I'm a newbie to WWII history but in the past year or so have become increasingly more and more interested in learning all I can. Unfortunately, I didn't appreciate the subject in high school and ...
Greetings, I am looking for a good and available book that will cover the destroyer bombardment of German positions on Normandy. The Ambrose book D-Day references a couple of books, yet they are out ...
My father (Arthur L. Wright) also served in the 43rd Clavarly (hopefully is the same) and would love to hear from anyone! Also, I would love to offer my services to the remainder of the group, if I ...
looking for a ww2 book that details a first person perspective on german retreat from russia. i am not sure of the name but the jacket cover had an artist rendition of german army forces fighting in ...
I have a small book of sad sack.The insription reads, This happened at tha great parade before General Keyes on the Residence-Place in Saltzburg, as II Corps special correspondent 'SAD SACK' ...
He doesn't mention eight barrels in his book. He does however describe in some detail his barrels burning out, losing all rifling and turning red hot and soft from all the firing. I'll stick with ...
... oehler, who was working with Gustav Winter. Could you please get in touch with me? I'm working on a book about the story and I'm looking for somebody from the ...
A new book about the Eastern Front was reviewed in the I paper about 2 months ago. It mainly consisted of first-hand accounts from both the German and Russian sides. Sadly, I have forgotten the ...
I'm presently writing a fictional book which is set in N. Africa at the time of the Axis surrender. Does anyone know of the existence of arms caches (rifles/LMG's, grenades etc.)discovered in the ...
Where can I find info regarding a small 1"x1 1/2" paper booklet carried by German soliders in WWII? It has Des Suhrers Kampf im Often on the first page. The back cover has an eager standing on a ...
I was looking through the archive here and saw everyone talking about the "green book", and was wondering how to get a copy? Either purchasing the book itself or an ebook/cd. My grandfather was in ...
Have found this book on promotion today for just 99p - it focuses on the life and career of Admiral, Lord Charles Beresford. He is described as being the most repremanded naval officer of his time - ...
I am writing a book and would like a typical Army Major's service history for one of my characters. The character is about 40 and served in Nrth Africa. I am British and therefore do not know which ...
Stevo, you're miles ahead of the pack simply by asking the question. Are you Māori? Or, Maaori? Same same. Got it? The "original spelling" is as such. . :) There was none. Māori was ...
It's said that when Alexander faced Darius' (king of Persia) army (who had been fleeing north) for the last time after winning many other battles, that Persian soldiers committed suicide rather than ...
Could you give me the ISBN Numbers from these books. I like to have them very much! I read his book 'Panzer Leader' and 'Achtung Panzer' but I didn't read that he changed his opinion on this matter. ...
There is a book published recently , which I haven't read yet, by journalist David Gardner (search under that name at http://Amazon.co.uk etc.) called 'The Last of the Hitler's'. Here's a summary of ...
I met George Gay a couple years before his death at an airshow, picked up his book, 'Sole Survivor' and had a long chat with him over his front row seat witnessing the battle and eventual sinking of ...
Simply translated it means 'space for living.' As pointed out, these ways of thinking were European (German included) and American. It was an American who came up with similar mental concoctions long ...
... ajor General Herman Kramer from April 1943 to August 1945. Nicolas Viscardi, who was a famous comic book artist, also served in this division, and it was he who designed the patch for the snarling ...
Why does everyone think the americans won world war 1? I mean yeah they helped big time but Canada had the biggest influence on world war 1. The french and british fought the germans over vimy ridge ...
Your father may have known my uncle who was also in the 82nd Airborne 505th. His name was Joseph Patrick Thornton. He was killed on June 16, 1944 in the lead up to taking St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte. He ...
Those are things I have no way of finding out. When I started my quest to find out stuff, a man named William Maynard, who is a military history expert helped me out tremendously. He has so many ...
My sister bought the e-book version of the Doughboys book after I read some excerpts online and made the connection. Not only did this William Lake serve in the exact same unit, trained at Camp ...
> Victory for Germany. Yes it could have been done had the Germans made a solid commitment to taking the Island. As it was, the invasion of Russia took priority. All of the naysay
Captured German ammunition etc was also dumped into the Med. In the book 'Captain Blossom Soldiers On' some details are given. The author, Captain Michael Nelson, was in charge of an RASC unit that ...
And u want to know what,this was all because of one mans hate.adolf hitler did this!may he rott down with the devils sole.what he did to innecent people was terrible and extremely awful it's just not ...
... s did was, after the war with the US started, printed up and distributed some 50,000 copies of a US book and distributed it to the troops. It in fact did contain ...
That's true! I hate him, I'm reading a book by Morris glietzman and he says some of his family was killed by him! The book is about real people and is so sad
Credit for this post goes to Jake from London. I read Allen's book on the Nazi "seizure of power" which is mistitled; the Nazis were actually voted in. Democratically! The benefits of the early ...