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[J.S.]

happy wrote: "Welcome Jim"

Thank you, Happy
And I would like to thank you for your service to this country.

[Christie]

Welcome to the group Stephen and Jim!

[J.S.]

Christie wrote: "Welcome to the group Stephen and Jim!"

Thank you, Christie. Nice to meet you and everyone here. I look forward to sharing views and interests. Hope all is well.

[Howard]

Hi everyone. My name is Howard, born during WWII in England, immigrated to Australia in teens and then came to US in late teens.

Currently reading Manchester's latest bio on Churchill-The last Lion. Compiled by Paul Reid who was working with Manchester on this volume before he died.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Howard, welcome to the group, interesting mix you have, born in England then living in Australia before becoming a Yank! Glad to see you here at the group :)

[Wade]

Let me give you a big USA HOWDY, Howard!

[Howard]

Thanks Aussie Rick and Wade

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Howard, glad to have you here.

[happy]

I'll add my welcome to Howard

Welcome to the group!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Howard and please feel free to join in as you wish.

[Charles]

Hi all,

Should have posted here first before diving into "What are you reading now?"

I'm a London-based journalist working on business and finance. All opinions expressed here are my own and not representative of my company, etc.

Reading interests include terrorism, 20th century history (especially WW2 and obscure conflicts), and cooking.

Looking forward to some great discussions in the group!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Charles, look forward to you joining in the discussions. Enjoy!

[Colin]

You may want to read my book Occupation and Insurgency, see it at Amazon.

Colin Heaton

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Charles and please carry on joining in :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Charles and welcome to the group, I hope you enjoy yourself here :)

[happy]

Welcome Charles

[R.M.F.]

Hello, I'm a student of military history who enjoys reading and writing books on this subject. I'm looking forward to engaging in good debates. Thanks for having me.

[happy]

Welcome R.M.F

[Colin]

Welcome aboard

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Welcome to the group R.M.F. and I hope you find a few things of interest here.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome R.M.F. and please feel free to join in as you wish.

[Wade]

Welcome to Charles & R.M.F.---nice to have you in the group.

[Christie]

Sorry for my delay in welcoming Howard, Charles and R.M.F to the group. Glad to have you!

[Charles]

Thanks all!

[Adil]

Hi,
Thanks to Aussie to welcoming me in. I am just a general reader with a particular interest in WW2 as teh large scale of the conflict, the emerging face of modern war and its wide reaching ramifications that shaped our current world fascinate me.

[Wade]

Welcome,Adil, to the group.

[happy]

Welcome Adil

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome to the group Adil - please feel free to join in the discussions as you much as you want.

[Christie]

Welcome Adil. Nice to have you as a part of the group.

[Charles]

Welcome to the group Adil!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Adil, glad to have you on board.

[Matthew]

Hi everyone,
I'm a civil engineer from NZ.
I read a fairly broad range of books but generally find military history to be the most eye-opening and interesting books I've read recently; so much to learn in this field. It's still really hard to believe what people like my grandparents lived through - not that NZ was anywhere near the centre of the action.
I've read John Keegan's general histories, and books by Max Hastings and Antony Beevor. I'm looking forward to finding some great reads off this group.
Cheers.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Matthew and welcome to the site.

From my British perspective the help of New Zealanders in the RAF/RNZAF, the navies (Merchant and Royal) and on land (Greece, Crete, N Africa, Italy) were all important so you have a lot to be proud of; plus the pacific theatre too.

I'm sure you'll find many recommendations and be sure to throw some our way too.

[happy]

Welcome Matthew - please feel free to join in the discussions

[Charles]

Hi Matthew, welcome to the group.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Matthew, welcome and get ready to load up your shelves with some excellent finds. This group finds lots of great books to suggest.

[Charles]

Yeah, thought I had a good bookshelf until I came here...! The power of groupthink!!

[Bracken]

こんにちは - Hello!

I made the mistake of posting my first comment before posting here. My name is Bracken. I'm a linguist, guitarist, poet, and physicist. One of those pays the bills - the others were tertiary interests that turned into full blown interests.

My principle area of study for the Second World War is the Russo-German Conflict; though principally the following operational time periods: Barbarossa up to Smolensk; Typhoon; Mars and Uranus; Manstein's Counteroffensives; and Bagration.

- Though recently I've discovered there is quite a bit of literature available in Japanese on the Pacific War that remains untranslated (to English). I've studied Japanese since 2002 and as such it's grown into another sphere of interest.

You may see me around infrequently! ( probably Eastern Front area where I feel safest.)

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Bracken and look forward to discussing lots of books.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Matthew & Bracken, welcome to you both and hopefully you will have a fun time here in the group dicussing good books & authors.

[Christie]

Welcome Matthew and Bracken.

Matthew, you will find quite a few Anthony Beevor and Max Hastings fans in this group :)

Bracken, what a wide range of interests and passions you have!

Glad to have you both join the group.

[happy]

Braken - いらっしゃいませ
enjoy your stay :)
Have you ever been to Japan?

[Bracken]

Sadly I have not. I missed my opportunity there. I have taught English overseas in eastern Romania and in the Netherlands though.

[Bracken]

Christie wrote: "Welcome Matthew and Bracken.

Matthew, you will find quite a few Anthony Beevor and Max Hastings fans in this group :)

Bracken, what a wide range of interests and passions you have!

Glad to h..."

It's necessarily wide. I call it a curse, haha. My therapist tells me its being a genius; though my rebuttal to her was that a genius - as a rule - isn't. I have more questions than answers. If I don't keep my mind entertained my medical issues come to the forefront and claim my awareness.

Sometimes putting my socks on in the morning is a task of inexorable complexity.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Glad to have you here Bracken, look forward to hearing your comments on the Ostfront.

[Rod]

Hi Folks good to be in the Group with you all
a meeting place for us all that enjoy great books from the history of World war 2
look forward to regularly popping in to say hi
to you all
regards Rod

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Rod and glad you found us. Feel free to join in as much as you wish.

[Annabel]

Hi, I´m from the Netherlands.
I´ m a writer and I ´m reviewer of Dutch books, mostly about WW II, but recently also about WW I.My own interest lies with the German Resistance during WW II and the connection with the Dutch Resistance.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Annabel you are very welcome here. We have a couple of other Dutch group members too.

The German/Dutch resistance is a fascinating area so I'd welcome recommendations from you, as I've not read anything in detail on this.

[carl]

Thus the White Rose Annabel ? and welcome.