What are you reading at the moment?

The book was quite good but the movie was pure shite. It got far better reviews than I expected but I'd call it god awful.

 

I remember seeing the film as a child and being very upset by the ending (spoiler alert). So much so, that I have never watched the film again.

 

Yikes! Will be interesting to read the end and then maybe I'll spoil the movie for myself for any changes.

 

Sinatra was a great singer. Acting, not so much. He was the one who insisted on changing the ending to the movie.

 

Read the book, happy with it, read the summary of the movie on wikipedia - no thanks. Typical Hollywood nonsense for the most part.

Next, I might take another stab at Bauer's The Battle of Arnhem. Is this a book I should read on Market Garden? I think it was another $1 used purchase.

 

Received this book today.Since my main interest is the RASC, Can anyone recommend any further books that I could source concerning the RASC, particularly Normandy, NWE, and especially the Arty platoons.
Cheer's Graham.

 

Graham,

What's the RASC book about? A Memoir?

Tom

 

Hi Tom,
Have'nt started reading it yet, Had a quick flick through the pages.(it's highly recommended by members of this forum) It's an historical account of the true events throughout ww2 as a driver RASC by the author.
At the back of the book there are pictures and other useful information with regards to the different types of trucks/vehicle's he drove and his opinions of there usefulness.
Hoping to get stuck into it this weekend. I paid £25 for it ebay.

Cheers.....Graham.

 

For at-home reading (because it's too big to take with me) I have started...



So far I would give this TWO BIG THUMBS UP. I'm only reading about early development but it is jam-packed full of details.

 

Next up, a bit of light reading. Looking forward to this actually:

 

Pretty bad.
Nothing really new and loaded with errors.
Says Gen Doolittle led the fire bombing raid on Tokyo in 1945 when he was in England as head of the Mighty Eighth. Also says that Tojo poisoned himself and US Army doctors pumped his stomach when they actually saved his life after he shot himself in the chest.

Glad I got it from the public library.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Adriatic-Naval-War-1940-1945/dp/9537892441

The translation is a bit spotty in parts and some of the pictures are a bit dark but at 552 pages this book delivers a lot of info! Lots of charts, lists of ships (Italian, German, Yugoslav, Greece, RN and other.)
recommended if you have an interest in the theatre!

 

more glancing that reading lots of pics and different marks

Panzer III
by Horst Scheibert

 

There are some amazing bargains out there if you know where to look........

I've recently joined a new U3A group on WW2 and thought I ought to take along a new Day by Day book to settle any arguments about the date on which an event occurred.

Went on Amazon UK and found this, in mint condition and less than two quid, including postage !
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1908410280/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=

Hurry along before they run out !

Ron

 

Enemy Coast Ahead - Guy Gibson (for the third time).

 

For my trip to the UK (leaving tomorrow night!) I decided to bring along Armoured Guardsman (Boscowen), which I have read a very small amount of, and today I found a copy of Ken Ford's Assault on Germany: The Battle for Geilenkirchen, of which I will read what I can until it's time to take our flight.

Although maybe I will bring the Ford and leave Boscowen behind...!

 

The Story of 79 Armoured Division.
http://richarddnorth.com/2014/10/unique-1945-hamburg-book-the-79th-and-hobarts-funnies/

Finally got round to read this fabulous book the detail for me was excellent.

 

Picked up a couple of recent Osprey releases:


Not much out there on the Cromwell so thought I'd give this a try. And a good brief illustrated view on British tankers is alwyas worth a look. The bibliographies of both books have some good suggestions for further reading too.

 

What does British Tank Crewmen cover? I think Dick Taylor wrote a couple of very detailed books (The Men and the Machines?)


I'm also reading a novel but yesterday in Plymouth I visited The Book Cupboard (the author is a real character, a Scottish ex-Marine who seemed very uninterested at first, but after I asked about a particular book he became quite friendly) so now I am reading Marching To the Sound of Gunfire by Delaforce.

I am not the biggest fan of Delaforce's writing, but here (as you know if you have read the book) he is telling the story of the British Army in NWE from D-Day to VE Day through quotes from many different soldiers. I really like this kind of book - the Forgotten Voices series being similar.