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[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Holly and Ravi, hopefully you'll find plenty to widen your libraries and please feel free to post on the threads as you wish.

[Wade]

Holly and Ravi....greetings....welcome to the group...if it's World War II...this is the venue!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Ravi and welcome to the group, I hope you have an enjoyable time in the group.

[Wes]

Hi everyone. I am really excited about reading WW2 books and from what I can see i am going to broaden that list of must reads. Thanks for having me and I look forward talking to all of you. I must admit I have been on a it of a reading bing on Canada in WW2 lately but have an interest in anything new. I am looking forward to reading some new books on the Battle Of the Bulge in May.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good to see you here Wes and look forward to chatting with you in a few of the threads.

[happy]

Wes, Ravi,

Welcome, Welocme to this little ocrner of the web :D

Be prepared to see your TBR list grow exponentally!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Wes and welcome. I'm sure members here can help you broaden your list

[Chin Joo]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for creating the group and accepting me into it. I'm from Singapore and read WWII comics as a child, progressing to novels. Then about 20 years ago I picked up a used book from a fair - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer, which led me into this genre. But I only started reading more of these a couple of years ago.

I'm not used to ebooks yet, and get most of my books from a used bookstore here. Ok, so they are much cheaper but mostly I get surprises every once in a while. I have too many TBR on my shelves and I'm making only slow progress. I'm a slow reader, I think too much as I read. But I learn much, not just about the history, but authors' styles, and sometimes about disagreements in the interpretation of facts. And I think another source of knowledge is this forum.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Chin Joo and welcome to the group. You'll certainly get to add more to your TBR. I have a kindle but I'm more of a printed book lover and buy both new and used.
Your point on different interpretations on facts is also something many will recognise here and something that makes reading history so interesting.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Chin Joo, good to see you here and I hope you finds lots of interesting material to keep you busy for a while :)

[Wade]

Welcome in,HJC,,,hey most if not all of my books are used,however..they are fantastic....Welcome!

[happy]

Welcome Chin Joo, be prepared for your TBR list to grow even larger :D

[Flora]

Hello. I just finished reading John Falch's book Yellow Bar and was clicking around to find more information when I ran across this group. I've written my own book set in WWII Philippines, and I found John's book from the Filipino perspective fascinating---and disturbing. I'm looking to see what insights I can cull from or add to the group's discussions.
Flora J. Solomon

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Flora, welcome to the group and hopefully you can find a few things of interest here and we look forward to your involvement in some of the threads & discussions.

by John Falch

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Chin Joo and Flora, glad to have you here.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Flora welcome and feel free to add your own book's details on our authors page too.

[happy]

Welcome Flora

[Wade]

Hey, Flora...Welcome...

[Jacek]

Hi everyone,

My name is Jacek, I am Polish of origin, and very much looking forward to participating in this group.

I have always been a keen reader, starting with SF in my teens (Stanislaw Lem is a favorite: the greatest Polish SF writer), then moving into good old adventure fiction (Frederick Forsyth, Alistair McLean, Tom Clancy). When those started to become repeatable, then caught "the history bug", and still having it.

For me, history of wars brings all the adventure and tragedy of real life to us, and also allows us to learn from our ancestors. And wars in fact are periods of concentration of those in a short period, so in fact "amplify" those effects. They are like a history fast-forwarded...

My favorite topics is therefore history of wars, with a strong interest in the human aspect. I want to understand the why behind the what, and what motivated the actors to do what they did. I am less interested in the technical side, which in itself does not form a compelling story, besides maybe a small specialist circle.

I read a lot on WW2, with no particular specific area of interest, so European and Pacific theatre in equal measure. I have a fairly good overview of the overall course of war, and am now interested in deeper analysis of specific events.

Besides WW2, I have somewhat lesser interest on American Civil War and Napoleonic wars (which is an area I am building up).

Hope to learn a lot from this group,

Jacek

[carl]

Welcome Jacek! you'll learn there are a lot of
books you'll want to read.

[Colin]

You may like a few of my books, which are heavy with first person interview content. We try and display the human side of war, with WW II beign a priority.

Colin D. Heaton

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Jacek, I hope you'll find the group informative and enjoyable. Please feel free to join in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Welcome Jacek, I have the same interests as you, the American Civil War and Napoleonic wars :)

I hope you have a good time here at the group.

[happy]

Welcome Jacek

[Paul]

Hi, Jacek. It might interest you to know that much of the group read books about the Polish contribution in April. You can find the link here:

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

Cheers,

Paul

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Thanks for passing on that link to the Polish theme read Paul, much appreciated.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Glad to have you in the group Jacek.

[Karen]

Hello everyone,

I have always liked reading history books, and thought it would be a great idea to join the group. I particularly like reading about WWII in Europe as well as American Civil War. Just thought I'd introduce myself.

[Colin]

Welcome Karen

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi Karen, welcome to the group and I'm sure you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Karen and feel free to join in on the threads.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Karen and welcome to the group, I hope you have an enjoyable time here with us all.

[Dhiraj]

Hi..I am from India...my interest in WW-II started when I saw the movie "Where Eagles Dare" during 9th Std at school..have read several books and Encyclopedias on WW-II and have a pretty good collection of WW-II books and movies at home....my interest is more into the European theatre of War ...hope to interact and discuss more with members in this unique group :)

[happy]

let me add my welcome to Karen and be the first to welcome Dhiraj

Welcome, Welcome

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Dhiraj. You just brought back the memory of that great musical score ominously building at the the start of "Where Eagles Dare".

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

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

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Dhiraj and welcome to the group, I hope you find a few more books here to add to your collection at home :)

[Charles]

Hi Dhiriaj,

If you're looking for a Where Eagles Dare-inspired iPhone case/t-shirt/hoodie, this may be of interest. Weirdly I think it's the only WW2 film that company does shirts of - there were some gtreat one-liners in so many other films!

http://www.shotdeadinthehead.com/insp...

[Dhiraj]

Charles wrote: "Hi Dhiriaj,

If you're looking for a Where Eagles Dare-inspired iPhone case/t-shirt/hoodie, this may be of interest. Weirdly I think it's the only WW2 film that company does shirts of - there were ..."

Thanks Charles...Broadsword calling Danny Boy has become a cult phrase...I remember during my NCC days (National Cadet Corps)we used this catchline while checking the new walkie talkies in our squad.
I don't have an I Phone but own a Nokia Lumia so the phone case won't be of much use however I will surely order the T Shirt :)
Thanks and regards

[Mathijs]

Hello. I am a 19 year old student from Alberta, Canada. I started reading World War II literature several years ago, especially after the HBO miniseries The Pacific and Band of Brothers piqued my interest. I would consider myself quite knowledgeable and am always looking for more knowledge; I look forward to reading other WWII literature and connecting with others of similar interests.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Matthew, good to see you here and I hope you find a few things of interest. I will look forward to chatting with you more in some of the various threads.

[Wade]

Hello Matt...Welcome...Canadian eh?...I am currently Reading-a work on the Canadian Army victory that opened up Antwerp.....are you familier with this grand achievement?

[Jason]

Hello to all. I'm Jason and I'm interested in quite a bit of history to say the least. WWII is fascinating like a train wreck. I enjoy studying just about any aspect of it from the causes to the campaigns.

When I was a kid I was given an Atlas of WWII and I would stare at it for hours. When I got older I became interested in war games (Avalon Hill, etc.) as a way to understand the conflict and see if I could do better than Hitler, Napoleon or Eisenhower.

I don't know if I'll have anything to offer the group but I thought it sounded like a very interesting group to try out. Also this is my FIRST group to try out and I'm a bit tired. So, I apologize if I was a bit long winded but I am too tired to look at many examples. I guess you could always skip my long winded "Hello." ;)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jason, welcome to the group and thanks for a great introduction. I'm afraid I must confess to playing a lot of those Avalon Hill games myself - hours of fun! I am sure that you will have lots to offer to the group and I look forward to chatting with you more in the various threads.

[Wade]

Welcome Aboard Jason.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Matt and Jason, you are sure to find something interesting on WWII in this group.

[happy]

Welcome Matt and Jason

Feel free to contribute - we don't bite ............................................................................................................much :D

Really there are alot of good recs on here.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Matthew wrote: "Hello. I am a 19 year old student from Alberta, Canada. I started reading World War II literature several years ago, especially after the HBO miniseries The Pacific and Band of Brothers piqued my i..."

Welcome Matt and nice to have you. Canada has a lot to be proud of during WWII. Feel free to join in on the threads.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Jason wrote: "Hello to all. I'm Jason and I'm interested in quite a bit of history to say the least. WWII is fascinating like a train wreck. I enjoy studying just about any aspect of it from the causes to the..."

Welcome Jason - no need to apologise you're here, you've posted and you've joined the group. Feel free to join in the threads and have a great time.

[carl]

Jason, since you mentioned Avalon Hill, there'll be no charge for your membership!