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[Kate]

Well guess we'll be newbies together.

[Jonny]

Hello everyone, I'm Jonny, I'm 44 and I live in South Shields in the North East of England. I've been a military history fan since I started receiving cast off war comics when I was 6. I started with an interest in military aviation but I've branched out since into a general interest in most aspects of the subject.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Jonny, feel free to join in and hopefully you'll find some new books in the group's threads.

[Manray9]

Jonathan wrote: "Hello everyone, I'm Jonny, I'm 44 and I live in South Shields in the North East of England. I've been a military history fan since I started receiving cast off war comics when I was 6. I started wi..."

Welcome, Jonathan. Please don't be shy about pitching in.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Jonathan, you found one of the best little groups on GR.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jonathan and welcome to the group, I hope you find a few things here of interest.

[Kate]

Jonathan wrote: "Hello everyone, I'm Jonny, I'm 44 and I live in South Shields in the North East of England. I've been a military history fan since I started receiving cast off war comics when I was 6. I started wi..."

Hi back Jonny and welcome to the group, you will find a lot of good info here.

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Jonny

Let me add my welcome to the group

I look forward to your insights!

[Kanishka]

Hiiii Everyone,

My name is Kanishka Sarkar but Som to my friends. I am from India and am passionate about anything related to World War II be it Fiction or Non-Fiction. I am happy to be between like minded people and will try to contribute to this group as constructively as possible. Looking forward to a pleasant journey with you guys.

[xGvJx]

Hi, I'm Sølvi (that's a girl's name) in Norway, and I've ended up here basically because we have a lot of books from 1900–1960 at our cabin. My fiancé and I started reading a random one aloud to each other, we initially though it was an old, forgotten maritime book, but it turned out to be the well known and very exciting The Cruel Sea. I have since found it on a lot of bookshelves, even the one I grew up with. We finished it a few weeks ago, and have since been watching movies about the same theme, and since I am in general very eager to learn and explore, I though I'd join this group and find inspiration for other interesting WW2 books to read. I know way too little about a lot of themes. For instance, my grandpa was in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany after the war, which I don't really know anything about.

[James]

Greetings Som and Sølvi. I joined this group a few months back and have enjoyed it very much, be sure to explore the threads and topics that are of most interest in order to find lots of great reading suggestions.

[Manray9]

Kanishka wrote: "Hiiii Everyone,

My name is Kanishka Sarkar but Som to my friends. I am from India and am passionate about anything related to World War II be it Fiction or Non-Fiction. I am happy to be between li..."

Welcome, Kanishka. Please pitch in!

[Manray9]

xGvJx wrote: "Hi, I'm Sølvi (that's a girl's name) in Norway, and I've ended up here basically because we have a lot of books from 1900–1960 at our cabin. My fiancé and I started reading a random one aloud to ea..."

Welcome, Sølvi. I also admired Monsarrat's The Cruel Sea.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome to Kanishka and Sølvi. Very pleased you have found us and please feel free to join in.

[Jamie]

xGvJx wrote: "Hi, I'm Sølvi (that's a girl's name) in Norway, and I've ended up here basically because we have a lot of books from 1900–1960 at our cabin. My fiancé and I started reading a random one aloud to ea..."

Welcome. I'm a new member too. There's a lot of knowledge here in this very welcoming group. The Cruel Sea is a favourite. This one here also has a Norwegian connection: Pursuit The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck it is also very readable.

And welcome Kanishka too.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Kanishka and Sølvi and let me add my warm welcome to you both as well. I hope you both have a fun time in the group and find a few things of interest.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Kanishka and Sølvi, welcome to the group. Great to have you join us.

[zed]

Welcome Kanishka and Sølvi. A great group to be a member of.

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xGvJx wrote: "Hi, I'm Sølvi (that's a girl's name) in Norway, and I've ended up here basically because we have a lot of books from 1900–1960 at our cabin. My fiancé and I started reading a random one aloud to ea..."

Hi Sølvi , delighted to learn that you have such a great resource of older books /editions. One book I thought extraordinarily deeply moving is "We Die Alone" by David Howarth. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

No true Brit. can ever forget the solidarity, tenacity and success with which the Norwegians and British fought as allies during WW2. There's always a lump in my throat at Christmas time when in Trafalgar Square I gaze upon Norway's very, very generous annual gift of a magnificent Christmas tree.

[xGvJx]

Thanks for such a warm welcome, everyone! And for the book tips! I have seen the Oscar nominated Nine Lives which is based on We Die Alone, and I think reading the book would be very interesting too.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Kanishka and Solvi - glad to have you here, be prepared to have your TBR lists incease exponentially :)

[Jonathan]

Hello everyone.

My name is Jonathan, I am 27 years old and I am Italian. I speak a bit of English and German. I have studied history in University of Pisa, where in 2014 I have obtained a Master with a thesis in which I have reconstructed the years 1940-1945 in my territory (the Comune of Massarosa, in Tuscany).
Now I collaborate with the “Istituto Storico della Resistenza e dell’Età Contemporanea in Provincia di Lucca” (“Historic Institute of Resistenza and Contemporary Age in Province of Lucca”), but in the evening I work as pizza chef.
I have very interested in military history of the Second World War, but I have also read some books on the Great War and the Napolic Wars.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Jonathan and you are very welcome here. I think many of us would enjoy talking books with you over some fine Italian wine and one of your pizzas :) Please feel free to join in.

[Colin]

Welcome aboard

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Jonathan, very nice to have you join us. I think your knowledge of Italy in 1940-45 will be of great interest to some here.

[Manray9]

Jonathan wrote: "Hello everyone.

My name is Jonathan, I am 27 years old and I am Italian. I speak a bit of English and German. I have studied history in University of Pisa, where in 2014 I have obtained a Master w..."

Welcome, Jonathan. you have combined two of my great interests: history and pizza.

[Derek]

xGvJx wrote: "Hi, I'm Sølvi (that's a girl's name) in Norway, and I've ended up here basically because we have a lot of books from 1900–1960 at our cabin. My fiancé and I started reading a random one aloud to ea..."

Let me add my welcome Sølvi. You might be interested in Scharnhorst by Alf Jacobsen which, apart from the history of the ship, its demise and discovery, is very good on the resistance in the Finnmark. And I'm pretty sure it was first published in Norwegian!

[Jonathan]

Mike wrote: "Welcome Jonathan, very nice to have you join us. I think your knowledge of Italy in 1940-45 will be of great interest to some here."

Yes, I hope!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jonathan and a warm welcome to our group, I am sure you will have heaps to offer and I hope you find a few things of interest here as well.

[happy]

Welcome to the group Jonathan - I'm sure you'll bring a unique perspective to our discussions. I look forward to your comments

[Kat]

Hi everyone! Even though my special interest during my history MA was not WWII I love reading about it in my free time. Especially (auto-)biographies and books about the KZs. I also enjoy the occasional novel based during that time.
Btw I'm from Berlin. Thanks for welcoming me in this group :) Cheers, Kat

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Kat and a warm welcome to the group, I hope you find a few things of interest here and have a fun time discussing good books and authors.

[happy]

Kat,

Welcome to the group!
As you wander through the threads, you should be able to find some bio's that pique your interest!

[Erikkasper]

Hi guys. I'm Erik from the Netherlands. I have a fairly general interest in history, with a slight focus on the dark ages, medieval England and WW2. currently I'm specifically reading on operation Market Garden, since I just moved to Oosterbeek and want to better understand what happened in my backyard.
Looking forward to learning from u guys!

[Jonathan]

Erikkasper wrote: "Hi guys. I'm Erik from the Netherlands. I have a fairly general interest in history, with a slight focus on the dark ages, medieval England and WW2. currently I'm specifically reading on operation ..."

Hi Erik, welcome to the group!

That are you reding about operation Market Garden?

[Lee]

Kat wrote: "Hi everyone! Even though my special interest during my history MA was not WWII I love reading about it in my free time. Especially (auto-)biographies and books about the KZs. I also enjoy the occas..."

Hi Kat,welcome to the group.I'm slightly envious you are from Berlin it's a city I've visited too many times to mention,I love it

[Kat]

Its a really cool city to live in ☺️

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Kat wrote: "Hi everyone! Even though my special interest during my history MA was not WWII I love reading about it in my free time. Especially (auto-)biographies and books about the KZs. I also enjoy the occas..."

Welcome Kat and please feel free to join in.
I served in the British Army spending time in your wonderful city and country just a couple of years before the wall came down.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Erikkasper wrote: "Hi guys. I'm Erik from the Netherlands. I have a fairly general interest in history, with a slight focus on the dark ages, medieval England and WW2. currently I'm specifically reading on operation ..."

Welcome Erik, and I think you'll be right at home here. What a great place to be in and read about Market Garden and the tough winter that followed the operation.

[Manray9]

Erikkasper wrote: "Hi guys. I'm Erik from the Netherlands. I have a fairly general interest in history, with a slight focus on the dark ages, medieval England and WW2. currently I'm specifically reading on operation ..."

Erikkasper: Welcome, please pitch in!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Erik and welcome to the group, you have moved to a very interesting area to live in.

[happy]

Erik,

Welcome to the group! Please don't be shy.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Kat wrote: "Hi everyone! Even though my special interest during my history MA was not WWII I love reading about it in my free time. Especially (auto-)biographies and books about the KZs. I also enjoy the occas..."

Welcome Kat, glad you have joined us from one of the great cities of Europe. I have many happy memories of Berlin. Please don't hesitate to jump right into the discussions.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Erikkasper wrote: "Hi guys. I'm Erik from the Netherlands. I have a fairly general interest in history, with a slight focus on the dark ages, medieval England and WW2. currently I'm specifically reading on operation ..."

Welcome Erik, very nice to have you here, coming from a key battlefield of WWII. I had the great honor of touring the Arnhem area with a 1st Airborne veteran of the battle, especially the Airborne Cemetery at Oosterbeek.

[Lizzy]

Hi everyone,

I am relatively new to WWII, but I'm very avid to read more about it! I'm currently reading The Last Lion 3: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965, after having read The Second World War .

I love history books and I am looking foward to recommendations of what to read next.

It's great to be here! :)

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Lizzy, nice to have you join us.

[happy]

LIzzy

Welcome to the group. Good to have you here! Be prepared to have your TBR list explode :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Lizzy and a warm welcome to the group!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Lizzy.

[Paul]

Lizzy wrote: "Hi everyone,

I am relatively new to WWII, but I'm very avid to read more about it! I'm currently reading The Last Lion 3: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965,..."

Hi Lizzy. If you (or anyone else here) have any questions about The Last Lion feel free to ask, by message or on this page. Hope you enjoy it. Took me eight years to write.