Non-Fiction

Lurks Often

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18. Some recommendations:

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 04:29 PM

Jan 2013

Neptune's Inferno (Naval battles off Guadalcanal) and Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers (the sacrifice of the destroyers and destroyer escorts off Leyte Gulf) both by James Hornfischer

Defeat Into Victory by Field Marshal William Slim. About the China-Burma-India theater by one of the best generals of WWII

Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser for the common infantryman's view of the same battles as in Defeat Into Victory

Soldat by Siegfried Knappe A german soldier;s story from 1936 when he joined the army to the fall of Berlin and his 5 years in a Soviet prison camp

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WWII book fans check in here. [View all] Neoma Jul 2012 OP

This book is amazing zappaman Jul 2012 #1

I'm reading about Navajo code talkers now. Neoma Jul 2012 #2

Looks great. Thanks for sharing. Auggie Aug 2012 #4

Two great book about nurses in WWII DearHeart Jul 2012 #3

It's more than just a category - there are so many within it! caraher Aug 2012 #5

I heard a different reason for the widespread use of the Sherman Lurks Often Jan 2013 #16

I'm reading the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich which is an incredible history CreekDog Aug 2012 #6

I have that book. Neoma Aug 2012 #7

I didn't realize it was revised so much CreekDog Aug 2012 #8

Just started reading it by the way. Neoma Jan 2013 #15

I'm reading it right now too gollygee Aug 2012 #11

Tears of Darkness by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman DearHeart Aug 2012 #9

It's refreshing to read the other side of things to me. Neoma Aug 2012 #10

I don't mind the other sides' views either, it's very interesting to read... DearHeart Aug 2012 #12

Some people can only say one side of the story sometimes. Neoma Aug 2012 #13

I've been doing the same thing recently Lurks Often Jan 2013 #17

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. Neoma Sep 2012 #14

Some recommendations: Lurks Often Jan 2013 #18

Not technically WWII, but... Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #19

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but the book "Unbroken" is outstanding RedEarth Apr 2013 #20