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[Lilo]

Hi, all newcomers. Welcome to the group.

[Vanessa]

Thanks for the welcome, everyone. I've already received some very helpful suggestions for research for my WW2 novel. I look forward to following those up.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Vanessa

Welcome, Welcome

Unfortunately - I don't know of anything off hand - good luck with your research

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Vanessa and Jerry.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Hi everyone! I'm Kat and I live in Alabama. I have two grown boys (25 and 23). I am an RN (20 years now) working in the recovery room...it is a nice change of pace from Cardiac ICU.

I love historical and literary fiction...I also love WWII books/history. My dad was in WWII, and I remember him telling me some things about it, but never "details". After reading some books, I can understand why I never got details.

I am looking forward to the discussions and finding more books to add to my never ending "to be read" list!

[Manray9]

Kat (A Journey In Reading) wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Kat and I live in Alabama. I have two grown boys (25 and 23). I am an RN (20 years now) working in the recovery room...it is a nice change of pace from Cardiac ICU.

I love histo..."

Welcome, Kat. Please feel free to jump in.

[happy]

Kat, welcome to the group, as Manray said, please feel free to jump right in!

[Positive Kate]

Hi Kat!
Welcome to the group!

[Vanessa]

Kat (A Journey In Reading) wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Kat and I live in Alabama. I have two grown boys (25 and 23). I am an RN (20 years now) working in the recovery room...it is a nice change of pace from Cardiac ICU.

I love histo..."

Hi Kat, and welcome to the group. I'm a newbie, too! Had lots of helpful suggestions already for my reading list.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Kat and welcome to the group, I hope you enjoy yourself here and find a few thing of interest.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Kat (A Journey In Reading) wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Kat and I live in Alabama. I have two grown boys (25 and 23). I am an RN (20 years now) working in the recovery room...it is a nice change of pace from Cardiac ICU.

I love histo..."

Welcome Kat and please feel free to join in. Good to have you in the group.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Kat, glad you found the group. I believe we can help expand that TBR shelf just a little...

[Dave]

Welcome to the group Kat. Here you will finds plenty of Reads..looking forward to seeing what you will share as well.

[Colin]

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[Helene]

Hi,

Glad I found this group, thank you Rick for welcoming me. I lived the last ten years in Berlin (Germany) and visited many battle and old bunker sites in the East. That is were my interest in WW2 originates.

[Manray9]

Helene wrote: "Hi,

Glad I found this group, thank you Rick for welcoming me. I lived the last ten years in Berlin (Germany) and visited many battle and old bunker sites in the East. That is were my interest in ..."

Welcome, Helene. Please pitch in.

[happy]

Welcome Helene

Berlin is on the places I want to visit - when my family lived in Germany we were not able to go because of my fathers job.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good to see you here Helene, I hope you find a few things of interest in the various threads and discussions.

[Helene]

Thank you to all of you!

Has the subject WW2 child soldiers been covered already? I am particularly interested in it.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Not in depth, I think some titles may have been mentioned in the Home Front thread:

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

There are a number of books from the Germany perspective that may interest you:

by Michael H. Kater

by Hans Holztrager

by Nicholas Stargardt

[Helene]

Thank you Rick, those are exactly the kind of books I am looking for. Especially the Holztrager title looks promising.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Glad to help, nothing better than sharing a good book :)

[Helene]

happy wrote: "Welcome Helene

Berlin is on the places I want to visit - when my family lived in Germany we were able to go because of my fathers job."
Happy:
Berlin is a city that changes by the year, if you go stop by at "Another Country" voted 6th best bookstore in the world by "Lonely Planet" in 2011. Also near Berlin is Wuensdorf a self declared book-town with lots of second hand bookstores especially on military history and a bunker museum.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Helene. What a great city, Berlin, hope to get back there one day.

[Cold War Conversations Podcast]

Welcome,

I first visited Berlin in 1989 before the wall came down, been back about 6 times since then. I agree with Happy, it's always changing and so rich in history.

[Vanessa]

Helene wrote: "Hi,

Glad I found this group, thank you Rick for welcoming me. I lived the last ten years in Berlin (Germany) and visited many battle and old bunker sites in the East. That is were my interest in ..."

Hi Helene, nice to meet you here.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Helene, Please feel free to join in as you wish. My favourite posting with the (British) Army was to Berlin (or West Berlin as was) a couple of years before the wall came down. Our barracks was next to Spandau Prison and Rudolf Hess (who I never saw during my time there).

[Hamish]

Hi all. My name is Hamish. Sorry I haven't said hello sooner. I'm looking forward to participating with this group in and around my crazy life in the new year. Cheers! Ho ho ho!

[happy]

Hamish

Let me the first to welcome you to the group

Welcome, Welcome

Please feel free to comment and recommend as you see fit

[Manray9]

Hamish wrote: "Hi all. My name is Hamish. Sorry I haven't said hello sooner. I'm looking forward to participating with this group in and around my crazy life in the new year. Cheers! Ho ho ho!"

Welcome, Hamish. Please don't be shy.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the best group on GR, Hamish. Great to have you here.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Hamish and welcome to the group.

[Safelythus]

Hi, folks -

Just a retired senior who has always had an interest in WW2. I'm beginning to pick back up on this area by reading and simultaneously listening to Shirer's great "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." I am particularly focused on (and trying to make some sense of) how Hitler "happened."

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Safelythus. That is quite a comprehensive book to tackle.

[Manray9]

Safelythus wrote: "Hi, folks -

Just a retired senior who has always had an interest in WW2. I'm beginning to pick back up on this area by reading and simultaneously listening to Shirer's great "The Rise and Fall o..."

Welcome to the group, Safelythus. Please pitch in.

[Safelythus]

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, the book is quite a tome -- that is mainly why I wanted the narration -- to make sure that my focus does not wane. I'm taking it slowly, using Google to fill in visual information - photos, maps, etc. The voice of the narrator, Grover Gardner, is very clear and he pronounces the many German terms with ease.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Safelythus and welcome to the group :)

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome to both Hamish and Safelythus. Please feel free to join in.

[Monika]

Manray9 wrote: "Kat (A Journey In Reading) wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Kat and I live in Alabama. I have two grown boys (25 and 23). I am an RN (20 years now) working in the recovery room...it is a nice change of pa..."
Hi Kat,
I´m a German author and journaliste and I wrote a book which is also about the fact that soldiers of WWII were not able to describe what war really did to them. So many were not even capable to speak about it.
In the epilogue of my novel I wrote:
“War is indescribable as well as the feelings of those who have to go through it. My father often spoke of the war but his words failed to completely describe the real situation, the quintessence of war. Whose words could? Much of what is fantasy in this story could contribute more to the truth than the truth itself. However, much remains speculation.
It remains a secret with those who have first-hand knowledge. "
Maybe you are interested to read my book?
Here is the link “War and Love. A Father´s Sentimental Journey to St. Petersburg”.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Greetings
Monika

[Helene]

Vanessa wrote: "Helene wrote: "Hi,

Glad I found this group, thank you Rick for welcoming me. I lived the last ten years in Berlin (Germany) and visited many battle and old bunker sites in the East. That is were ..."

Vanessa wrote: "Helene wrote: "Hi,

Glad I found this group, thank you Rick for welcoming me. I lived the last ten years in Berlin (Germany) and visited many battle and old bunker sites in the East. That is were ..."

Mcrmilhist wrote: "Welcome,

I first visited Berlin in 1989 before the wall came down, been back about 6 times since then. I agree with Happy, it's always changing and so rich in history."

Mcrmilhist,

You have known a side of Berlin that has vanished forever, the US Coldwar listening station Teufelsberg is now in ruins.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

A great introduction Pepper, a warm welcome to the group. I hope you find a few things of interest here :)

[Robert]

Pepper wrote: "I didn't introduce myself earlier. My interest in Military history started a few years back when my two favorite genre in books were Historical Fiction and Poetry. I had absolutely no interest in..."

Welcome, Pepper, and thanks for your great story.

[Manray9]

Pepper wrote: "I didn't introduce myself earlier. My interest in Military history started a few years back when my two favorite genre in books were Historical Fiction and Poetry. I had absolutely no interest in..."

Welcome, Pepper. Excellent introduction. Unfortunately, too many Americans are unfamiliar with important figures such as Admiral Nimitz. Great credit is due to you for rectifying that situation for yourself. Allow me to recommend:

Nimitz by E. B. Potter.

[happy]

Welcome to the group Pepper - I'll echo what has been said before - great introduction!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Pepper and a very interesting intro. I also have Manray9's book on my shelves. From my side of the Atlantic I have an interest in Nimitz and Spruance as they commanded and used the British Pacific Fleet on operations including making up around a sizeable percentage of the air carrier force at Okinawa. This might be of passing interest to you:

The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force by David Hobbs

[Manray9]

Geevee wrote: "Welcome Pepper and a very interesting intro. I also have Manray9's book on my shelves. From my side of the Atlantic I have an interest in Nimitz and Spruance as they commanded and used the Britis..."

Geevee: I read this one which was pretty good too --

The Forgotten Fleet by John Winton.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Thank you Manray9 - added to my list :)

[Manray9]

Geevee wrote: "Thank you Manray9 - added to my list :)"

Winton is quite good on the RN. I liked his bio of Cunningham:

Cunningham

and his account of HMS GLORIOUS' demise (not one of the RN's finest hours):

Carrier Glorious: The Life And Death Of An Aircraft Carrier

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

I have the Cunningham one thank you - Carrier Glorious looks good too.

I also have Admiral Sir Philip Vian's own book about his time with RN at Norway, in the Med and commanding the carrier group in support of the US navy in the Pacific.

[Manray9]

Geevee wrote: "I have the Cunningham one thank you - Carrier Glorious looks good too.

I also have Admiral Sir Philip Vian's own book about his time with RN at Norway, in the Med and commanding the carrier group ..."

I've read Vian's --

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