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['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Stacy,

I recently found a copy of this second-hand book on General Wainwright but I have not had time to read it yet:

by Duane P. Schultz

It has received some pretty good reader reviews.

[happy]

It's been years, but I've read all three volumes of Hamilton's bio. I can recommend them. I thought Volume Three was esp critical of Monty's post war career



I liked volume one the best. It covers his life up to El Alamain

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I'd be interested in reading more about his WW1 career.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Alex wrote: "Anyone suggest a good warts and all bio of Field Marshall Montgomery. Just finished Ardennes by Beevor and that and a number of other recently read books criticise Montgomery over his ego and lack ..."

Hi Alex, the books the guys have recommended by Nigel Hamilton will see you well.

[Sito]

Hi guys, im looking for a book about the economic aspect of the warfare in the axis. I've 2 candidates so far: The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, Adam Tooze and War and Economy in the Third Reich by Richard Overy...Which is the safest bet? Any other 'must have' options? Light please....

[Dimitri]

Sito wrote: "Hi guys, im looking for a book about the economic aspect of the warfare in the axis. I've 2 candidates so far: The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, Adam Tooze and ..."

take Tooze, he both reads up on & occasionally disagrees with Overy's conclusions 20 years prior, so you sort of get 2 in 1.

[Colin]

Look at the book "Trading with the Enemy" by Charles Higham

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Sito,
This one may also be of interest although it may not be "light":
Occupied Economies: An Economic History of Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1939-1945 by Hein A.M. Klemann

[Sito]

Great inputs guys...those books seems quite promising! I take note...but i think im gonna start with Tooze...

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

After seeing this beautiful picture of Rotterdam (http://airfactsjournal.com/2016/01/fr...) and comparing it to photos of the city during WW II, I realized I don't have anything substantial on the early air campaigns of WW II. Anyone have a recommendation on the air war prior to Dunkirk?

[Lee]

Can anybody recommend any books on Partisan warfare in Yugoslavia or the Soviet Union?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi Lee,

This was one I read last year about SOE in Albania - a 3 star in my view - which might be of interest as it references Yugoslavia at stages in the book:

The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle by Roderick Bailey

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Mike wrote: "After seeing this beautiful picture of Rotterdam (http://airfactsjournal.com/2016/01/fr...) and comparing it to photos of the city during WW II, I realized I don't have a..."

That's a good one Mike, I will check out my library and see what I can find.

[Colin]

lee g wrote: "Can anybody recommend any books on Partisan warfare in Yugoslavia or the Soviet Union?"

My book German Anti-Partisan Warfare has those regions covered, with interviews.

[A.L.]

lee g wrote: "Can anybody recommend any books on Partisan warfare in Yugoslavia or the Soviet Union?"

Here are two you might want to look into for Yugoslavia:
OSS and the Yugoslav Resistance 1943-1945 I remember thinking it was good, but I read it too long ago to tell you why.

Hitler's New Disorder: The Second World War in Yugoslavia This one was a little on the dry side, but very comprehensive.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Thanks for those suggestions A.L., Geevee and Colin, much appreciated.

[Lee]

Thanks for the suggestions A.L and Geevee I will be definitely been looking into those

[Lee]

Colin wrote:

My book German Anti-Partisan Warfare has those regions covered, with interviews."

Cheers Colin, I've just put it into my wish list,many thanks

[Colin]

I also have an old magazine article in WW II magazine, which may still be online. I interviewed a Communist Tito resistance fighter, and a pro Fascist Chetnik, together, Lothar Pankosk and Milo Stavic. I also had another interview with a Chetnik friend of mine who lived in the USA, good interview indeed, Milorad Krstovic also in WW II.

[Michal]

Any books about invasion of Denmark and Norway out there? :)

[Lee]

Colin wrote: "I also have an old magazine article in WW II magazine, which may still be online. I interviewed a Communist Tito resistance fighter, and a pro Fascist Chetnik, together, Lothar Pankosk and Milo Sta..."

Thanks again Colin,most helpful I shall have a look for them.

[Dimitri]

Michal wrote: "Any books about invasion of Denmark and Norway out there? :)"

Recent books of authors with mastery of Norvegian sources:
Hitler's Pre-Emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940by Henrik O. Lunde
The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940 byGeirr H. Haarr
The Battle for Norway April - June 1940 by Geirr H. Haarr

There's the official history by Earl F. Ziemke:
German Report Series: German Northern Theatre of Operations 1940-45

A bit older but favourably reviewed are:
Norway 1940by François Kersaudy

The Bitter Years: The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 byRichard Petrow

[Manray9]

Michal wrote: "Any books about invasion of Denmark and Norway out there? :)"

Michal: I've read -- The Bitter Years: The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 by Richard Petrow

It's a pretty good overview. Dmitri mentioned it above.

[Michal]

Thank You Dimitri and Manray9

[Michal]

wow $285 for a hardcover of The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940

[Dimitri]

Michal wrote: "wow $285 for a hardcover of The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940"

I am going to kiss the guys at Librarie de l'Escadron (best military history shop in Brussels, if any of you are ever around) : they're more expensive than Waterstone's but §60 suddenly seems a sweet deal :D

[Sito]

Geirr Haarr's books are fantastic. Got them in Kindle version....

[Michal]

Dimitri here is another one i found

[Michal]

and this one No Room for Mistakes: British and Allied Submarine Warfare

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I've read The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe, September 1939-April 1940 by Geirr H. Haarr and have copies of his other two books on the invasion of Norway. I enjoyed The Gathering Storm and I'm looking forward to reading his other books.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Sito wrote: "Geirr Haarr's books are fantastic. Got them in Kindle version...."

I keep looking at his books and have them on my TBR but yet to buy Sito so thanks for the tip.

[Sito]

Geevee wrote: "Sito wrote: "Geirr Haarr's books are fantastic. Got them in Kindle version...."

I keep looking at his books and have them on my TBR but yet to buy Sito so thanks for the tip."

If u are going to get the ebook version buy them at pen&sword...always better ebook prices than amazon...

[Dimitri]

Michal wrote: "Well all these gonna help me meet my reading goal for the year. Thank You guys"

So glad to hear the Osprey Poland 1939: The Birth Of Blitzkrieg was dead wrong when it failed to list recent English books on the '39 invasion.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Sito wrote: "Geevee wrote: "Sito wrote: "Geirr Haarr's books are fantastic. Got them in Kindle version...."

I keep looking at his books and have them on my TBR but yet to buy Sito so thanks for the tip."

If u..."

Thanks Sito, I'm a dyed in the wool old fashioned physical book chap :)

[Michal]

Rick what don't you have on your shelf? :)

[happy]

unread ;)

[Dimitri]

Michal wrote: "Rick what don't you have on your shelf? :)"

I'm not going to tell, but he mentioned the total number once and it's devastating. But then we haven't been buying books for as long as he has, so the odds are good we'll catch up.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I don't like to say how many unread in case my wife finds out :)

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Michal wrote: "Rick what don't you have on your shelf? :)"

AR is close to becoming an officially recognized branch of the Australian National Library.

[Dj]

Rick I am going to have to point out that Han Solo is right. Women always find out the truth.

[Dimitri]

Michal wrote: "Thank You Dimitri and Manray9"

Weirdly specific but very interesting to German airborne enthousiasts, since it can add something to the trials and errors of these elite troops prior to the big show on Crete.

German Paratroops in Scandinavia Fallschirmjger in Denmark and Norway April-June 1940

Lastly, the occupation and even the bunkers (northern end of the Westwall)...and probably tons of material in Holocaust studies.

Occupied: Denmark's Adaptation and Resistance to German Occupation 1940-1945

German Bunkers in Denmark

But NO nice, fat one-volume book based on Danish & German sources for the invasion to be found.

[carl]

AR lends the library books ...

Mike wrote: "Michal wrote: "Rick what don't you have on your shelf? :)"

AR is close to becoming an officially recognized branch of the Australian National Library."

[Michal]

Dimitri good looking out

carl lol

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

carl wrote: "AR lends the library books ..

Too funny Carl :)

[Boudewijn]

Looking for a book. Anyone knows a good book dealing with the returning soldiers and their struggle to adapt to the civilian life? I always wondered how it must felt like, after the horrors of the war, trying to fit in again.

Doesn't matter whether it's about the Brits, US or German soldiers.

[Manray9]

Bou wrote: "Looking for a book. Anyone knows a good book dealing with the returning soldiers and their struggle to adapt to the civilian life? I always wondered how it must felt like, after the horrors of the ..."

Bou: The later part of --

London 1945: Life in the Debris of War by Maureen Waller

deals with the immediate post-war period.

[Alyssa]

Anyone know of any books on 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, that goes from Boot to battles in the Pacific? Currently reading "Helmet for my Pillow" by Leckie, which I am liking a lot, but it's the 1/1. I know the 7th went to Samoa before Guadalcanal. I just want to find out what happened before that (and when the new Marines began coming over to their division from the States). I know a lot of 7/1 were "veterans" and had been in Cuba, etc. Suggestions of a detailed book about any of this?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Sorry Alyssa I've drawn a blank for a unit history.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Bou wrote: "Looking for a book. Anyone knows a good book dealing with the returning soldiers and their struggle to adapt to the civilian life? I always wondered how it must felt like, after the horrors of the ..."

Manray9 wrote: "Bou wrote: "Looking for a book. Anyone knows a good book dealing with the returning soldiers and their struggle to adapt to the civilian life? I always wondered how it must felt like, after the hor..."

Hi Bou, I am aware of this one which outlines returning from war with the added complexities of Ireland's political/religious situation.

Returning Home: Irish Ex-Servicemen After the Second World War by Bernard Kelly

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Bou wrote: "Looking for a book. Anyone knows a good book dealing with the returning soldiers and their struggle to adapt to the civilian life? I always wondered how it must felt like, after the horrors of the ..."

This book may cover some aspects of what you are looking for Bou:

Stranger In The House by Julie Summers
Description:
From 1945, more than four million British servicemen were demobbed and sent home after the most destructive war in history. Damaged by fighting, imprisonment or simply separation from their loved ones, these men returned to a Britain that had changed in their absence.

In Stranger in the House, Julie Summers tells the women's story, interviewing over a hundred women who were on the receiving end of demobilisation: the mothers, wives, sisters, who had to deal with an injured, emotionally-damaged relative; those who assumed their fiancés had died only to find them reappearing after they had married another; women who had illegitimate children following a wartime affair as well as those whose steadfast optimism was rewarded with a delightful reunion.

Many of the tales are moving, some are desperately sad, others are full of humour but all provide a fascinating account of how war altered ordinary women's lives forever.