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[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Scott, nice to add another historian and author to the group. Will have to visit the USS Midway next time I visit my daughter in San Diego.

[Scott]

Looking forward to seeing group members aboard Midway. Just learned it's the 6th most popular U.S. museum of any type on tripadvisor. We are passionate about WWII history, since the USS Midway served 1945-1992.

[Marc]

Scott wrote: "Looking forward to seeing group members aboard Midway. Just learned it's the 6th most popular U.S. museum of any type on tripadvisor. We are passionate about WWII history, since the USS Midway serv..."

I've visited the USS Midway Museum twice--it's well worth the trip!

[Manray9]

Scott wrote: "Hello. It's my privilege to be part of a group preserving the legacy of a historic aircraft carrier with deep World War II roots. For me, every day is Veterans Day aboard the USS Midway Museum in S..."

Welcome, Scott. When I was in the USN in Japan (1980-82), USS MIDWAY (CV-41) was homeported in Yokosuka. I've been aboard several times, but never underway.

[Kate]

Scott wrote: "Hello. It's my privilege to be part of a group
Welcome Scott you will bring much to our group.

[Jon]

Hi everyone, I've just joined good reads and having read a few books on World War II am keen to read and understand more about the various theatres of war. recently had my interest tweaked about the second Sino - Japanese so looking forward to getting recommendations in more books about this and the wider world war.

Jon

[happy]

Jon,

Welcome to the group - there should be something or someone here who can stear you in the right direction:)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jon and welcome to the group, glad you found us. One book that may interest you that is picking up some good reviews is this title:

Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 by Rana Mitter

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Jon. We could probably recommend a "few" books to you. Nice to have you join us.

[Manray9]

Jon wrote: "Hi everyone, I've just joined good reads and having read a few books on World War II am keen to read and understand more about the various theatres of war. recently had my interest tweaked about th..."

Welcome, Jon. Here's one --

Nanjing 1937: Battle for a Doomed City by Peter Harmsen

[Chin Joo]

Hi Jon, welcome to the group.

If you are interested in a book that covers the whole period right up to the end of 1945, this is one. The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949

There is a series of 5 books published by the Columbia University Press that takes a more scholarly look at the war called Japan's Road to the Pacific War. The first two of which are on the Sino-Japanese War.
Japan Erupts: The London Naval Conference and the Manchurian Incident, 1928-1932, China Quagmire.

One battle that is extensively covered in Chinese literature is found in this book:
Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze

[zed]

Hello Jon and welcome.

[Kate]

Jon wrote: "Hi everyone,
Jon welcome aboard...there are a lot of people here that give the best recommendations.

[Jon]

Thanks all for the welcome and the recommendations - I've got a couple on the shelf to read and a few more on order so plenty to get stuck into. Looking forward to more engagement with the group.

[Adam]

Hello all new members!

[Vanessa]

Hello everyone!

I'm a graduate student at Clarion University studying library science. I'm surveying members of Goodreads about what kinds of involvement they would like their local libraries to have with Goodreads. Aussie Rick kindly gave me permission to share my survey with the group.

You can find my survey here:
Goodreads Users & Their Local Libraries

Unfortunately, I am unable to have people under the age of 18 take my survey. There are special regulations for including minors in research that would made it too difficult to include them in this study. Sorry!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and take the survey!

[A.P.]

Hi, I'm Paul, an Anglo-Swiss retired academic living in the gorgeous Alps. I generally like historical fiction, but also want to know something about the real events depicted in novels. I have recently self published my first WW2 spy novel, loosely adapted from a true case. I look forward to playing an active part in the group.

[Dimitri]

Welcome Paul, the group has an intelligence topic with all the spy stuff you could want.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi Paul, welcome to the group. Please jump right into the discussions.

[happy]

Paul

Welcome to the group!!!!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

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

[zed]

Hi Paul.

[A.P.]

Thanks very much everyone. There's plenty to involve me here! At the moment I'm especially interested in espionage activity 1939-40 in The Balkans, Palestine and Egypt.

[Kate]

A.P. wrote: "Hi, I'm Paul,
Paul, welcome to the Group, you will find some excellent referrals to great books...my reading list gets longer and longer.

[Jenny]

Hello Everyone
Just joined the group and thought I give a brief into. I hail from NY Sate and just got back into reading regularly about two years ago and I found that I miss so much & so many good books. I enjoy all genre and ww2 is included; both fiction and non-fiction. My next years reading challenge will be more than just how many books I plan to read; it will include all genre. With that said I will be choosing one from ww2 fiction depending on many factors, I'm leaning towards eye of the needle, dirty dozen, or Von Ryan 's Express...Unless I can find The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill, which is where I would like to start.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Kenneth and a warm welcome to the group, you may be interested in the December theme read, its on a WW2 novel or novels of your choice, hopefully you can join in with a good book.

[Kate]

Welcome Kenneth, you will find some excellent recommendations from this group, and more "must read" books than you could have hoped for.

[zed]

Welcome Kenneth.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Kenneth, nice to have you join the group. Just ask and we can probably find a "few" books to recommend.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome also Kenneth

I think you should be able to find a few books to read in the various threads. I look forward to reading your comments!

[Rob]

Hi

I'm Rob from Oak Park IL. My grandfather was in WWII. North Africa 1942-43. He told me some stories but not nearly enough. My son, now 9, is very interested in WWII for some reason (not from me). Anyway, I have picked up an interest in reading about it.

Look forward to discussion....

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Rob, nice to have you join us. Also great that your son is getting interested in WWII history.

[Manray9]

Rob wrote: "Hi

I'm Rob from Oak Park IL. My grandfather was in WWII. North Africa 1942-42. He told me some stories but not nearly enough. My son, now 9, is very interested in WWII for some reason (not from me..."

Welcome, Rob. This group will pad your TBR list.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

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

[Kate]

Rob wrote: "Hi

I'm Rob from Oak Park IL.
Welcome Rob, you've come to a great group that have many great references to offer.

[zed]

Welcome Rob.

[happy]

Rob,

Let me add my welcome

Welcome, Welcome!!!!

[Chin Joo]

Welcome Rob. How about making your son the youngest member of this very inclusive group? :)

I think we'll all be very interested to know what he would write in the "Book that started it all" thread.

[Gregg]

Hi, my name is Gregg and "I cannot live without books..." (Thomas Jefferson) I have always been a student of history and continue to learn. The Great Patriotic War was my main focus for several years; even to the point of joining a reenacting unit in California years ago. An expensive hobby best left to the young. Now I read different genres but still return to WWII.

[Manray9]

Gregg wrote: "Hi, my name is Gregg and "I cannot live without books..." (Thomas Jefferson) I have always been a student of history and continue to learn. The Great Patriotic War was my main focus for several yea..."

Welcome, Gregg. Please feel free to pitch in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Gregg and welcome to the group, glad to see you here.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Gregg.

[Michael]

Joined recently but don't seem to have introduced myself. I am Michael 'Bully', live in Brighton, on the south coast of Britain.
I have a great interest in World War 2 poetry, and run a related blog
http://worldwar2poetry.blogspot.co.uk

Other World War 2 subjects I've looked into recently include the Crete campaign, Occupied Netherlands, Conscientious Objection, the Arctic Convoys. In this new year hope to organise some time to look at The Ukraine during World War 2.

[Manray9]

Michael wrote: "Joined recently but don't seem to have introduced myself. I am Michael 'Bully', live in Brighton, on the south coast of Britain.
I have a great interest in World War 2 poetry, and run a related bl..."

Welcome, Michael. Let me recommend a book on the Occupied Netherlands which I found fascinating:

The Occupied Garden: Recovering the Story of a Family in the Wartorn Netherlands by Kristen Den Hartog

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Michael! We also love poetry here. Jump right in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Welcome Michael, some great areas of interest you have, I hope you find a few good books on those subject while you are here. This is our poetry thread in case your interested:

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

[Jamie]

Michael wrote: "Joined recently but don't seem to have introduced myself. I am Michael 'Bully', live in Brighton, on the south coast of Britain.
I have a great interest in World War 2 poetry, and run a related bl..."

Cool. Can you recommend any English language titles on Netherlands 1940-1945?

[Jamie]

And now that I look, thanks MR

[Marko]

Hi, my name is Marko and like to read books about history, with slight preference for WW2 topics. From WW2 topics I don't have strong preferences. Anything that it new and doesn't repeat same Normandy all over again is interesting. I live in UK (Cambridge) but I'm originally from Finland.

[Manray9]

Marko wrote: "Hi, my name is Marko and like to read books about history, with slight preference for WW2 topics. From WW2 topics I don't have strong preferences. Anything that it new and doesn't repeat same Norma..."

Welcome, Marko.