 101st veteran before attending the Bulge weekend of december 11th."

Went to Bastogne in 1974 or 5, for a 3 day event and Volksmarch commemorating the Battle of the Bulge, it was quite the event I still have my Volksmarch medallion from it. Had one outstanding good time.

[Doreen]

Well I have to say I'm a relative newby to this group but hope to be able to contribute more to it. I just love the suggestions and discussions. Kudos to everyone. My fav book for this year was one I received from Netgalley. Gift of Darkness: Growing Up in Occupied Amsterdam. What an awesome book!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Thanks for your nomination Doreen, and pleased you are enjoying the group

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good to hear you are having fun in the group Doreen, nice recommendation for best book of 2015 as well :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Still a few more days left in 2015 if anyone else wants to add the best WW2 history book they read this year.

Let us know which WW2 book you enjoyed reading the most in 2015, it may be a title that some of us aren't familiar with and we all need an excuse to add to our pile of books eh! :)

[Sweetwilliam]

A.L. wrote: "I read some great WWII books this year, but I think my favorite was
[boo..."

I read Hornfischer's Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors May of 2015 and I thought it was the best book I had ever read until I read Neptunes Inferno by the same author a few months later. Honorable mention would have to be Lundstroms"s the First Team....what a tribute to the Naval aviators of the greatest generation.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Some excellent books there Sweetwilliam, I will have to try and read my copies of either Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors or/and Neptune's Inferno. Just got to work out a reading schedule and make some time :)

and by James D. Hornfischer

[happy]

You really need to AR - both are excellent.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I'll try Happy :)

[happy]

Also his one on the fate of the USS Houston and the Battle of the Java Sea is also excellent

[Sweetwilliam]

happy wrote: "Also his one on the fate of the USS Houston and the Battle of the Java Sea is also excellent

[bookcover:Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Sag..."
I have Ship of Ghosts. I read about 100 pages and put it down. I will get back to it.

[Michael]

by Evan Thomas

[Dimitri]

Dimitri wrote: "Probably it's the First-Time-In-Normandy talking, but I'll go with Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy :)

Without emotional factor:
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945."

I spoke too soon. The third place on the victor's stand belongs to "Snow and Steel"