Resource Sites for Members

[Manray9]

Today is Father's Day in the U.S. Below is an article which I found by a son exploring his dead father's life and ordeal at Guadalcanal:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles...

[Robert]

Manray9 wrote: "Today is Father's Day in the U.S. Below is an article which I found by a son exploring his dead father's life and ordeal at Guadalcanal:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles......"

A great read. Thanks for the link.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Thanks for the link Manray9, interesting account.

[Dj]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tragica...

An interesting article.

[happy]

I thought this might be of interest to some members

A photo essay from NRO on the C-47

lots of good pics both from WW II and examples still flying

http://www.nationalreview.com/slidesh...

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Dj wrote: "http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tragica...

An interesting article."

Very sad Dj.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

happy wrote: "I thought this might be of interest to some members

A photo essay from NRO on the C-47

lots of good pics both from WW II and examples still flying

http://www.nationalreview.com/slidesh......"

Great pics, happy!

[Martin]

happy wrote: "I thought this might be of interest to some members

A photo essay from NRO on the C-47

lots of good pics both from WW II and examples still flying

http://www.nationalreview.com/slidesh......"

nice set there happy, thanks! Love this one:
C-47-B-24
I can picture my grandfather in the cockpit of the C-47 while Uncle Bob checks his guns on the B-24.

[Tom]

some nice pics here

https://twitter.com/WWIIpix/

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Thanks for the link Tom.

[happy]

Great pics Tom, thnx for the link!

[Manray9]

Tom wrote: "some nice pics here

https://twitter.com/WWIIpix/"

Good pics, Tom. Thanks.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Those are great pics Tom, thanks!

[Doreen]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Another site, listing the top 50 best WW2 movies:


http://www.timeout.com/film/features/..."
Thanks for the list Rick. It sounds great!

[Betsy]

They got some right such as DAS BOOT, DAM BUSTERS and GREAT ESCAPE, but missed quite a few.

[Colin]

The Great Escape was 50% Hollywood and not reality, but still a great classic.

[Betsy]

I totally agree, but I think most people had never heard of the murder of the 50 until this movie. I suspect many people thought POWs had it easy compared to those on the frontline. Besides, I think it has a great musical score which really added to it.

[carl]

It's the motorcycles, the motorcycles !

[Colin]

Most people do not know that the late actor Donald Pleasance, who played the blind POW Colin, was an actual POW in Stalag Luft III when his bomber was shot down. he was not part of the Great Escape due to injury, but wanted to be in the film as he knew Roger Bushell, Tom Calnan and the others.

[happy]

Thnx for that Colin

[Betsy]

How amazing. Pleasance was a great and versatile actor. So glad you told us.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Colin wrote: "Most people do not know that the late actor Donald Pleasance, who played the blind POW Colin, was an actual POW in Stalag Luft III when his bomber was shot down. he was not part of the Great Escape..."

Thanks Colin for pointing this out. I first learnt this when corresponding with Les Brodrick about a squadron colleague of his (he was secretary of 106 Sqn in the late 1990s) and he wrote me a couple of very nice and also informative letters.

[Dj]

carl wrote: "It's the motorcycles, the motorcycles !"

'Sir there is a telephone call for you.'
What a great scene.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Here is an interesting web site covering letters from German soldiers at Stalingrad:

http://rbth.com/society/2014/02/02/le...

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Here is an interesting web site covering letters from German soldiers at Stalingrad:

http://rbth.com/society/2014/02/02/le..."

Interesting, thanks AR.

[carl]

yes interesting AR. I recall there were a lot of the letters that made it back to Germany, but were withheld to diagnose for moral purposes etc. I wonder if those were eventually published in the postwar?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good question Carl.

[The Second]

Anyone interested in WW2 history and dates check out The Second World War website.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

The Second wrote: "Anyone interested in WW2 history and dates check out The Second World War website."

I am having some difficulty in connecting to this site?

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

So am I.

[Doreen]

Sorry but I am too. Says page doesn't exist. Is there something missing in the link maybe?

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I've tried a few combinations without luck.

[The Second]

Sorry had problems. Plus it is currently being setup.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Let us know when its up and running then.

[Doubledf99.99]

The Winter 2016 issue of Army History magazine has a very good piece on COL David "Mickey" Marcus, titled Out of the Shadow and into the Light, by Steven L. Ossad.
It was quite the coincidence for I recently finished Herman Wouk's novel The Hope and COL Marcus was featured in the action of 1948.

http://www.history.army.mil/armyhistory/

[Manray9]

Doubledf99.99 wrote: "The Winter 2016 issue of Army History magazine has a very good piece on COL David "Mickey" Marcus, titled Out of the Shadow and into the Light, by Steven L. Ossad.
It was quite the coincidence for ..."

Thanks, Doubledf.

[Boudewijn]

Information about the location of historical Hitler sites:
http://www.hitlerpages.com/

[carl]

Interesting site Bou!

In the mid 1980s I visited the Reichstag and asked an older fellow working at the Info Desk where the Bunker would be? He kept saying to me "No Bunker, No Bunker!"


Bou wrote: "Information about the location of historical Hitler sites:
http://www.hitlerpages.com/"

[Boudewijn]

carl wrote: In the mid 1980s I visited the Reichstag and asked an older fellow working at the Info Desk where the Bunker would be? He kept saying to me "No Bunker, No Bunker!"

Haha, I had a similar experience when - while in Vichy- I inquired at an old French guy where the old government buildings from Vichy France were. He yelled French profanities towards me while I hurringly tried to blend back in the crowd ... :-)

[Doreen]

I think this is a really great and helpful thread to all group members. Thanks Rick for starting the thread!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

My pleasure Doreen :)

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

I wondered if this would be of interest to those members who wish to know more about the individuals who took part as aircrew on the British, Commonwealth and allied side of the Battle of Britain (BoB). I have a copy dating from it's first publishing in 1999 and it is astonishing in detail.

Men of the Battle of Britain: A Major New Tribute to The Few by Kenneth G Wynn

Description

Since it was first published in 1989, Men of the Battle of Britain has become a standard reference book for academics and researchers interested in the Battle of Britain. Copies are also owned by many with purely an armchair interest in the events of 1940.

The book records the service details of the airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain in considerable detail. Where known, postings and their dates are included, as well as promotions, decorations and successes claimed flying against the enemy. There is also much personal detail, often including dates and places of birth, civilian occupations, dates of death and place of burial or, for those with no known grave, place of commemoration.

There are many wartime head-and-shoulders photographs. Inevitably the high achievers who survived tend to have the longest entries, but those who were killed very quickly, sometimes even on their first sortie, are given equal status.

The 2015 third edition will include new names as well as many new photographs. Plenty of the entries have been extended with freshly acquired information. The stated nationalities of some of the airmen have been re-examined and, for example, one man always considered to be Australian is now known to have been Irish.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Sounds like an excellent book Geevee, thanks for posting the details.

[happy]

I think this might be of some interest to some here

Last weekend BookTV had the finalists for the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History discuss their books

the finalists and their books

by Matthew Davenport

by David Preston

by Nicholas Stargardt

by T. J. Stiles

http://www.c-span.org/video/?406490-1...

I've requested my local library to acquire all four :)

[Manray9]

happy wrote: "I think this might be of some interest to some here

Last weekend BookTV had the finalists for the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History discuss their books

the finalists and their books

[..."

I watched that program too, Happy. Very good.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I've read the two middle books, both excellent accounts. Thanks for posting the details Happy.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

The German War was a good book indeed.

[Chin Joo]

Mr Jon Cooper's guided tours in Singapore of WW2 sites are always fully subscribed. I have never been able to join one when it's available. I saw a short video of him on one of the tours on YouTube once. The way he went about it, you would think that he is a scholarly historian. Until I see this report on his discovery here.

WWII tale unravels at Adam Park bungalow

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Good link Chin Joo, thanks for posting the details.

[Larry]

WWII Spycraft: Invisible Ink.
For inquiring espionage minds, I just posted an article on WWII secret writing and secret ink (from WWII's greatest spy). Here's the link and one of several samples from the MI5 files: http://bit.ly/1Qnwjzk



Cheers,
Larry Loftis