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[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Elizabeth wrote: "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 ..."

Hi Elizabeth I liked these if it helps.

by Len Deighton

by Guy Walters

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome Tami

[Helen]

Hi, Tami--isn't "Life and Fate" phenomenal? After I finished it, I read "A Writer At War," which is a book of translations of his WWII notebooks. David's right. "Life and Fate" is largely autobiographical. It's one of the best World War II books I've ever read.

[Helen]

Elizabeth wrote: "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 ..."
Hi, Elizabeth--I loved "The End of the Affair." (I'm one of the moderators in the Graham Greene Group.) Did you know that GG was an air raid warden in London during the Blitz?

[James]

Mike wrote: "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 cau..."

Hi Mike,
I got waylaid on my Korean War book when I found long ignored WW2 documents, personal papers and archived news reports that exposed the underlying cause of the “Forgotten” war and much more. Two chapters of my current effort directly address the Korean War.
I'm fumbling around right now trying to get "The China Hoax" off the ground. I’m not looking for money or a career, my goal is exposing what appears to be a prevailing distortion of history. Kindle tells me I can “gift” the book in format suitable for PCs. If you're interested, I’ll get one to you. If you read it, I'd appreciate a few sentences, positive or negative, when Kindle follows up asking for your review.
My Korean War book is deferred until I can enjoy reading for pleasure for a while.

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Welcome

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Essam - please feel free to join in and I look forward to sharing recommendations.

[happy]

Welcome Essam

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Essam and welcome to the site, I hope you have a fun time here discovering some good books and interesting discussions.

[Ryan]

Hi there guys. Haven't posted on this thread yet but on several others. I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa, an aspiring writer who has worked in all kinds of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful) jobs.

[carl]

howdy ryan, fyi your first 100 posts are free.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Ryan, welcome and I hope you enjoy your time here. Look forward to chatting with you about some good books.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Good to see you here Ryan.

[Lon]

I am always looking for a good read like McDonalds Company Commander or Rick Atkins Trilogy on WW II. Also enjoy reading about the US Marines in Pacific. William Manchesters - Goodbye Darkness is amazing and I think does not get enough notice.

Glad to be in the group.

[happy]

Ryan

Welcome, Welcome

Enjoy your stay

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Lon and welcome. I agree with you on Manchester's book - to me it sits alongside by George MacDonald Fraser (of Flashman fame)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Lon, welcome to the group, I hope you have an enjoyable time here discovering good books and authors.

[happy]

Lon,

Welcome, Welcome

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome to all our new members. It's good to see you :)

[Arcticvet]

Thanks for the welcome. New to the group upon completing
"The Longest Winter" by Alex Kershaw, a good read about small platoon action during the Battle of the Bulge.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Arcticvet and feel free to join in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Arcticvet and welcome to the group. Glad to hear you enjoyed Alex Kershaw's book The Longest Winter. He is a member of the group so I'm sure he will be pleased to hear you liked his book. If your interested there was a Q&A session with Alex about his latest title; The Liberator:

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

[Lon]

Geevee wrote: "Hi Lon and welcome. I agree with you on Manchester's book - to me it sits alongside by George MacDonald Fraser (of Flashman fame)"

I know Flashman as my Dad is a big fan. Though I would not put it next to real memoir of hell in the Pacific.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Lon I may have introduced some confusion - Quartered Safe our Here is Macdonald Fraser's own memoir of his time in Burma fighting the Japanese as an infantry section lance corporal with the 9th Battalion The Border Regiment.

[Antoine]

Hello Existing Members:

I look forward to joining this group as I am interested in all aspects of warfare in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have recently been getting a lot of pleasure and insights from WW2 personal memoirs written between the 1940s and 60s, when the memories were still fresh - and in many cases raw. Particularly worthy of mention are:

The Gods were Neutral by Robert Crisp (1961) and
Brazen Chariots (1959 by Robert Crisp

Crisp was an officer in British tank units and the first book above deals with his experiences in the disastrous British intervention in Greece in 1941 while the latter deals with his role with Operation Crusader - the offensive to relieve Tobruk - in late 1941.

I have learned more from these books about how armoured warfare feels - especially in sub-standard tanks outclassed by better-armed enemies - than from anything else I have read.

Crisp had an amazing life and has a Wikipedia entry devoted to him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crisp

The best fictional treatment I have found of armoured warfare in North Africa is Geoffrey Wagner's "Sands of Valour" from 1967

[Ashlyn]

Hi All, just looking for recommendations of books to read about this period. Have read quite a few books about the Home Front and the war generally as well as the Holocaust.Look forward to the updaes.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Antoine wrote: "Hello Existing Members:

I look forward to joining this group as I am interested in all aspects of warfare in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have recently been getting a lot of pleasure and insight..."

Hi Antoine I've not read either and I'm grateful for these recommendations.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Ash wrote: "Hi All, just looking for recommendations of books to read about this period. Have read quite a few books about the Home Front and the war generally as well as the Holocaust.Look forward to the updaes."

Hi Ash - would you prefer say memoirs, campaigns or more general books? I think with our members here we should be able to give you pointers on area you wish.

[Ryan]

Antoine wrote: "Hello Existing Members:

I look forward to joining this group as I am interested in all aspects of warfare in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have recently been getting a lot of pleasure and insight..."

Thank you have read both of Bob Crisp's books but had not heard of Sands of Valour before. I would recommend Peter Elstob's novel Warriors for the Working Day, based on his experiences as a wireless op and later crew commander and troop sergeant with 3 RTR in the North-West Europe campaign. Hard to get hold of though.


http://books.google.co.za/books/about...

And of course Keith Douglas's classic memoir Alamein to Zem-Zem.

[Antoine]

Ryan wrote: "Antoine wrote: "Hello Existing Members:

I look forward to joining this group as I am interested in all aspects of warfare in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have recently been getting a lot of plea..."
Many thanks for the Peter Elstob novel recommendation, the mores so since my daughter, a sapper officer, had a secondment to the RTR some while back and enjoyed it thoroughly. I'll look for it in the London Library (the largest private library in the world, founded 1840 by Carlyle, Thackery etc). On a similar theme I can recommend "Flesh Wounds" by David Holbrook (1966) which is based on the writer's experiences with a British armoured unit in NW Europe in 1944/45.

[Antoine]

Geevee wrote: "Antoine wrote: "Hello Existing Members:

I look forward to joining this group as I am interested in all aspects of warfare in the 19th and 20th centuries. I have recently been getting a lot of plea..."
Hello Geevee: Interesting that you should mention Remembrance Sunday in your profile - I was at our local annual service today and laid a wreath at the memorial to represent an organisation. The service is always poignant - in the community in question over 90 men were lost in WW1 from a population of just over 2000. Several families lost 2 or 3, and one lost 4 members.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Antoine - a beautifully sunny day for the service today. Was your organisation the Western Front Association?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Antoine and welcome to the group. You mentioned a great novel in Sands of Valour and Ryan mentioned another classic in; Warriors for the Working Day. Anyhow I hope you find a range of great books and authors here and look forward to chatting with you more in some of the threads/forums.

(no cover) Sands of Valour by Geoffrey Wagner

[Antoine]

Geevee wrote: "Hi Antoine - a beautifully sunny day for the service today. Was your organisation the Western Front Association?"

No GeeVee: Just a small community remembering the fallen. One young local man was killed recently in Afghanistan. I doubt if his family will get much compensation but the main news on the same day was of the BBC Director General retiring after 54 days in office with a £450,000 ($714,000) pay-off in addition to his £800,000 pension fund. I'm afraid that in Britain we talk a lot about our respect for the fallen but reserve our rewards for the already-affluent living.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

So true Antoine, a sad reflection on our society.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Antoine wrote: "I'm afraid that in Britain we talk a lot about our respect for the fallen but reserve our rewards for the already-affluent living...."

Just as true here in the US.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Antoine wrote: "I'm afraid that in Britain we talk a lot about our respect for the fallen but reserve our rewards for the already-affluent living..."

Antoine I'm afraid you are spot on. I live in the UK and am involved with a well known Armed Forces charity and have regular contact with bereaved families and wounded personnel :(

Mind you the official (i.e Govt) approach/involvement is streets better than it was in the 80s and 90s :)

[John]

Hi Yall! My name is John Falch and I originally signed up to Goodreads to promote my book. (Don't worry, I won't here.) I'd never heard of Goodreads before. I wish I had discovered this place sooner!

Anyway, World War Two has always been a fascination for me. I have read many books on the subject. Probably the ones I enjoyed the most focused on the civilian's experience of the war, and how they survived it. (Last Days in Berlin, Hiroshima, etc.) I figure WWTR is the place to look. Thanks, John

BTW: I'm an American who's living in Jakarta, Indonesia. It's raining like cats and dogs now. Monsooooon!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good to see you here John and I hope you find a few things of interest in the various threads/forums.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome John and hope the threads and books continue to fire your interest.

[happy]

Welcome John

Hope you can find some books to spark your interest

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Welcome John and Antoine to the group. John don't be afriad to promote your book we have a thread for just that and your book looks like a great read I have added it to my TBR.

[Adam]

Hi all my name is Adam Howard and I am new to the group. I love books on WWII and look forward to the book discussion starting on Dec 1st.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Adam - feel free to join in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Adam and welcome to the group, I hope you find a few books and threads here of interest.

[Jesper]

Hi all

Just recently joined Goodreads and this group for sure looks like a place for me.

Military history 1935-1975 - with main focus on combat aviation in WWII and the Vietnam War - is what I like to read about.

Not that I do not 'stray' every now and then though. I may stumble across a subject outside my scope that requires further readings. Curiosity can be a good thing ;-)

Take care!

J

[happy]

Welcome Jesper and Adam

Jesper - Great to have another Aviation enthusiast:)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jesper and welcome to the group, I hope you find a few books and threads here of interest and if you have any question just ask - enjoy.

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Good to have you on board Jesper and Adam.

[John]

Thanks, Michael. I will soon enough. I've been mostly lurking heree for the past few days. The number of books I want to read is endless.
Michael wrote: "Welcome John and Antoine to the group. John don't be afriad to promote your book we have a thread for just that and your book looks like a great read I have added it to my TBR."