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Introduction to the WW2 Site - Please Say Hi

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message 3851: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 688 comments Geevee wrote: "Welcome Liz, there's also some good books on the German invasion of Crete in 1941 and the naval actions too."

Thank you Geevee. Have posted on the Mediterranean Theater discussion and gotten a recommendation. Hoping for other areas of Greece as well, since most of my reading about Greece has been fiction.


message 3852: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2281 comments Liz,

Let me add my welcome to the group

Welcome, Welcome, as you can see there are a lot of knowledgeable people here that are always happy to give a recommendation :)


message 3853: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 688 comments happy wrote: "Liz,

Let me add my welcome to the group

Welcome, Welcome, as you can see there are a lot of knowledgeable people here that are always happy to give a recommendation :)"


Thank you Happy. In just two days, have come across numerous interesting discussions.


message 3854: by Dimitri (last edited May 14, 2018 04:45AM) (new)

Dimitri | 1413 comments Welcome Tim, our founder will gladly nourish that interest.


message 3855: by Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces (new)

Mike | 3595 comments Welcome Raul and Liz, very nice to have you join us.


message 3856: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 688 comments Mike wrote: "Welcome Raul and Liz, very nice to have you join us."

Thank you Mike.


message 3857: by Darren (new)

Darren Jackson | 2 comments Hi Everyone,

Just come across this group and thought I'd join. I'm from Birmingham, UK.

I enjoy historical fiction of the WW2 era especially when infused with historically accurate facts. Philip Kerr, Robert Harris etc


message 3858: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 19987 comments Hi Darren, glad you found us, welcome to the group.


message 3859: by Manray9 (new)

Manray9 | 4785 comments Darren wrote: "Hi Everyone,

Just come across this group and thought I'd join. I'm from Birmingham, UK.

I enjoy historical fiction of the WW2 era especially when infused with historically accurate facts. Philip ..."


Welcome, Darren.


message 3860: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Darren wrote: "Hi Everyone,

Just come across this group and thought I'd join. I'm from Birmingham, UK.

I enjoy historical fiction of the WW2 era especially when infused with historically accurate facts. Philip ..."


Welcome to the group, Darren.


message 3861: by Jeffrey (new)

Jeffrey Nelan | 1 comments Good Morning from California,

My name is Jeff and I am an avid Military History enthusiast, especially regarding WWII and many other great campaigns of the past. I am currently awaiting orders to attend Undergraduate Pilot Training for the Air Force. I recently switched to the Air Force after serving 10 years in the Army as an Airborne Infantryman. I look forward to all the discussions and book recommendations. I am currently on the final book in Jeff Shaara's trilogy on WWII, and have Heinz Guderians "Panzer Leader" on deck. Pleasure to meet you all.

Jeff


message 3862: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Jeffrey wrote: "Good Morning from California,

My name is Jeff and I am an avid Military History enthusiast, especially regarding WWII and many other great campaigns of the past. I am currently awaiting orders to ..."


Nice to have another Californian in the group! Welcome aboard, Jeff!


message 3863: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 19987 comments Hi Jeff and a warm welcome to the group. I wish you all the success on your training with the Air Force plus I hope you enjoy "Panzer Leader", I loved that book when I read it back in the 1980's.


message 3864: by Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces (new)

Mike | 3595 comments Welcome Darren and Jeffrey, nice to have you join us.


message 3865: by Colin (new)

Colin Heaton (colin1962) | 2011 comments Airborne all the way, but must rest the feet.


message 3866: by Karen (new)

Karen (karinlib) | 27 comments Hi all,

My name is Karen. I am interested in just about anything in history, but WWII has been a particular favorite time period for a long time. There is so much I don't know about it.


message 3867: by Manray9 (new)

Manray9 | 4785 comments Karen wrote: "Hi all,

My name is Karen. I am interested in just about anything in history, but WWII has been a particular favorite time period for a long time. There is so much I don't know about it."


Welcome, Karen. Please pitch in!


message 3868: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Karen wrote: "Hi all,

My name is Karen. I am interested in just about anything in history, but WWII has been a particular favorite time period for a long time. There is so much I don't know about it."


Welcome aboard, Karen!


message 3869: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 19987 comments Hi Karen and welcome to the group, I'm sure you will have a lot of fun here.


message 3870: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2281 comments Wow, take a couple of days off and a whole slew of people decide to join us

Let me add my welcome to Darren, Jeffery and Karen

Welcome, Welcome!!!

Be prepared to have you TBR lists grow exponentially and your bank accounts proportionally decreased :)


message 3871: by zed (new)

zed  (4triplezed) | 951 comments Welcome to all the new members.


message 3872: by Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces (new)

Mike | 3595 comments Welcome Karen, nice to have you join us.


message 3873: by Steve (new)

Steve Doherty (stevedoherty) | 8 comments 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..."

Try Call For Blood and Gold Dominion.


message 3874: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 688 comments Steve wrote: "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..."

Thanks, Steve, and welcome.


message 3875: by Steve (new)

Steve Doherty (stevedoherty) | 8 comments Let me know what you think of the books.


message 3876: by Raymond (new)

Raymond Pang (thelonegunman) | 9 comments Good morning to all. I am an avid reader of military history, in particular ww2 aviation. My favourite author is Max Hastings (have read Catastrophe, Armageddon, Retribution, Inferno & Korean War). Read several general ww2 histories but am currently reading Dk’s World War Two Day by Day. Will post a review once i’m done.


message 3877: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (last edited May 22, 2018 07:39PM) (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 19987 comments Hi Raymond and welcome to the group. Very hard to beat Max Hastings as an author/historian! He has quite a few followers here in the group :)


message 3878: by Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces (new)

Mike | 3595 comments Welcome to the group Raymond, great to have you join us.


message 3879: by Leigh (last edited May 22, 2018 10:54PM) (new)

Leigh (wellsmith) | 147 comments 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... A book I could recommend on Greece during WWII is

The Sabotage Diaries by Katherine Barnes The Sabotage Diaries by Katherine Barnes


message 3880: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 688 comments Thanks Leigh. The Sabotage Diaries is now on my to-read list, which has grown by some 70 books in the 10 or so days I have belonged to this group.:-)


message 3881: by Dimitri (new)

Dimitri | 1413 comments Raymond wrote: "Good morning to all. I am an avid reader of military history, in particular ww2 aviation. My favourite author is Max Hastings (have read Catastrophe, Armageddon, Retribution, Inferno & Korean War)...."

Welcome Raymond. You have good taste in authors.


message 3882: by Leigh (new)

Leigh (wellsmith) | 147 comments Liz wrote: "Thanks Leigh. The Sabotage Diaries is now on my to-read list, which has grown by some 70 books in the 10 or so days I have belonged to this group.:-)"

Yep my wife is trying to workout why to be picked up pile at the local bookshop has got bigger... I haven't told her about this group!


message 3883: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2281 comments Welcome to the Group, Raymond

I think Sir Max is probably the best WWII historian writing right now.


message 3884: by Colin (new)

Colin Heaton (colin1962) | 2011 comments See his book on Vietnam as well, I assisted him with setting up meetings with some heavy hitters, especially former USMC commandant Gen Al Gray, and others. he does deep research, and likes to go to the living sources when possible, like me.


message 3885: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Leigh wrote: "Liz wrote: "Thanks Leigh. The Sabotage Diaries is now on my to-read list, which has grown by some 70 books in the 10 or so days I have belonged to this group.:-)"

Yep my wife is tr..."


Expanding TBR piles is what we do best in this group!


message 3886: by Manray9 (new)

Manray9 | 4785 comments Marc wrote: "Leigh wrote: "Liz wrote: "Thanks Leigh. The Sabotage Diaries is now on my to-read list, which has grown by some 70 books in the 10 or so days I have belonged to this group.:-)"

Yep..."


Mine's at 1,285. I'll be dead long before it get to the bottom.


message 3887: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Raymond wrote: "Good morning to all. I am an avid reader of military history, in particular ww2 aviation. My favourite author is Max Hastings (have read Catastrophe, Armageddon, Retribution, Inferno & Korean War)...."

Welcome to the group, Raymond.


message 3888: by Raymond (new)

Raymond Pang (thelonegunman) | 9 comments Yes, am eagerly awaiting his new Vietnam book. Very sure it will be full of little nuggets of information as most of his books are. My to read list has grown exponentially since i discovered the joys of e-retail. Ebay has both been a boon & a bane for me; a boon for the sheer variety of affordable out of print books & a bane because limited budgets means limited purchase options!


message 3889: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Raymond wrote: "Yes, am eagerly awaiting his new Vietnam book. Very sure it will be full of little nuggets of information as most of his books are. My to read list has grown exponentially since i discovered the jo..."

My very first eBay purchase was a book on World War II:

We Band Of Brothers by R.E. "Peppy" Blount We Band Of Brothers

I agree--lots of choices available there, but unfortunately I've had mixed results with the shipping!


message 3890: by Peter (new)

Peter Curtis Hi there. I'm 81 and therefore a witness to WW2 events. After 20 years of effort and research I'm writing a trilogy. Tracing the odyssey of a Czech refugee family (my own) from Prague, through Germany to Britain. The first 2 novels have been published and are on Amazon and Goodreads. The Dragontail Buttonhole, and Cafe Budapest ( April 2018). Cafe Budapest describes the family's year in France (1940) and the relatively unknown evacuation of thousands of Czech and Polish troops from the south of France. The third book describes the family in the midst of the Blitz and then D-day. Its a mix of adventure, intrigue and family drama- and most of it is true! Good Amazon ratings. I'm interested in books about refugees in the UK in 1941-1945, and also in the manufacture of tanks and gun decoys. www.petercurtisauthor.com


message 3891: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 688 comments Peter wrote: "Hi there. I'm 81 and therefore a witness to WW2 events. After 20 years of effort and research I'm writing a trilogy. Tracing the odyssey of a Czech refugee family (my own) from Prague, through Germ..."

Hello. Just put The Dragontail Buttonhole on my to-read list.


message 3892: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 19987 comments Hi Peter and welcome to the group. You can post further details about your books in our author's page:

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

and/or in our novels thread:

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


message 3893: by Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces (new)

Mike | 3595 comments Welcome Peter, great to have you join us!


message 3894: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2281 comments Peter,
Let me add my welcome to the group

Welcome, Welcome!!

Good luck with your books!


message 3895: by Glen (new)

Glen (gbraden712) | 1 comments Hi everybody, I am Glen. I am a big fan and bigger reader of books on history, especially about war. I have been reading books on WW II, WW I, Korean, Viet Nam and the Middle East. I also enjoy SciFi and books on Christian Theology.


message 3896: by Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces (new)

Mike | 3595 comments Welcome Glen, great to have you join the group.


message 3897: by Marc (new)

Marc | 1748 comments Gbraden wrote: "Hi everybody, I am Glen. I am a big fan and bigger reader of books on history, especially about war. I have been reading books on WW II, WW I, Korean, Viet Nam and the Middle East. I also enjoy Sci..."

Welcome aboard, Glen. I'm sure you'll find a topic or two of interest!


message 3898: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 19987 comments Hi Glen and welcome to the group, you are bound to find quite a few people here that share your interests.


message 3899: by happy (new)

happy (happyone) | 2281 comments Let me add my welcome to Glen/Gbraden

Welcome, Welcome!!!

Be prepared to have you TBR list grow exponentially and your bank account go to either Amazon or The Book Depository :)


message 3900: by Peter (new)

Peter Curtis Liz V. wrote: "Peter wrote: "Hi there. I'm 81 and therefore a witness to WW2 events. After 20 years of effort and research I'm writing a trilogy. Tracing the odyssey of a Czech refugee family (my own) from Prague..."

Thanks for making the effort. I hope you will be rewarded. If you enjoy write a Goodreads/Amazon review. Peter


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