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['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good to hear the book is an OK read Carl, thanks for that :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I have a copy of Churchill's Folly sitting somewhere in my library waiting to be read, thanks for recommending the book Antoine.

[Liam]

Wade wrote: "Liam wrote: "'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Well I am having a good day today! I checked out one of my local favourite second hand book shops and managed to find these two excellent books:


[bookcover:Defe..."

Wade-

Actually, it was Aussie Rick who scored the Slim First Edition; I was simply referring to the fact that it took me quite a while to get the listing for that particular book into shape. Specifically, I had an inordinate amount of trouble finding a cover scan of the U.K. First Edition that was not cock-eyed, miniscule & blurry. I'm afraid there's not much chance of my finding a copy of that particular edition for myself (the U.S. First Edition would probably be easier to find here in Detroit), although one never knows- I haven't put an enormous amount of effort into looking as yet...

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I've just mentioned this new release in the European Theatre thread, its due out in January 2013 and may interest some members here:


by Joseph Balkoski

[Jenn]

Hi again. I wanted to report back that the "Resolve" book was excellent! I wrote a review with more info.

[Jenn]

Hi again. I wanted to report back that the "Resolve" book was excellent! I wrote a review with more info.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jenn,

Excellent news on enjoying the book Resolve and thanks for letting us all know. I will check out your review later.

by Bob Welch

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I picked these book up today from my Post Office box and they all look pretty damn good:


by Alwyn Featherston

by M. Gil Martínez

and by Joseph Balkoski

I have on order the first volume in this series as well and also his next release:

and by Joseph Balkoski

[Christie]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I picked these book up today from my Post Office box and they all look pretty damn good:


by..."

Looks like Santa paid an early visit, Rick :) What a great series of books. I wonder if there is a limit to number of items you can add to your Amazon wishlist?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

No limits at all :) He has a fifth and final book planned for the series on the 29th Infantry Division.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Christie wrote: "What a great series of books. I wonder if there is a limit to number of items you can add to your Amazon wishlist? ..."

I'm up to about 600 (mad I know)...as for my GR TBR well that is mad. Carl calculated a while back that I'll be about 90 by the time I get through them all!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Found this which looks good - by Maury Klein

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

You can never have too many good books to choose from Geevee :)

[A.L.]

Geevee wrote: I'm up to about 600 (mad I know)...as for my GR TBR well t..."

I think that's why I get so frustrated when I read a poor-quality book. There are so many good books that I can’t possibly get to all of them, so I hate it when I waste my time on something that’s only so-so.

[Christie]

A.L. wrote: "Geevee wrote: I'm up to about 600 (mad I know)...as for my GR TBR well t..."

I think that's why I get so frustrated when I read a poor-quality book. There are so many good books that I can’t possi..."

A.L.
That's my New Year's attempt (notice I didn't say resolution)- to not spend precious time finishing a book that's just not all that great and move on to others that are possibly outstanding. It's hard for me to not finish something I start but great philosophy to try and incorporate going forward.

Geevee,
Good to know that there isn't a limit on the Amazon wish list. I think I would be at least in my 60's before I would get through all the unread books in my library and that's assuming the impossible caveat of not buying another book for the next 14 or more years. Not gonna happen, so I will be like you, in the old folk's home at age 90 but add in some trifocals and a magnifying glass and still working on my TBR pile :)

[Liam]

Actually, I was shocked to discover earlier this year that there is indeed a limit for Amazon.com wish lists; something like 1500 items, if I recall correctly... The part that sucks is that the "New Wish List" and the old "Wish List" are entirely separate, i.e. there is no way to tell if a book you add to the new one was already on the old one.

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Just picked up for $2 on my Kindle :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Excellent buy Michael, I haven't read my copy yet but I loved his early book; Darkest Hour, so I have high hopes for this one.

by Bruce Gamble

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Both excellent books and love the cover of Fortress Rabaul. Added.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Nice :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Went on a bit of an aviation book buying spree at a local second hand book shop today that I haven't visited for over 6 months - hmmmm, not a good idea, spent $200 and came home with quite a few good books including these little lovelies:

by Wilbur H. Morrison
HB second hand copy

by Richard Muller

by Michael J.F. Bowyer

by John Terraine
HB second hand copy & signed by the author :)

by David Irving

[carl]

a good haul AR! look surprised and say Santa brought them...

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I'll try :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

This new book which is due out in February 2013 may interest some of the group members who enjoy alternative histories:

by Peter Tsouras
Description:
It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission was to take the city, crushing this crucial centre of communication and manufacturing, and to secure the valuable oil fields in the Caucasus. What happens next is well known to any student of modern history: a brutal war of attrition, characterised by fierce hand-to-hand combat, that lasted for nearly two years, and the eventual victory by a resolute Soviet Red Army. A ravaged German Army was pushed into full retreat. This was the first defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe and a critical turning point of WWII. But the outcome could have been very different, as Peter Tsouras demonstrates in this fascinating alternate history of this fateful battle. By introducing minor - and realistic - adjustments, Tsouras presents a scenario in which the course of the battle runs quite differently, which in turn throws up disturbing possibilities regarding the outcome of the whole war.

also posted in the Eastern Front thread

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

This book is sure to interest a few members here in the group, due out next month in the UK:


by John D Grainger
Description:
After the surrender of the French government in May 1940, the British were concerned that the resources of the French Empire, and particularly the powerful French fleet, would be put at the disposal of the Germans. The British, dependent upon their naval power and the resources of the Empire and Commonwealth to continue the war, sought to neutralize the threat of the French fleet and saw an opportunity to gobble up certain French colonies for themselves. Thus, even while Britain was locked in a deadly struggle with Nazi Germany, she continued the centuries-old imperial rivalry with her nearest neighbour and recent allies. The British attack on the French Mediterranean fleet at Mers el Kebir is well known, but less often remembered are the British operations against Vichy forces in West Africa, Syria and Madagascar. As the latent threat of the French fleet was the chief source of British concern, the conflict was largely a naval one, but there were substantial land operations in Syria and Madagascar. In Syria and Lebanon, Operation Exporter pitted 20,000 British, Indian, Australian and Free French troops against 35,000 Vichy French who fought with much greater skill and determination than expected. Operation Ironclad, the invasion of of Madagascar, saw three brigades of infantry, supported by light tanks, make the first large scale British amphibious assault since the ill-fated Gallipoli landings in WWI. John D Grainger narrates and analyses all the British operations, by land, sea and air, against the French up to the Anglo-American Torch landings in North Africa. He reveals the initial reluctance of the British forces to really get stuck into their erstwhile allies and the reverses that resulted from underestimating the will of the Vichy French to fight. The complicating factor of De Gaulle's Free French is another major theme. Above all, what emerges is that these are fascinating campaigns in their own right that have been unduly neglected.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

One of our members, Geevee, stumbled across this new release from Michael Jones which is due out in May 2013. I am sure it will interest a few members here, I've already got a copy on my 'wishlist'.


by Michael Jones
description:
On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide. The following day, his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels also killed himself and the crumbling Third Reich passed to Admiral Karl Dönitz. The Nazis' position seemed hopeless. Yet remarkably, the war in the rest of Europe went on for another ten days. After Hitler looks at these days as a narrative day-by-day countdown but also as a broader global history of a European war that had seen some of the most savage battles in history. Relations between the 'Big Three'- the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union - suddenly plunged to near breaking point. This book reveals that tumultuous story.

After Hitler also looks at the wider canvas of the war and the terrible humanitarian catastrophe uncovered in Europe. It describes those who felt the joy of freedom, but also those who faced a highly uncertain future. As Red Army soldiers joined forces with their British and American allies, Stalin's East finally came face to face with Churchill's and Truman's West. After Hitler tells of their growing mistrust, but also of moments of remarkable goodwill and co-operation - the brief but poignant hope that these great nations could together fashion a new and safer future. This is a fascinating exploration of the brief but crucial period that shaped the emerging post-war world.

[Christie]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "One of our members, Geevee, stumbled across this new release from Michael Jones which is due out in May 2013. I am sure it will interest a few members here, I've already got a copy on my 'wishlist'..."

Oh, that is right up my alley. :) TY AR and Geevee! Adding to my wishlist now.

[Christie]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "This book is sure to interest a few members here in the group, due out next month in the UK:


by John D Grainger
D..."

This one too!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Nice, join the club :)

[Wade]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Went on a bit of an aviation book buying spree at a local second hand book shop today that I haven't visited for over 6 months - hmmmm, not a good idea, spent $200 and came home with quite a few go..."

[Wade]

Mr. Rick...eh..nothing like a day or two or three at the 2nd hand bookstore to lighten your wallet, huh? Those places are my achilles, can't stay out of them,though.....the book on the Luftwaffe by Mr. Irvin was the very first book i purchased from a 2nd/bookstore---1975---i-still have it & going to read it again-----Thanks

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I'm like you Wade, I can't walk past a second hand bookshop and I very rarely come out of one without a purchase or two :)

[Regina Lindsey]

I ordered

[Christie]

Regina wrote: "I ordered "

Regina, that sounds really good. I love books on the S.O.E. and have added to my wishlist. I highly recommend as another great book on the S.O.E.

[Regina Lindsey]

Christie wrote: "Regina wrote: "I ordered "

Regina, that sounds really good. I love books on the S.O.E. and have added to my wishlis..."

I have Between Silk and Cyanide on my TBR list. I actually was deciding between the two when making my selection. I hope to get to them both this year. Thanks

[Christie]

Regina wrote: "Christie wrote: "Regina wrote: "I ordered "

Regina, that sounds really good. I love books on the S.O.E. and have ad..."

It is pretty long but I love the author's writing style and it flew by pretty quick. It's up among my all-time favorite books I've read.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

The obituary for Vera Atkins is here if people are interested: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu...

[Christie]

Geevee wrote: "The obituary for Vera Atkins is here if people are interested: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu..."

Thanks for providing this Geevee. She was an amazing woman. The following paragraph made my skin crawl:

The confessions she obtained from Rudolf Hoess - the former commandant of Auschwitz - were later used as evidence during the Nuremberg Trials. She could later hardly bring herself to recall how Hoess had reacted to the suggestion that the deaths in the camp had perhaps amounted to 1,500,000. "Oh no," he retorted, as if he had been sadly misrepresented, "it was 2,345,000."

[Michael, Assisting Moderator Axis Forces]

Very excited Santa bought me byLaurence Rees
Now I just need the doco!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Nice present from Santa, I've got a copy buried somewhere I need to read soon as well!

[Christie]

Michael wrote: "Very excited Santa bought mebyLaurence Rees
Now I just need the doco!"

Let me know how you like it. I read one similar to yours in November called and it was pretty good. A little dry in parts but overall an interesting read.

[Liam]

I just picked up an unread, nearly pristine copy of this afternoon; I already had this paperback edition , which I bought at the Dawn Treader Book Shop in Ann Arbor just over thirty years ago, but I couldn't resist a hardcover this nice for only US$5.00! I usually prefer to get First Editions, but in this particular case the U.S. First Edition has a grotesquely ugly cover and I'm unlikely to come across the British one any time soon. This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid, and I recommend it highly to anyone who has not already read it...

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Nice buy Liam, you are right, the UK edition HB has a nice cover. I read a paperback edition in Malaya in 1979 and maybe I should look around to replace it with a HB edition as well, thanks for the tip!

[Liam]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Nice buy Liam, you are right, the UK edition HB has a nice cover. I read a paperback edition in Malaya in 1979 and maybe I should look around to replace it with a HB edition as well, thanks for the..."

What were you up to in Malaya in 1979, attending the Jungle Warfare School?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I was stationed at the RAAF Base at Butterworth near Penang as part of the Australian Army contingent to guard the base. We use to have an old bloke come around on a pushbike and trailer selling Bantam paperbacks to the soldiers, he feed my addiction for a few months :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I purchased a copy of this 2011 publication that offers a look at the period of the 'Phoney War', from 3rd September 1939 to 9th April 1940:

by Stephen Flower
Description:
Neville Chamberlain s voice crackled over the airwaves. It was 11.15 a.m. on 3 September 1939 as the Prime Minister sombrely stated that this country is at war with Germany . The next eight months would become known as the Phoney War , supposedly because little happened. Britain moved troops into France, while German, British and French troops faced each other over the Maginot Line. But fighting did not immediately break out on the Franco-German frontier. However, this part of the war, before the Blitzkrieg, was not without incident and far from phoney. On the very day war was declared, the first merchant navy loss was the SS Athenia, an unarmed ocean liner carrying 1,418 passengers and crew, which was sunk by the U-boat U-30. While anchored at Scapa Flow in October 1939, HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed by U-47 with the loss of much life. In December 1939, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee led the Royal Navy on a merry dance across the South Atlantic before being cornered in Montevideo and scuttled. The war in the air had also developed from the first air raids of October 1939, against the Forth Bridge, with further attacks on Shetland in November. Mines were dropped or laid along the coasts of Britain by the Germans. These were dangerous and uncertain times. Stephen Flower, an expert on the famous inventor Barnes Wallis, now tells the story of this dramatic period in Europe and beyond, revealing how much really went on before the Phoney War came to an end with the invasion of Norway and Denmark. With a keen eye for detail, the author explores the diverse experiences of both military and civilians during this remarkable but understudied chapter of the Second World War. The events, emotions and accounts recorded here will vividly demonstrate why the Phoney War was anything but.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I purchased a copy of this 2011 publication that offers a look at the period of the 'Phoney War', from 3rd September 1939 to 9th April 1940:..."

Be interested in your report when you decide to read it. Seems like a very underreported period in the war.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Will try and get to it as soon as possible Mike, from a quick browse it looks pretty interesting.

[Antoine]

Christie wrote: "Geevee wrote: "The obituary for Vera Atkins is here if people are interested: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu..."

Thanks for providing this Geevee. She was an ama..."

If you are interested in the exploits - and sacrifices - of the women of SOE then I heartily recommend "Flames in the Field" by Rita Kramer. It concentrates on the four agents, all radically different in personality and background, who were murdered horrificly, after capture and interrogation, in a small concentration camp in Eastern France. It is a very sobering and inspirational reminder of what the price was of the Freedom we take so lighly today. My wife and I gave it to our daughters to read when they were 14 or 15 and it had a marked impact on their thinking and later choice of careers.
Flames In The Field: The Story Of Four Soe Agents In Occupied France

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

An excellent recommendation Antoine, thanks for posting the details of the book which covers the lives of four brave women of SOE.

by Rita Kramer