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['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Scott, excuse my belated welcome but I have been cruising the Mediterranean and have very limited internet access. I hope you enjoy the group and find a few things of interest.

[Karl]

Hey guys!

Awesome to be a part of this group, my main interests are the axis side of the war, and also am a keen studier of hitler literature!

Can't wait to participate in this group!

Cheers all,
Karl

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Karl, jump right in!

[Marc]

Glad to have you aboard Karl!

[zed]

Hi Karl.

[happy]

Karl,

Welcome to the group! Look forward to your comments

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

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

[Scott]

Hello All - I'm extremely pleased to have found this group and look forward to following and participating in the discussions. Personally, I am most interested in the Pacific War. I find the strategic choices made by the Japanese Empire particularly fascinating. I am currently reading 'Empires in the Balance' by H.P. Willmott.

[Manray9]

Scott wrote: "Hello All - I'm extremely pleased to have found this group and look forward to following and participating in the discussions. Personally, I am most interested in the Pacific War. I find the strate..."

Welcome, Scott. Please pitch in!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Scott, welcome to the group, glad you found us!

[happy]

Scott,

Let me add my welcome to the group

Welcome, Welcome!!!

Do any have any favorite reads on the Pacific war?

[zed]

Hi Scott and welcome.

[Kate]

Scott wrote: "Hello All - I'm extremely pleased to have found this group and look forward to following and participating in the discussions. Personally, I am most interested in the Pacific War. I find the strate..."

Welcome Scott

[Kate]

Karl wrote: "Hey guys!

Awesome to be a part of this group, my main interests are the axis side of the war, and also am a keen studier of hitler literature!

Welcome Karl

[Chin Joo]

Scott wrote: " I am currently reading 'Empires in the Balance' by H.P. Willmott...."

Hello Scott, I just read this book. You are going to enjoy it very much. This book is supposed to be part of a trilogy but I think he just so far written two, the second one decades ago. I hope he's working on the last one. :)

[Marc]

Welcome aboard, Scott!

[Scott]

happy wrote: "Scott,

Let me add my welcome to the group

Welcome, Welcome!!!

Do any have any favorite reads on the Pacific war?"

There are so many great books...I'd say 'Rising Sun' by Toland was the book that got me interested. I've recently read 'Retribution' by Hastings and thought it was excellent.

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Hi Scott, welcome to the group, glad you found us!"

[Sweetwilliam]

Welcome to the group

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Lauren and a warm welcome to the group, I am sure you will have lots to offer as the group is made up will folks from various countries around the world and with quite a few young members as well as those who are young at heart :)

I will look forward to chatting with you in the next few theme reads we have left for this year.

[Manray9]

Lauren wrote: "Hi everyone, I have decided to join this group for the sole purpose of being able to discuss World War II with a group of individuals who appreciate such a painfully tragic yet fascinating topic. C..."

Welcome, Lauren.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Lauren wrote: "Hi everyone, I have decided to join this group for the sole purpose of being able to discuss World War II with a group of individuals who appreciate such a painfully tragic yet fascinating topic. C..."

Welcome to the group Lauren, nice to have you here.

[Jonny]

Welcome to the group Lauren.

[zed]

Hi Lauren and welcome.

[Karl]

Hey Lauren! Great to have you on board!! Look forward to your posts!

[Mary]

Hello, my name is Mary Lovell and I just had my Father's WWll diary published (see details on my author's page). During the 5 or so years I put together his diary for publishing I became very interested in WWll. I actually visited Europe about 4 or 5 times and retraced his footsteps. His diary was so detailed it was actually easy to do. During this time I have met so many wonderful people and had many incredible experiences. The last 5 years have been quite a journey. My Father gave me a wonderful gift when he left behind his writings.

[Colin]

Lauren, welcome to the group. I knew Ambrose, and we did not like each other, I will be up front about that. I also knew most of the men from easy Company, as I had been in 101st Airborne, and went to a few of the reunions in the 1980s, and one in the 1990s.
Ambrose was a known plagiarist, he took material from people, often his graduate student researchers and other authors, and seldom gave them any credit in the books. We both had a book signing event with other authors during the opening celebrations for the Pacific Wing of the National WW II Museum. I was there as not only an author, but an invited VIP guest for the MOH Society, such as Ron Drez, etc, and he really did not like anyone taking his limelight. Ambrose had the volunteer firefighters delivering my crates of books thrown into a trash dumpster. They were later found and the NOLA police investigated, proven what had happened. Luckily my later book signing event at Barnes & Noble in downtown did not have his fingerprints on them.

[Marc]

Welcome Lauren and Mary!

You will find that some books don't resonate with others the same way they might have with you, so just keep an open mind that not everyone will like/dislike a book the same way as you. Case in point is BoB by Ambrose. While I personally liked it, and have liked several of his other books, he's not exactly "Mr. Popular" around here.

With that being said, don't be afraid to ask for recommendations on any and all subjects, unless you don't have the room at home to add new books to your library!

[zed]

Welcome Mary.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Mary and welcome to the group. I hope your book on your fathers WW2 diary does well, lots of luck.

[Mary]

thank you Aussie Rick .i forgot to mention that I have a great interest in reading other soldier's diaries - from all sides and all wars.

[Mary]

Thank you 4triplezed.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Mary. Looking forward to your participation in the group discussions.

[Ian]

Hi everyone, I finally discovered groups on Goodreads and was immediately drawn to this one. My parents grew up in England (father) and The Netherlands (mother) during WWII, and they were definitely shaped by this intense period of the 20th Century. Since my mother passed away, I've realized how great an impact their experiences had on them and indeed even me, so many years later, living a calm, quiet life as a Canadian. I've written about this several times in my blog.
I really enjoyed reading Winston Churchill's volumes on WWII, with its political narrative, and seem to be attracted to similar books that describe the lasting effects of the war--both in politics and in people's personal lives . After I found much of my mother's extended family had perished in the Holocaust, I've also taken a keen interest in that awful subject matter, feeling it is important to preserve the terrible truth of how modern society descended into barbarism so quickly and easily. Cheers!

[happy]

This is a tad bit late, but let me add my welcome to Mary, Lauren and Ian

Welcome, Welcome!!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Ian and welcome to the group, glad you found us.

[zed]

Good to have you around Ian. I have always enjoyed your reviews.

[Ian]

4triplezed wrote: "Good to have you around Ian. I have always enjoyed your reviews."
As have I yours, 4triplezed! I was glad to find you already well-established in this group.

[Mary]

Welcome Ian

[Ian]

Mary wrote: "Welcome Ian"
Thanks, Mary! You too :-)

[[deleted user]]

Hello,

I'm a newbie and share your love of this subject. I hope you'll check out my own book on WW II at http://www.noordinarysoldier.com/. My dad was in the same air force, the 7th AAF, as Louis Zamperini, the subject of Unbroken.

[Mary]

Welcome Liz

[[deleted user]]

Liz wrote: "Hello,

I'm a newbie and share your love of this subject. I hope you'll check out my own book on WW II at http://www.noordinarysoldier.com/. My dad was in the same air force, the 7th AAF, as Louis ..."

Mary wrote: "Welcome Liz"

Thanks, Mary.

[happy]

Welcome to the Group, Liz!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Liz and welcome to the group. If you like you can provide further details on your book in our authors page:

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

[zed]

Welcome Liz

[Mary]

Reading "A Private's Diary. The Battle of Germany as Seen Through the Eyes of an 18 Year Old Infantry Rifleman. By Jack R Blann. Published by J & L Publishing. Houston. Copyright 2010. I am not sure if this book is even in print anymore.
This is the type of book I love the most. Written by someone who was there as an ordinary soldier. Not from a General's perspective. Reading about all the small details of war. I am partial in that he was in the same division as my Father, the 9th Infantry Division. But it so interesting.

[Kimberly]

Hey, friends, can anyone tell me if they know about malaria treatments in the Pacific during WWII? What were the side effects on soldiers and their ability to keep fighting after treatment--or were they sent away from combat? Doing research for the sequel to the novel, The Big Inch, (the pipeline that shipped oil from Texas to the troops in Europe.) Also, were the Japanese or any other forces as affected by malaria as US Forces?

[Colin]

Quinine was the only treatment/preventative until late in the war, when chloraquin and later primaquin were introduced. Later we had fancidar, etc. I know, I had malaria.

[[deleted user]]

happy wrote: "Welcome to the Group, Liz!"

Thanks, happy, for the greeting. Liz

[[deleted user]]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Hi Liz and welcome to the group. If you like you can provide further details on your book in our authors page:

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

Hi, Rick,
thanks for that. I'm have an Author page here but haven't really done that much with it yet. Liz