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['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Colin wrote: "Goodreads, where a balanced checkbook goes to die."

Very true Colin :)

[Dem]

Hi my name is Dem, I am Irish. Thank you Dimitri for bringing this group to my attention and looking forward to discussing books in the group and checking out past reads.

[Dimitri]

Dem wrote: "Hi my name is Dem, I am Irish. Thank you Demetri for bringing this group to my attention and looking forward to discussing books in the group and checking out past reads."

You know how to take a hint :-D

[Manray9]

Dem wrote: "Hi my name is Dem, I am Irish. Thank you Demetri for bringing this group to my attention and looking forward to discussing books in the group and checking out past reads."

Welcome, Dem.

[happy]

Welcome to the group Dem!

Any friend of Demetri, etc, etc, etc

Be prepared to have you TBR grow exponentially:)

[Marc]

Dem wrote: "Hi my name is Dem, I am Irish. Thank you Demetri for bringing this group to my attention and looking forward to discussing books in the group and checking out past reads."

Hello Dem, and welcome to the group! I'm sure Dimitri has told you about how we love to recommend books to anyone and everyone, right? Prepare to have the boundaries of your bookshelves taxed to their utmost!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Dem and a warm welcome to the group, I'm glad Dimitri talked you into joining :)

[zed]

Hi to all the newbies.

[Tanya]

Hi, I’m Tanya. I often read both WW1 and 2 books but focussing more currently on WW2 as I will be studying it for a university module in October. I’ve found that Hobsbawm and Hastings have become favoured authors whilst Ferguson is one I steer very much clear of. Looking forward to following the group ☺️

[Manray9]

Tanya wrote: "Hi, I’m Tanya. I often read both WW1 and 2 books but focussing more currently on WW2 as I will be studying it for a university module in October. I’ve found that Hobsbawm and Hastings have become f..."

Welcome, Tanya. I enjoyed Hobsbawm's autobiography, Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Dem and Tanya. Nice to have you join us.

[happy]

Welcome to the group, Tanya!!

[Marc]

Welcome aboard, Tanya!

[zed]

Welcome Tanya.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome to all our recent new joiners. The group is a great place with a friendly bunch of WWII (and much more) readers, and we'll all benefit from your views and recommendations too so please pitch in.

[Tim]

Jonny wrote: "Welcome to the group Esther and Steve.
Hope your back accounts survive..."

Hi everyone just joined. My primary interest are Australian military history followed by general WWII. Having said that I am always happy learning new things. Jonny your comment cracked me up as it reflects a military history blog (Doug Dery) I have followed for years. Everyone ends up broke over there too!

[Marc]

Welcome to the group, Tim. You will find several members who share your interest in Australian military history, as well as pretty much any other topic about World War II.

[Jonny]

Tim wrote: "Jonny wrote: "Welcome to the group Esther and Steve.
Hope your back accounts survive..."

Hi everyone just joined. My primary interest are Australian military history followed by general WWII. Hav..."

Welcome to the group Tim.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

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

[Silvia]

Hi everyone, I'm new on Goodreads. I'm Silvia from Italy, hoping to get recommendations for history books, which are hard for me to come by.
Happy reading to you all

[Manray9]

Silvia wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm new on Goodreads. I'm Silvia from Italy, hoping to get recommendations for history books, which are hard for me to come by.
Happy reading to you all"

Welcome, Silvia.

[Marc]

Silvia wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm new on Goodreads. I'm Silvia from Italy, hoping to get recommendations for history books, which are hard for me to come by.
Happy reading to you all"

Welcome to the group, Silvia. We are always happy to recommend books, so just let us know what you are looking for.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Silvia and welcome to the group.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Tim and Silvia

Welcome, Welcome!!!

Be prepared to have you TBR lists grow exponentially :)

[Colin]

Silvia wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm new on Goodreads. I'm Silvia from Italy, hoping to get recommendations for history books, which are hard for me to come by.
Happy reading to you all"

I know that Amazon.it (Italy) offers all of the books I am aware of (even all of the books I wrote) on line. I am not aware of books in Italian on WW II, since I do not read Italian, but the e-books should be available.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group, Tim and Silvia! Nice to have you join us. We will be happy to help divert a large portion of your budget to books.

[zed]

Welcome Tim and Silvia.

[Layla]

Hello everyone,my name is Layla, I have always had an interest in WW2, I have been In this group for a while I am not sure if I had introduced myself. When I was at secondary school we were only taught a subject from history over one term, then would go to something else in history.when it got to that we were told about WW2. It fascinated me. And after that term ended and we went to another topic in history I continued to get books on WW2 from my library. Something I still continue to do. I have a interest in all WW2, but I do love to read about what the children of the time went through. Are there any areas of this page on the subject of children through WW2.

[Marc]

Hello Layla. I think there's a thread for the Home Front and that might have some of what you're looking for.

In the meantime, here's a book I read many years ago which you might find interesting:

A Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Layla, welcome to the group. Marc has already mentioned the Home Front thread whete you might find some more books on your area of interest.

[happy]

Layla,

Let me add my welcome to the group

Welcome, Welcome!!

[Ian]

Recommend ‘Goodnight Children Everywhere: Voices of the Evacuees” by Monica Morris. Deals with experiences of British children (of which I was one) evacuated early in the war etc. Ian

[zed]

Ian wrote: "Recommend ‘Goodnight Children Everywhere: Voices of the Evacuees” by Monica Morris. Deals with experiences of British children (of which I was one) evacuated early in the war etc. Ian"

My dad went to Saunton Sands in Devon. Where were you evacuated to Ian?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Layla, Here's a few that may be of interest. Some are pricey but may be available via inter-library loans:

Voices of the Second World War: A Child's Perspective by Sheila A Renshaw

Liverpool's Children in the Second World War by Pamela Russell

Children in the Second World War: Memories from the Home Front0900] by Amanda Herbert-Davies

by Olga Kucherenko

Young Voices: British Children Remember The Second World War by Lyn Smith

The Bonfire Of Berlin by Helga Schneider or also as published and titled Let Me Go by Helga Schneider

Born Jewish: A Childhood in Occupied Europe by Marcel Liebman

French Children Under the Allied Bombs, 1940-45: An Oral History by Lindsey Dodd

Petain's Jewish Children: French Jewish Youth and the Vichy Regime, 1940-1942 by Daniel Lee

Sacrificing Childhood: Children and the Soviet State in the Great Patriotic War by Julie K. Degraffenried

[Sean]

I can highly recommend: German Boy: A Child in War
by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (goodreads rates 4.34 with 1,185 ratings). Wolfgang has another book The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II (goodreads 4.4, with 57 ratings). I bought this 2nd book because his first was so good. It is in my stack 'to read'.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group, Layla. Nice to have you join us.

[Joseph]

Welcome Layla.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Layla wrote: "Hello everyone,my name is Layla, I have always had an interest in WW2, I have been In this group for a while I am not sure if I had introduced myself. When I was at secondary school we were only ta..."

One more recommendation for you Layla:

Witnesses of War: Children's Lives Under the Nazis by Nicholas Stargardt

[Ian]

I was evacuated twice! Once when the bombing started in earnest; I think that was in 1941 when we were sent to Scotland. We came back in '42/3 and then went back when the V1s started in '44. My sister was born in Scotland in Oct '44.

I started school in Scotland and came home in January '45 to start school in Twickenham with a Scottish accent: which I soon lost apparently!

[Raul]

Hello from Dubai to everybody

[happy]

Welcome to the group, Raul!!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

happy wrote: "Welcome to the group, Raul!!"

Hi Raul and welcome to the group.

[Marc]

Hello Raul! Welcome to the group!

[Liz V.]

Hello. I read almost everything that comes into my hands but find WWI and WWII books to be of particular interest. I was glad to come across such an active group. WWII Greece is an area about which I would like to know more.

[Marc]

Liz wrote: "Hello. I read almost everything that comes into my hands but find WWI and WWII books to be of particular interest. I was glad to come across such an active group. WWII Greece is an area about which..."

Welcome to the group, Liz. I'm sure there will be some members who can recommend books on WWII Greece for you. I know some the volumes of the Time-Life series on World War II deal with Greece, but not sure if they have the detail you are looking for.

[Manray9]

Liz wrote: "Hello. I read almost everything that comes into my hands but find WWI and WWII books to be of particular interest. I was glad to come across such an active group. WWII Greece is an area about which..."

Welcome, Liz. You reminded me of having read:

Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44 by Mark Mazower.

[Liz V.]

Manray9, thank you. Have marked Mazower's book to read.

Thank you also Marc.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Welcome to the group Liz, glad you found us and joined up :)

[Liz V.]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Welcome to the group Liz, glad you found us and joined up :)"

Thank you.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Liz, there's also some good books on the German invasion of Crete in 1941 and the naval actions too.