Books that should be read.

[Gibbs505]

Just my opinion, of course!

William L. Shirer. "The Collapse of The Thired Republic."

About Fance and her politics from 1871 to 1940. And why we have the world we have to day. Yep, blame it on the french!

FM Erich Von Manstein. "Lost Victories."

His story told in his own word's. You have to read with a bit of caution, but still a fascinating read by one of the wars greatest generals.

Carl Von Clausewitz. "On War."

The book you have to read if you are a serious student of war history.

Thucydides. "History of the Peloponnesian War."

The very first of the serious writers of history. And it is a good read! No I did not read it in the origional greek!

F.W. Winterbotham. "The Ultra Secret."

The best kept secret of the Second World War! And it was amazing that the germans never tumbled to it!

Barbara W. Tuchman. "The Zimmermann Telegram."

Why and how the USA entered the Great War.

Robert K. Massie. "Dreadnought. Britian, Germany, and The Coming of the Great War."

This is a gripping look at the relations between Germany and great Britian and how the latter was driven into the arms of France by the former.


Well, that is it for now!
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[Gibbs505]

This is going to be the last one for a while as I am going to be leaving for New Zealand in the next few days.

"Kitcheners Mob. The adventures of an Americian in the British Army" by James Norman Hall.

As the title says. My edition is dated 1916! This is the 'ground view' not the historians view. Highly recommended, if you can find it.

[Badger]

Have a safe trip.....

Thanks for your regular updates and recommendations in this forum.

I've been looking up many of them and I think I'm going to have a busy reading summer...

Regards,
Badger

[Gibbs505]

Have a safe trip.....

Thanks for your regular updates and recommendations in this forum.

I've been looking up many of them and I think I'm going to have a busy reading summer...

Regards,
Badger

Thanks, and you are welcome. Be in touch when I get back. In the meantime.....

Some other books that deserve to be considered for the militry reader.

"Inside The Crosshairs. Snipers in Vietnam." by Michael Lee Lanning.

As it said, all about snipers. However this go's beyond personal experences to a history of sniping and also looks at the equipment used on both sides in Vietnam.

"The Guns Of August." by Barbara Tuchman.

The benchmark study of the events of and the background to, August 1914. This is a book that every person interesten in history should read.

Now three on the Second World War.

"The Dam Busters." by Paul Brickhill.

The RAF's most famious squadron and the men who flew in it. 617 Squadron was a precision squadron who dropped bombs on the most exacting targets starting with the Ruhr dam's and going on to such targets as bridges and the battleship Tirpitz.

"Enemy Coast Ahead." by Guy Gibson VC.

The story of 617 Squadron by the man who commanded it in it's inception and lead it on the famous raid that made it's name. The attack on the Ruhr dam's.

"Battle Of The Java Sea." by David Thomas.

The most significant sea battle of the early Pacific war. And a humiliation for the allies. Churchill referred to this as "...the forlorn battle..."

There you are, a few more for the libaray!

[Claven2]

I second the "Guns of August" recommendation. (my favorite book)
Other recommendations include:
"Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army 1939-1945" by Catherine Merridale
"The Fall of Berlin, 1945" by Anthony Beevor
"WITH THE GERMAN GUNS: Four Years on the Western Front" by Herbert Sulzbach
"Hitler's Home Guard: Volkssturmann" by David Keith Yelton (very short but good book).

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[Badger]

Ok, I will take that as a thumbs up!

I wondered as well ....

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