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[Regina Lindsey]

I'm fairly new to Goodreads. I've been very active on another social media reading site. I signed up for Goodreads when I discovered the barcode scanning capability of the mobile phone app. Today, I finally finished uploading the books I can recall that I have read. Now, I'm sucked into some groups.

I am an avid history lovery with a particular interest in WWII, American hisotry, and ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. My first love is WWII. I got interested in the era when I was about 7 years old. We were living in a high rise and befriended an elderly gentleman, who ate with us every weekend. Eventually, we learned his story. He immigrated to the US from Poland when he was a teenager. Working for his uncle in NYC as a tailor, he was saving money to bring his parents and sister to the US. Once he had saved the money, he mailed three ship tickets to his family. Before it could reach them, Hitler invaded and killed his family. His story affected me tremendously. I have read everything I can get my hands on since then. I majored in history, hoping to teach history. Alas, where I live you have to coach a sport in order to teach history. I have no sports acuity whatsoever. I have recently had the opportunity to travel to Holland, Germany, and Poland. It has been unbelievable to see the sights I have read about. I'm looking forward to recommendations on books I haven't discovered and reading the discussions. Thank you to Aussie Rick for the warm welcome via email a few days ago.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good to see you here Regina and what a great, but sad story about your introduction to the Second World War. I hope you find some good books and threads/discussions here to keep you interested for a while :)

[[deleted user]]

Hi all,
Just joined this group and judging by the amount of info kicking around these forums, I think it's quite likely I'll not have any time for reading books anymore.
Seriously though, I have a strong interest in Second World War history. I got hooked when I found a Reader's Digest Illustrated Story of World War II at my local market when I was young. I found it very easy to read and once I had read it I wanted to know more. Has anyone else ever read it?

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome Beth and enjoy :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Rob, good to see you here and I look forward to discussing some great books with you in some of the threads/forums :)

Is the Readers Digest book you mentioned a large red covered hardback book with British/Australian soldiers advancing with the bayonet on the front cover?

[happy]

Welcome, Welcome to Regina and Rob

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Regina and thanks for sharing such an interesting and formative story.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Rob and welcome. Don't think I've read that one but a similar starter for me was the Pan Ballantine series that my father had.

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome to all those I have missed on my previous post :)

[Martin]

Hi, folks. My name's Martin and I just found this group. Woo-hoo! People who like to read what I like to read! Actually, I like reading all military history, and also write about it myself for magazines and Suite101. I'm currently reading William Shirer's "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." It's a long read...a very long read.
Cheers!

[Morgiana]

Hi Martin, welcome and hope you'll enjoy this group (with a hint of insanity, I dare to say...:)))

[happy]

Martin,

Welcome, Welcome

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Martin wrote: "Hi, folks. My name's Martin and I just found this group. Woo-hoo! People who like to read what I like to read! Actually, I like reading all military history, and also write about it myself for maga..."

Welcome Martin.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Martin and welcome to the group.

[David A]

Hi Martin welcome to the group. You will find loads to interest you here. David A

[Guy]

Hi everyone,

My name's Guy and I've been reading everything I can about history, especially WWII history since I was a kid. My grandfather was in the war, got wounded in Normandy, and several of my great uncles were in it also. I used to ask them about the war as a kid and I found out later I had been the only person in the family they spoke to about it.

I'm a Navy vet of the Iraq War and served as a Photographer's Mate onboard a Gator freighter for five years. I think they call Photographer's Mates "Mass Communication Specialists" now. Puke!

Currently I work for the US Army as a research historian and teach part-time as an adjunct faculty member. I teach a course on American military history to Air National Guard members and really enjoy it.

I also have a blog where I write about the war at: http://americansinwwii.wordpress.com/.

Sorry. Shameless plug, I know. I just finished reading Adrian Weale's 'Army of Evil: The History of the SS' which was really good, and I'm always looking for new, nicely written books about the war I haven't taken a look at yet.

Look forward to speaking with everyone on here!

Guy

[David A]

Hey Guy. A big welcome to u. I'm looking forward to checking out your blog. David.

[Guy]

Thanks David!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Guy, welcome to the group and I hope you find a few things of interest here - no worries about the plug for your blog, I think a few of us will check it out :)

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Guy wrote: "Hi everyone,

My name's Guy and I've been reading everything I can about history, especially WWII history since I was a kid. My grandfather was in the war, got wounded in Normandy, and several of m..."

Welcome Guy - feel free to join in. I have

by Adrian Weale but yet to read it so thanks for the thoughts on the book.

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome Guy I hope you enjoy our group

[Melissa]

hey folks! new to the group as well and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I'll try to join the read events now and then, but can't make any promises. I'm a PhD student in history with a focus on WWII, Modern Germany, the Holocaust, and, more specifically, Romani History. As a previous professor of mine used to say when speaking of Ambrose, "He is the bang-bang, and I am the politics." I too am the politics :) Unfortunately, I am usually mired in journal articles and don't get a lot of free time to read for pleasure, but I recently finished Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission.
Next on my list is Defying Hitler.
I look forward to browsing discussions without the requirement of writing a massive paper on the readings :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Melissa, welcome to the group, nice to see you here. Join in when you can, no pressure. By the way what did you think of the book Ghost Soldiers?

by Hampton Sides

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Melissa wrote: "hey folks! new to the group as well and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I'll try to join the read events now and then, but can't make any promises. I'm a PhD student in history with..."

Hi Melissa - welcome and no obligation on deadlines or articles of any length here jsut join in when ever you want.

[happy]

I want to extend a warm welcome to both Melissa and Guy

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

welcome Melissa and enjoy :)

[Melissa]

Hi Rick. Thanks for the welcome! I enjoyed the book. It was engaging and well researched. Without spoiling it for anyone, Sides does a great job moving back and forth between the POWs and the Rangers. A lot of archival work and oral interviews went into the book and it shows.

[Melissa]

Thanks for the warm welcomes, folks!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Melissa, I enjoyed it as well and really liked his book; Blood and Thunder.


by Hampton Sides

[[deleted user]]

hello everyone my name is ally nice to meet you all

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Ally, welcome to the group, I hope you have a fun time here and find lots of interesting books and some good discussions, enjoy :)

[carl]

hey ally, welcome and i'm happy to say the
no parrot regulation was dropped a couple weeks
ago.


Allison wrote: "hello everyone my name is ally nice to meet you all"

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Ally welcome and please join in as you wish.

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Hi Ally I hope you enjoy our littke group.

[happy]

Welcome Ally - enjoy your stay

[David A]

Melissa wrote: "hey folks! new to the group as well and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I'll try to join the read events now and then, but can't make any promises. I'm a PhD student in history with..."

Hey Melissa. Good to have you here, welcome to the group. Hope you find loads to interest you here. David A

[David A]

Allison wrote: "hello everyone my name is ally nice to meet you all"

Hi Allison. Good to see you in the group. Looking forward to discussions with you on your reads. David A

[James]

Hi guys, I’m Jim and I’ve been around awhile. I went to war in Korea, returned, took a job building auto and truck tires and went up the ladder Raised a son and two daughters. Got caught in a corporate reorganization at the same time my youngest daughter finished college. I dropped out and took up the sailing life. My wife and I sailed our 40 foot ketch to Europe up and peeled back layers of history in the Mediterranean for many years. Gradually my thinking returned to Korea and I questioned why I was ‘living the dream” while nineteen and twenty year olds, my young friends of long ago, had lost it all. An accounting of the events and people that caused the waste of so many young lives was long overdue.
Research on the causes of the Korean War led me to extensive reading on World War II in Asia. I was surprised to learn that China, not the U.S, fought the bulk of the Japanese Army throughout World War II. I discovered that while Eisenhower, MacArthur and Nimitz led courageous campaigns in Europe and the Pacific, two individuals performed far differently in Asia. Bizarre activities costing countless human lives were conducted in relative obscurity. It seems the lack of scrutiny, in this backwater of WW2, allowed cover stories to grow and become embedded the national consciousness.
For anyone interested, I have an extensive list of books, etc. that cover World War II in Southeast Asia.

Other WW2 books I’ve recently read are:
-Flags of Our Fathers – James Bradley
-Do-or Die Men- George W. Smith
-The Will to Win- The Life of General James Van Fleet- Paul Braim

After reading on WW2 Pacific and WW2 Asia, I’m looking forward to the books suggested on the war in Europe.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Jim,
Welcome to the group and please feel free to join in and I look forward to sharing recommendations and views.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jim, great to see you here and thanks for the introduction on your back ground and your service in Korea. I hope you find a few books and discussions here of interest.

[happy]

Welcome Jim and thank you for your service.

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome Jim and thanks for the great introduction on yourself.

[Tami R]

Hi all,

I have become fascinated by WWII history, particularly the battles of the Eastern Front. Beevor's Stalingrad is what pulled me in. I am in the middle of Grossman's Life and Fate and a biography of Churchill by Roy Jenkins. Nice to make your acquaintance via Goodreads. :)

Tami, 35 Brooklyn, NY
MRes Social and Political Theory, University of London

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Tami, great to see you here, books covering the Eastern Front are my favourites as well! Hopefully you will find a few titles of interest in the Eastern Front thread:

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

Enjoy your time here and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask :)

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

James wrote: "Hi guys, I’m Jim and I’ve been around awhile. I went to war in Korea, returned, took a job building auto and truck tires and went up the ladder Raised a son and two daughters. Got caught in a corpo..."

Welcome Jim and great introduction. Look forward to hearing your perspective on those wars. I am always on the lookout for Korean War histories, there are so few good ones on that overlooked conflict.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Tami wrote: "Hi all,

I have become fascinated by WWII history, particularly the battles of the Eastern Front. Beevor's Stalingrad is what pulled me in. I am in the middle of Grossman's Life and Fate and a biog..."

Welcome Tami, having just finished a group read of Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad I have Beevor's Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 at the top of my reading list, along with A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army. There is a lot of expertise here in the group on the Eastern Front.

[David A]

Tami wrote: "Hi all,

I have become fascinated by WWII history, particularly the battles of the Eastern Front. Beevor's Stalingrad is what pulled me in. I am in the middle of Grossman's Life and Fate and a biog..."

Hi Tami. Welcome to a great site. Life and Fate is one of my favourite novels of WWII, but i dont consider it a novel really as its more like an auto biography of Grossman. I'll be interesed to see what you think of it when you're finished. David A

[happy]

Tami

Welcome, Welcome

[Elizabeth]

Hi, all. I would love to hear of your favorite works of fiction set in wartime London. I've just finished the first draft of a book about my parents' love affair during the war and so am eager to gobble up all I can. Think FOYLE'S WAR or THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Graham Greene or John Lawton's mysteries. Thanks for any input.
Elizabeth
www.elizabethwinthrop.com

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Tami wrote: "Hi all,

I have become fascinated by WWII history, particularly the battles of the Eastern Front. Beevor's Stalingrad is what pulled me in. I am in the middle of Grossman's Life and Fate and a biog..."

Hi Tami and welcome. How's the Roy Jenkins' book on Chruchill. I have on my TBR.