What are you reading at the moment?

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  1. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    this.

    Very very good, couldnt put it down. A good insight into British tanks. Interesting stuff. Stuart is an officer with a tank section, lots of info, not loads about tactics, but plenty of action and often scary stuff. The Stuff on DD drive Sherman very interesting.

    Very complimententry of the US infantry soldier. Nothing but praise for the GI's.

    recomended to most of you, but especially the AFV heads.
     

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  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

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    Just started this.
    Also Club Route in Europe that I got from eBay for about a Tenner. Not bad for a 60 year old book.
    Will have to keep an eye out for laufer's book on 1 Pol Armd Div and kfz's choice.
     
    Owen, Jun 11, 2006
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  3. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    This too.

    These are all on offer in Borders. Whole series of them are ony 3 quid each, ive been snapping them up. Good overview, loads and loads of pics and nnot sthe standard stock footage either. Not exaclty a coffe table book but one you can dip in and out of.

    Kev
     

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  4. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    Finished with the serious stuff for a bit, its time for boys to be off another jolly adventure. Its Tiny, Porta, the Old Man and the rest of the boys off shooting their officers, whoring, and taking part in massivly over exeragrated savagry.. whoo hooo..
     

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  5. Marina

    Marina Senior Member

    http://www.canongate.net/SecretAnnexe

    This is an anthology of Diary Entries by people caught up in war from the Crimea up to Vietnam. They come from all walks of life and the cumulative effect of their writings is stunning.
    Marina
     
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  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Finished with the serious stuff for a bit, its time for boys to be off another jolly adventure. Its Tiny, Porta, the Old Man and the rest of the boys off shooting their officers, whoring, and taking part in massivly over exeragrated savagry.. whoo hooo..
    :)Takes you back to teenage reads doesn't it?
    In my opinion 'The bloody road to death' is one of the best.... though they're all pretty much the same;)... bit of a nostalgiac vogue amongst my mates at the moment for completing the set.
     
    von Poop, Jun 14, 2006
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  7. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Oh teenage reading.
    Didn't go much on Sven, read a few Leo Kesslers.
    My favs were the James Rouch books, Gateway to Hell, Tiger, War Machines and the Zone series (WW3).
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    Owen, Jun 14, 2006
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  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

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  9. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Another one I remember from ALL those years ago.
    The Diary of a Desert Rat Author: Crimp, R. L. edited by Alex Bowlby. Published by London: Pan, 1974 1st ptg. thus.. 210pp. paperback: Good [covers are a bit age darkened & creased; text is age browned; old store stamp inside front cover; else a nice complete & tight copy] The author's private journal of his service with a single battalion of British light infantry from July 1941 to May 1943..
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    Just gone and bought it on eBay for 50p.
     
    Owen, Jun 14, 2006
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  10. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Oh teenage reading.
    Didn't go much on Sven, read a few Leo Kesslers.
    My favs were the James Rouch books, Gateway to Hell, Tiger, War Machines and the Zone series (WW3).


    Good books - read them many years ago; the WW3 titles were especially good. I had quite forgotten the author - so thanks for the reminder!
     
    Paul Reed, Jun 14, 2006
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  11. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

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  12. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    Theres me thinking i going to get a right pasteing for reading such rubbish....
     
    kfz, Jun 14, 2006
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  13. LuftwaffeFuehrer

    LuftwaffeFuehrer Junior Member

    two books

    The Military Top 100

    and

    The Art of War


    two excellent books, and now i'm trying to find(and to get some money)
    another book based on the Luftwaffe

    does anyone have any recomendations?
     
    LuftwaffeFuehrer, Jun 14, 2006
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  14. Hawkeye90

    Hawkeye90 Senior Member

    Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer By Brian D. O'Neill

    Its an excellent book about the 8th Airforce. I recommend it.
     
    Hawkeye90, Jun 14, 2006
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  15. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Theres me thinking i going to get a right pasteing for reading such rubbish....
    Thanks for making me feel old, mate.
    Just gone back 23 years.........oh, nostalgia.
     
    Owen, Jun 14, 2006
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  16. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Currently reading Dean Koontz - Velocity. Bit slow so far but only just started.:)
     
    Gage, Jun 15, 2006
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  17. morse1001

    morse1001 Very Senior Member

    I am about to start Hazony, Yoram., The State of Israel - The Struggle for Israel's Soul, London, Basic Book,
     
    morse1001, Jun 15, 2006
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  18. Kiwiwriter

    Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member

    Fighter Boys, by Patrick Bishop...about the RAF pilots who fought the Battle of Britain. Good stuff it is, too.
     
    Kiwiwriter, Jun 15, 2006
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  19. morse1001

    morse1001 Very Senior Member

    Fighter Boys, by Patrick Bishop...about the RAF pilots who fought the Battle of Britain. Good stuff it is, too.

    Its on my recommended reading list for the Battle of Britain
     
    morse1001, Jun 15, 2006
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  20. 52nd Airborne

    52nd Airborne Green Jacket Brat

    Hi!

    I have just finished reading "The last escape" and I have just started "All Sprits" by John Vaughan. He was the MO at Pegasus Bridge on D-Day.
     
    52nd Airborne, Jun 15, 2006
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