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[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Igor

Welcome, Welcome !

[Marc]

Welcome aboard, Igor! Feel free to ask about any topic you'd like book recommendations for, but be warned: you may get way more recommendations than you can handle!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Pleased to have you in the group Jason, I hope you find a few things of interest here and I look forward to discussing some great books and authors with you.

[Kelly]

Hi
I've just joined and thought I would drop by to introduce myself. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks was the book I read that sparked my interest with this subject and it still remains my favourite book!.
I have eclectic reading tastes I must admit, but I've suddenly returned to this genre with a bang and I'm really enjoying finding new authors, books and joining groups of like minded people.
I am a fan of War fiction/historical drama fiction of this era but I'm happy to expand my knowledge and read factual too!.
To give you an idea of the books I like I have just finished and really enjoyed 'The Buffer Girls'- Margaret Dickinson and I'm now reading The View From The Corner Shop- Kathleen Hey.
I'm looking forward to chatting to you all & reading along with the monthly challenges. Please feel free to add me as a friend on here also. Enjoy your weekend guys and happy reading!.x

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Kelly and a warm welcome to the group, I am sure that you will find a few good books and authors here to keep you interested.

[Kelly]

Thank you Aussie Rick. Yes hopefully I will despite the fact I already have a glorious WW2 " To Be Read" mountain!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Kelly wrote: "Thank you Aussie Rick. Yes hopefully I will despite the fact I already have a glorious WW2 " To Be Read" mountain!"

Aaah, well welcome to the club, membership requires a massive pile of "to be read" books :)

[Kelly]

I've passed the initiation ceremony with flying colours on that than!. I'm almost solely funding my local library with reservation fees!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Kelly and Jason. Very nice to have you join the group.

[Kelly]

Thanks Mike

[zed]

Welcome Kelly and Jason.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Kelly and Jason good to have you both in the group and feel free to contribute and add to our members burgeoning TBRs.

[Kelly]

Thanks 4zzz & Geevee!

[Kate]

Kelly wrote: "Hi
I've just joined and thought I would drop by to introduce myself. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks was the book I read that sparked my interest with this subject and it still remains my favourite bo..."
Welcome Kelly...this is a great group and know you will find it worthy of your time, and is a real valuable resourch on books which are worthy of your 'to read' list

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Kelly and Jason

Welcome, Welcome!!!

The more the merrier :)

[Layla]

Hello,
My Name is Layla and I have always had an interest in WW2 since I was at school. I read WW2 fiction as well as WW2 factual books, that's is pretty much all I read, and always have done.

Very pleased to be in this group as I love to see different books that I might love to read and this group will be a brilliant help.

I really developed an interest in the Children of WW2 and what they went through during the War years with Evacuations. This subject when I was very first reading the WW2 books was very hard to find and at the time I could only find about 2 good books on the subject. Now many more are being written and have been wrote.

I also read a lot about Colditz as I love castles and Colditz has always held an interest for me.
I have a best friend who I met on line 8 years ago and I am trying to get him on to goodreads and he would love this group too.

The other day I was telling him something about Colditz, and he said he had never heard of it.

I look forward to being active in this group.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Layla, I think you'll find lots to interest you here and please feel free to join in.

[Kelly]

Yipee!. I'm so glad you found this group Layla, the minute I did I knew you would love it!. Welcome!. Xx

[Kate]

Layla wrote: "Hello,
My Name is Layla and I have always had an interest in WW2 since I was at school. I read WW2 fiction as well as WW2 factual books, that's is pretty much all I read, and always have done.

V..."
Welcome Layla...you will really enjoy this group.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Layla and welcome to the group. I hope you find a few things of interest here and that you have a good time exploring the threads and chatting with the members.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Layla wrote: "Hello, My Name is Layla and I have always had an interest in WW2 since I was at school. I read WW2 fiction as well as WW2 factual books, that's is pretty much all I read, and always have done...."

Welcome Layla, you have found the right place for your WWII interest. Nice to have you here. You reminded me I still have to read the second part of Escape from Colditz: The Colditz story, and Men of Colditz in One Volume

[Kelly]

Hmmm, I've not reading anything about Colditz yet but I am going to now!.x

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Kelly there are some great books from the allied prisoners' side and it is worth also checking this one out too: Colditz: The German Story by Reinhold Eggers

[Kelly]

Geevee- Thanks for that I have put it on my " To get" list

[Mary]

I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books on WWI and WWII, especially on the roles and experiences of women during the wars, both on the home front and in the military, as nurses, pilots, resistance fighters etc. I figured if anyone would know of good titles, it would be some of the people in this group.

[Rose]

Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books o..."
Have you read "A Woman in Berlin?" It is based on a diary of a journalist living in Berlin as the war was ending and the Russians rolled in.

[Manray9]

Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books o..."

Welcome, Mary. Just pitch in! This group will fatten your TBR list.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Mary, good to see you in the group and may I be the first to welcome you. I am sure you will get a heap of recommendations but here are just a few:

The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn Macdonald

Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front by Diane Atkinson

Spitfire Women Of World War II by Giles Whittell

The Female Few: Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary by Jacky Hyams

Plus check out this thread for a few more books of interest:

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

[Mary]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Hi Mary, good to see you in the group and may I be the first to welcome you. I am sure you will get a heap of recommendations but here are just a few:

[..."



Thank you so much! The only one on the list that I have read is the "Spitfire Women" so I am definitely add the others to my must read list!

[Manray9]

Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books o..."

Mary: Here's one from my TBR --

We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth Norman.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books o..."

Welcome Mary, great to have you join us. We can probably recommend some books. ;)

[Robert]

Manray9 wrote: "Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fi..."

Manray9 wrote: "Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fi..."

Welcome Mary.
Douglas MacArthur was an extraordinarily intelligent individual, but, in my opinion was as narcissistic as he could have possibly been. You either loved him or hated him. Manray, you got me started.

[Manray9]

Robert wrote: "Manray9 wrote: "Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to ..."

Robert: I just read Bernie Catanzaro's With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific: A Foot Soldier's Story. He and his buddies were skeptical of Dugout Doug too.

[zed]

Hi Mary. Welcome and as you can see plenty of great people with a lot to offer.

[Mary]

I am currently reading this Colditz: The Definitive History: The Untold Story of World War II's Great Escapes Picked it up at free book table last year and forgot I had it until I was going through a box of books yesterday and came across it.

[Mary]

Rose wrote: "Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fi..."

I will add that one to my list Rose. Thanks :)

[Mary]

I can see already that after joining this group I am either going to need to renew my library card or spend half of my paychecks on new books! Thank you all for the recommendations!

[Colin]

Robert wrote: "Manray9 wrote: "Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to ..."

I knew Gens. Curtis E Lemay and Matthew Ridgeway,
both of whom knew MacArthur well, and they were not fans.

[Derek]

Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books o..."

It's a while since I read it but The Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenberg is a thoughtful, thought-provoking narrative by a British woman who married and lived in Germany throughout WW2.

[Robert]

Manray9 wrote: "Robert wrote: "Manray9 wrote: "Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have ..."
We all know that Bradley, Patton and Montgomery were Ike's direct subordinates. Without looking it up, I don't know who MacArthur's direct subordinates were. If "Dugout Doug" (as y0u say Manray) had had Ike's job, we would never have heard of Patton and Bradley.

[happy]

I haven't added my welcome to Mary and Layla yet, so

Welcome, Welcome!!!

Enjoy purusing the various threads and be prepared to see you TBR lists grow exponentially :D

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Mary wrote: "I just joined the group a few minutes ago and wanted to say hi to everyone. I love reading just about anything I can get my hands on, and lately, I have been trying to find good non-fiction books o..."

Welcome Mary, here's three I have but am yet to read:

Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War and

Containing Trauma: Nursing Work in the First World War both by Christine E. Hallett

and also

In the Company of Nurses: The History of the British Army Nursing Service in the Great War by Yvonne McEwen

[Jon]

Hi Everyone
My name is Jon from Wales. I'm interested in all aspect of WW2 history especially the political and social aspects.
Jon

[Manray9]

Jon wrote: "Hi Everyone
My name is Jon from Wales. I'm interested in all aspect of WW2 history especially the political and social aspects.
Jon"

Welcome, Jon. Please pitch in!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi Jon, great to have you join us.

[Wulf]

Hey guys, brazilian here! Interested a lot in ww2, but more specifically the british war effort and battles.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Jo and Wulfburk. Please feel free to join in and I look forward to sharing recommendations with you both.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I'd also like to extend a warm welcome to Jo and Wulfburk, good to see you in the WW2 group.

[zed]

Welcome Jo and Wulfburk.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

That's an amazing story, thanks for sharing those details Jon. For those interested her is a link to further information on this amazing woman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyn...

Plus a story about a potential movie on the subject:

http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/22...