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[Wade]

Catalin wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm so happy I joined this group.

My passion for war fiction/non-fiction comes from my grandfather who served on the Europe Eastern front. Favorite book - Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor..."

[Wade]

Wade wrote: "Catalin wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm so happy I joined this group.

My passion for war fiction/non-fiction comes from my grandfather who served on the Europe Eastern front. Favorite book - Stalingrad b..."

Welcome to the group,,glad to have you onboard.

[Michael]

Thanks for the welcome. I am looking forward to this group. My father served with the famous U.S. 94th division and at 93 is still alive. He still likes to read books about the War and I am hoping that I can find books in this group he has not read.

[Peter]

Hi everyone
I'm Peter and live in Portugal.
WW2 has always been one of my favorite subjects...
In particular, I'm fascinated about all the technology used in this conflict !

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Peter, I think you'll be well served in your interest area.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Michael wrote: "Thanks for the welcome. I am looking forward to this group. My father served with the famous U.S. 94th division and at 93 is still alive. He still likes to read books about the War and I am hoping ..."

Welcome Michael and wonderful that your father continues to represent a fine division.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Michael and Peter and welcome to the group, I hope you both find a few things here to keep you interested. Your dad is doing well at 93 and still reading Michael!

[Christie]

Catalin wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm so happy I joined this group.

My passion for war fiction/non-fiction comes from my grandfather who served on the Europe Eastern front. Favorite book - Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor..."

Welcome Catalin! My husband and I took a trip to Bucharest and Brasov back in the late 90's and had a great time. We ate mostly at McDonalds as we didn't run across many people who spoke English and we always ordered a "fish mac" and "menu mcnuggets" (fish sandwich and chicken mcnuggets)if I remember rightly. :)

[Geraldine]

I am so happy to be part of this group. I didn't know it existed until a few moments ago when I was searching a group to join. I started reading about WW II at about 13 and its never stopped. I am particularly interested in submarine warfare. Went to see U-505 in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Can't even believe how those men functioned in that space.

[Christie]

Welcome to the group Michael and Peter.

Michael, that is so wonderful that you still have your father with you and that he is still active in reading about the war he served in. My dad was in the 94th Bomb Group of the 8th USAAF as a tail gunner.

Peter, I've recently seen some stunning pictures of Portugal. I'm sure there plenty of suggestions from the group on weapons and other warfare technology breakthroughs from that time period.

[Christie]

Geraldine wrote: "I am so happy to be part of this group. I didn't know it existed until a few moments ago when I was searching a group to join. I started reading about WW II at about 13 and its never stopped. I am ..."

Welcome to the group Geraldine. Glad you found this awesome group! My dad really wanted to be a part of a submarine crew or in tank warfare during WWII, but his height at well over 6' knocked him out of the running for both those. He was a semi-pro baseball and semi-pro hockey player and the experience he had working as a team member is what drew the attention of the USAAF for training as a bombardier group member.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Geraldine and welcome to the group, glad to see you here. If you haven't already found them here are two threads on naval and submarine warfare:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

[Geraldine]

Thanks for the recommendations!

[Geraldine]

Christie wrote: "Geraldine wrote: "I am so happy to be part of this group. I didn't know it existed until a few moments ago when I was searching a group to join. I started reading about WW II at about 13 and its ne..."

Your dad would have had an awful time of it with his height. Thanks for your welcome.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Geraldine, Michael and Peter. We are glad to have you in the group.

[Michael]

Christie wrote: "Welcome to the group Michael and Peter
Michael, that is so wonderful that you still have your father with you and that he is still active in reading about the war he served in. My dad was in t..."

Christie wrote: "Welcome to the group Michael and Peter.

Michael, that is so wonderful that you still have your father with you and that he is still active in reading about the war he served in. My dad was in t..." Thanks for the welcome

[Michael]

Thanks for the welcome Christie.

[Colin]

Two of my late German friends served on U-505, and Hans was on it when it was captured. Thilo was the first officer, transferred just before the last mission.

[Michael]

Colin wrote: "Two of my late German friends served on U-505, and Hans was on it when it was captured. Thilo was the first officer, transferred just before the last mission."

[Michael]

That is interesting Colin, My Father entered Germany 94 days after Normandy relieved the 90th division in Brittany France headed east to Battle of the bulge and then towards the end of the war liberated a Concentration Camp. After the war ended he was still in active duty and spent a year in the Korean Conflict with the 8th armored divison.

[happy]

let me add my welcome to the new members

Micheal, Peter and Geraldine

[Tomi]

Hi - I just joined this group. I am a retired schoolteacher (history and English). My husband and two of our grown daughters live in central Arkansas with the chickens and ducks and dogs and cats and whatever other animal wanders through! One of the best things about retirement is that I can read all the bazillions of books I have bought over the years...I just miss having a class of trapped listeners for my lectures! I am currently reading "Justinian's Flea" and "Moral Combat" (which is an excellent book).

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Tomi, welcome to the group, I hope you find a few things of interest here.

[Christie]

Welcome to the group Tomi! Enjoy your massive amounts of reading time you worked so hard to earn. :)

[happy]

Welcome Welcome Tomi

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Geraldine and Tomi. You are most welcome and please feel free to join in as you wish.

[Will]

Hello! I'm new to the group and very new to the genre. I've picked around with military fiction/ non-fiction from different wars but found I have been really interested in WWII lately. I look forward to sharing with y'all.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Will, welcome and hopefully you will find a few books or threads of interest, any questions please ask.

[Christie]

Welcome to the group Will. In my humble opinion, you've picked the most fascinating conflict to learn more about. This is a great group of people here with a wealth of knowledge on the European and Pacific theaters. I'm sure you will find a ton of great suggestions to lead you in the direction you pursue.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Tomi and Will, glad to have you aboard.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Will and please make yourself at home.

[happy]

Welcome Will,

You should be able to find something interesting to read amoung the books mentioned here.

[Tomi]

Thanks for the welcomes, everyone. All I can say is that eBay and Amazon are very grateful that I have joined this group...

[Stephen]

Hi all I am new to this group. I am mainly a fantasy reader but dive into WW2 books every now and then, get my fix mainly from movies and documentaries . Recently been readying all WW2 and no fantasy, so joined here looking for recommendations.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Stephen, please feel free to join in. There are loads of books mentioned in the threads and people here are always happy to suggest books or subjects.

[happy]

Welcome Stephen

If you can't find something to read about WW II here, you are trying very hard:)

Feel free to join the converstions.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Stephen, fantasy and WWII are my favorites too--no lack of great books to explore. Glad to have you here.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Welcome Stephen and enjoy :)

[Wade]

A Belated but Hearty welcome to all of our new members!

[J.S.]

Hello All!
A recent friend recommended I join and, of course, introduce myself. My name is Jim and have been innately interested in WWII since a child. For some reason the European theater has been more of my tilt. Not sure why. Love our men that served and get extremely emotional regarding the fighter pilots. Again, don't know why. I'm glad to be here and my I say God bless you.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Jim and pleased you found us by recommendation too :) Please feel free to join in and look forward to talking books.

[Paul]

J.S. wrote: "Hello All!
A recent friend recommended I join and, of course, introduce myself. My name is Jim and have been innately interested in WWII since a child. For some reason the European theater has been..."

Welcome, J. S.! (I see that you took my recommendation.) As I promised you, you will find this group to be informative, and the people here are second-to-none - the best people on the internet, in my estimation!

[J.S.]

I have found that to be true for Goodreads in general. Great people. Thank you for the recommendation, Paul. I look forward to the experience and of course good people.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jim and welcome to the group. Like you and many others here I also have a fascination for those men who served during WW2 and you may be interested to know that in about a weeks time a few members will be reading and discussing this book:

by Jay A. Stout

If you have time to join in please do, this thread will be open for comment in a few days:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks Paul for recommending the site as well, much appreciated :)

[J.S.]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Hi Jim and welcome to the group. Like you and many others here I also have a fascination for those men who served during WW2 and you may be interested to know that in about a weeks time a few membe..."

Thank you Rick for the info.

[Wade]

Welcome aboard J.S.>> you found your WW2 home right here...NorthWest Europe, NorthAfrika,Russia,The Med.,Pacific..Italy,..our members cover ALL theaters...books, movies ,discussions,events. ect..great group,,,glad to have you.

[J.S.]

Wade wrote: "Welcome aboard J.S.>> you found your WW2 home right here...NorthWest Europe, NorthAfrika,Russia,The Med.,Pacific..Italy,..our members cover ALL theaters...books, movies ,discussions,events. ect..g..."

Great to be here, Wade. Thanks for reaching out and saying hey. Looking forward to the connect.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group, Jim.

[J.S.]

Mike wrote: "Welcome to the group, Jim."

Thank you so much, Mike. It's nice to meet so many people sharing the same love and interest for our protectors in history. Shout at me any time.

[happy]

Welcome Jim