My book-buying "problem"

I was surprised at how good looking he is:

 

After thinking about it for over 10 years, I finally decided to collect the Norwegian Army official histories. The campaign in Norway has always exercised a strong draw for me and the Haarr books just wetted my appetite for more. I have obtain six volumes so far and will likely add to that in May. I won't be sitting down and reading them from cover to cover, but will be used for research as needed. This is greatly stretching my college level German which I use to find the information I am seeking. I will need to upgrade my OCR program as computer translation, followed by dictionary checks, will be my friend.

There is a lot of material in these volumes. There are plenty of supporting material including tables and maps. Some very good pictures of the various important locations during the campaign.

 

For the catastrophic British perspective, I'd recommend John Kiszely's Anatomy of a Campaign: The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940. He skewers the multiple short-comings of the British enterprise at every level. Sobering reading!

Regards

Tom

 

Thank you Tom for the suggestion. I will take a look at that book.

v/r Jeff

 

Just reprinted so I had to snap up my copies before they go OP again.
Currently being offered at a discount from the publisher.
Repairing the Panzers Vol.2

 

It's pretty good once you get past the introduction...

 

Just bought!

Not really looking forward to reading them, but I feel professionally obliged to....

 

I accidently bought a book on the RAF, but fortunately it seems to be what I actually wanted when I got lumbered with this:

Book Review - The Secret Life of Fighter Command: The Men and Women Who Beat the Luftwaffe

 

Deals a lot with Dutch planning and strategy. What worked and what didn't. Good for background on how they prepared for war and when things went hot, how they dealt (or didn't) with it.



Gullachsen's next book is the first in another multivolume study due August 2024.
First volume is The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. Ss-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend": Volume I: The Bridgehead Battles 7-11 June 1944

 

Are the side lanes on the bridge for slow traffic, horses etc.?

 

Bought this last weekend on a whim! It's a good read so far but in places difficult to believe!

 

Not him, but someone took the hint...



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tank-Gun-Systems-Technical-Examination/dp/1399042351/ref=sr_1_1?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=61&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=5&__mk_en_GB=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1684566049&refinements=p_28:Tank+gun+systems&s=books&sr=1-1&unfiltered=1

Wish there was a 'look inside' at the contents as his scope (no pun intended) is qualified.

 

I can't really afford to be loading the shelves any more lately, but that's why the Lord invented credit cards (unless the chap in red was behind that one).

Anyway, have ordered these—the first for less than £5.

 

Sometimes, when you think things have been a bit crap lately, you need to get a bit of perspective…

 

My copy of Forgotten Warrior has just arrived. On a glance, very thin on his early life - it is more a discussion of his personal beliefs and what happened in Singapore. Should have looked more closely; it is published by the SPCK. Having known the author briefly in the past, I know it will be well-written. but is likely to disappoint, well, me anyway.

 

Beckwith-Smith's parting message to his command, in Japanese camps, is moving. See: Merton Beckwith-Smith - Wikipedia

 

Thought I’d give these a look, following a reference to one of them in a thread by Christian about Bulskamp and the fight there: