JonS Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Panzer Aces I, II and III - Kurowski Infantry Aces - Kurowski Just for giggles, compare the ratings of these books on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 LOL yeah, I checked that out...more bad reviews on the UK side but also less reviews...I'll probably wait on those. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hessian deserter Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Invasion:They"re coming Paul Carell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I think Mord's looking for non-fiction? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hessian deserter Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Rommels last battle- Samuel W Mitcham 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hessian deserter Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I think I smell a punk? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkvi Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 http://www.aberjonapress.com/ Five Years, Four Fronts - The War Years of Georg Grossjohann by the late Major Georg Grossjohann, German Army (Retired) Seven Days in January - With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND ..more of a unit memoir... http://www.leapinghorseman.com/ An Infantryman in Stalingrad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 ...Panzer Aces I, II and III - Kurowski Infantry Aces - Kurowski I was just eying those up last night...Stackpole looks like they have lots of good stuff. Mord. They look wicked in the bookshelf as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 In anticipation of the Commonwealth title there's "Tank Tracks: 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment at War 1940-45" by Peter Beale. 1/2 unit history, 1/2 soldier anecdotes. Churchill tank heaven. I think its out of print but everything's available on the internet these days. http://www.betterworldbooks.com/tank-tracks-id-0750908807.aspx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickesKind Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Anyone here should try to avoid Carrel and Agte. Their reputation is ... not that good in Germany. As a child of the '60s and '70s, I got used to seeing good new WWII soldier memoirs emerge every so often. Now it saddens me to realize that (1.) I've already read most of the good ones listed so far, and (2.) Pretty soon there aren't going to be any new ones because WWII soldiers will all have passed away. I envy those of you who are still to discover some of these thrilling reads! Be sure, that there are some more to come! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 [*]pretty much anything by Ken Tout, but especially Tank! and Tanks, Advance! (armour) . Jon, how hacked up is this version, do you know? http://www.amazon.com/Tank-D-VE-Days/dp/070909115X/ref=wl_mb_hu_c_6_dp The singular versions are WAY to pricey for little paper backs...but I don't wanna get a Reader's Digest abortion either. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Jon, how hacked up is this version, do you know? Sorry, I have no idea. You should be able to get Tank! from any semi-decent library, or through interloan. Tanks, Advance! might be a bit trickier, but still reasonably easy to find. There's also Bookmooch or eBay? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Yeah, I can get the books at some point...just was trying to make my Christmas list for my old man...I learned after about six years of telling him "nothing" when he asks me what I want for Christmas ends with him getting me stuff anyway. Usually something I don't need or will use, so as of last Christmas I make a list on Amazon and he goes there and just picks some stuff. I try to put a bunch of stuff so it'll be a surprise. He only buys directly from Amazon, not any of the sellers, so that's pretty much why I was wondering. I did pretty good though, between here and Larso's list I picked out a pretty eclectic amount of stuff...and found plenty to add to my WWII reading list/collection for later on down the line. Man, I love books. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Sorry, I have no idea. You should be able to get Tank! from any semi-decent library, or through interloan. Tanks, Advance! might be a bit trickier, but still reasonably easy to find. There's also Bookmooch or eBay? And ABE. You can often find books there at a fraction of the price elsewhere. I buy a fair amount of hard to find military stuff there. Fair warning though, when I went to look for Tout's books, they were almost all coming from the UK. The book prices were good, but the shipping from the UK can be a killer. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I have some cheap paperback version of Tank! Nothing wrong with it. Nice book, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets_All_Fight Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Some of the "Band of Brothers" troopers have published their memoirs including Dick Winters. I've only read "Parachute Infantry" by David Webster which is an interesting contrast to Burgett's style. 'Parachute Infantry' is a very good book and an interesting counter point to the other Easy Company memoirs currently available. He certainly comes at the subject from a slightly less - I don't know what the word is - nostalgic angle. but then, he wrote it not long after the war. It's interesting to read about what he thinks of a number of the other company members. He certainly didn't like Peacock very much. I think Ambrose drew on it quite heavily for his own book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Schultz Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I know we aren't there yet but ... Panzers On The Eastern Front http://www.amazon.com/Panzers-Eastern-Front-Divisions-1941-1945/dp/1853674893 Erhard Raus was right up there with Guderian and Rommel in my book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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