Bootie Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Here is a review I did of a book to avoid!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 3 hours ago, Sublime said: When i found out the 1:1 soldier modelling for x2... thats the single greatest change of the game series IMO... I agree. When it was originally announced that the next series of games were going to use 1:1 I was skeptical, but once I saw how it played out I was totally won over. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 76mm Soviet or German Id like recommendations on both. I dont read a book and make up my mind about history for me to truly have a real opinion on an event I have to read a few books from both sides and form my own opinion. This doesnt apply in this situation Im well past that point this is just leisure reading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 The Black Cross / Red Star series of books are very good for those who want a look at the air battles in the East, along with the companion series by the same author (Bergstrom) called The Air Battles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Raptorx7 Bidermann;'s In Deadly Combat is, in my opinion and of many others, not merely a truly outstanding book but one of the best war accounts by any infantryman. Ever. Bidermann was in Barbarossa and fought to the bitter end in the Courland Pocket--then went into Russian captivity for years. This book is so well and movingly written you can practically taste the fear and smell the corpses. Have never encountered its like. LukeFF, Von Hardesty's Red Phoenix was a must read regarding the Russian side of the air war in the East. A brilliant groundbreaking book (completely shattered my perceptions of the air war in the East) by the Curator of the Aeronautics Division at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, it has now been supplanted by the new and greatly improved Red Phoenix Rising, which I've unfortunately yet to read. Von Hardesty's coauthor on the second book, Grinberg, is a professor in the Department of Technology at the State University of New York College at Buffalo. This book takes full advantage of a network of Russian GPW aviation researchers and historians. Here's a review of the latter book. https://kuecprd.ku.edu/~upress/cgi-bin/978-0-7006-1828-6.html Regards, John Kettler Edited August 3, 2016 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niall78 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) On 21/07/2016 at 3:20 PM, Bootie said: Here is a review I did of a book to avoid!! Great review. Had exactly your experience when reading this book. Frankly Sven Hassel books were better as they contained some humour - this didn't even have that. Makes me sad as just maybe there was a real story to be told. Albrecht Wacker wasn't the one to tell it though. This book was pricey as well in hardback. If I wanted Hassel or Charles Whiting in Kessler mode I could have bought their whole output on E-Bay for less. Edited August 4, 2016 by niall78 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Bootie, Always nice to see another CMer, and I thought your review was very good. Your movie flicker effects break my TBI battered brain, though. They are precisely the sort of thing my neurologist doesn't want me to see. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) From another thread... http://www.rzm.com/books/ab/ab5252.cfm The Largest Tank Battle in HistoryKURSK:The Battle of Prokhorovka Edited August 25, 2016 by Blazing 88's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Jason Mark's: Besieged The Epic Battle of Cholm https://www.amazon.com/Besieged-Battle-Jason-D-Mark/dp/0975107690 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 On August 24, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Blazing 88's said: From another thread... http://www.rzm.com/books/ab/ab5252.cfm The Largest Tank Battle in HistoryKURSK:The Battle of Prokhorovka This. Not only is it an epic sized book, but the author does a great job of adding sidenotes throughout. I'm only a few hundred pages in, so that's just an introduction to it. I also recommend having several bottles of your favorite nearby while settling in to read it. The book is heavy. I have my intern hold it in front of me while I read. Others may need to use 2x4s laid over their armrests to keep from injuring themselves. On August 24, 2016 at 9:10 PM, kohlenklau said: Jason Mark's: Besieged The Epic Battle of Cholm https://www.amazon.com/Besieged-Battle-Jason-D-Mark/dp/0975107690 Cholm was a great read about a battle I'd only heard of in passing. Any of the Leaping Horseman books are a must-buy in my opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Blazing 88's, The very incarnations of a tome! Let's hope that for the outlay and stupendous price the author got the story right. I'll be happy to borrow it (only half joking and am very trustworthy--am a Trustee, in fact) when you're done, since that's about the only way I think I'm likely to get to read it. The RZM catalogue is the stuff of madness. But in case your Kursk lust isn't sated by your current table breaker and shoulder dislocator, you can have the expanded Soviet General Staff Study from insanity inducing Fedorowicz for a mere $100. Meanwhile, we'll be expecting a detailed book report. Should run about 100 pages! Regards, John Kettler P.S. Whatever you do, don't spill wine on the book! P.P.S. Since my post-TBI cognitive issues are well known, and therefore a red flag against doing what I said, know my work is very part time and typically has long deadlines. If you search under "john kettler, trustee" you'll see I'm not making up being a Trustee. Edited August 28, 2016 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 On 25-1-2016 at 0:13 PM, Fizou said: Anyone that read "Objective Ponyri! The Defeat of XXXXI. Panzerkorps at Ponyri Train Station" by Martin Nevshemal? Would you recommend? I'm looking order as everything from Leaping Horseman Books looks to be golden. I was super pleased by Death of the Leaping Horseman and Into Oblivion Kharkov to Stalingrad. I've bought it, but haven't read it yet. As can be expected from this publisher it is superb. Great info, excellent maps. Pricy but worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 9 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: I've bought it, but haven't read it yet. As can be expected from this publisher it is superb. Great info, excellent maps. Pricy but worth it. I bought it too, great book. Im waiting for Iron Cross Brigade from LHB as well (there is still a pre publication offer), "Stalingrad, Kursk and Bobruisk are names synonymous with untold suffering and death, and the men of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244 fought at each of them." Looking forward to it. Im also wondering if anyone has read Christer Bergströms new book Operation Barbarossa 1941: Hitler against Stalin? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 22 minutes ago, Fizou said: I bought it too, great book. Im waiting for Iron Cross Brigade from LHB as well (there is still a pre publication offer), "Stalingrad, Kursk and Bobruisk are names synonymous with untold suffering and death, and the men of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244 fought at each of them." Looking forward to it. Just got my copy - it's well worth the wait 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Acht, George MC. I'm still waiting for mine, just like Fizou. Everything I've bought by Jason Mark has been superb! Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) On 2016-08-28 at 10:48 PM, George MC said: Just got my copy - it's well worth the wait Got my copy today and you were right George Edited August 30, 2016 by Fizou 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Fizou said: Got my copy today and you were right George Excellent - if you are on facebook it's worth checking out the Leaping Horseman facebook page - lot's of great Ost front stuff and insights into creating these marvellous books 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BletchleyGeek Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) On 29/08/2016 at 6:24 AM, Fizou said: Im also wondering if anyone has read Christer Bergströms new book Operation Barbarossa 1941: Hitler against Stalin? I saw the reviews on Amazon and I got the feeling that it would be as much of a mixed bag as his book on the Ardennes was. Also, that typographical errors are reported for a hardcover edition isn't precisely awesome (given that I got a fair bit of those on the Kindle version of the Ardennes book). Regarding Leaping Horseman Books, I am looking with merry eyes this one http://www.leapinghorseman.com/proddetail.php?prod=9780992274917 does anybody have it? Is it as good as it seems? Looking forward to the pair of books by C. J. Dick "From Victory to Stalemate" & "From Defeat to Victory", as well. Glantz's Battle for Byelorrusia also looks quite good. Edited August 31, 2016 by BletchleyGeek 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On 2016-08-28 at 2:23 AM, John Kettler said: Blazing 88's, The very incarnations of a tome! Let's hope that for the outlay and stupendous price the author got the story right. I'll be happy to borrow it (only half joking and am very trustworthy--am a Trustee, in fact) when you're done, since that's about the only way I think I'm likely to get to read it. The RZM catalogue is the stuff of madness. But in case your Kursk lust isn't sated by your current table breaker and shoulder dislocator, you can have the expanded Soviet General Staff Study from insanity inducing Fedorowicz for a mere $100. Meanwhile, we'll be expecting a detailed book report. Should run about 100 pages! Regards, John Kettler P.S. Whatever you do, don't spill wine on the book! P.P.S. Since my post-TBI cognitive issues are well known, and therefore a red flag against doing what I said, know my work is very part time and typically has long deadlines. If you search under "john kettler, trustee" you'll see I'm not making up being a Trustee. 6 Sorry JK, I have not bought the book yet... Just drooling over it. I see Amazon.ca $370 Canadian... That ain't happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Blazing 88's, Sure looked like a home and not any bookstore I've ever been in. Know of none where you can drink wine. Does a friend have a copy? Did you find some pic online posted by a happy owner? Clearly I'm missing something here. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 7 hours ago, BletchleyGeek said: Regarding Leaping Horseman Books, I am looking with merry eyes this one http://www.leapinghorseman.com/proddetail.php?prod=9780992274917 does anybody have it? Is it as good as it seems? I own it. Great book, and a must buy if you ask me. 7 hours ago, BletchleyGeek said: I saw the reviews on Amazon and I got the feeling that it would be as much of a mixed bag as his book on the Ardennes was. Also, that typographical errors are reported for a hardcover edition isn't precisely awesome (given that I got a fair bit of those on the Kindle version of the Ardennes book). To bad to hear that. I was quite excitet to find a good, detailed ww2 author from Sweden. I'll read the Barbarossa book and see if its quite as bad with the typos in Swedish. 7 hours ago, BletchleyGeek said: Looking forward to the pair of books by C. J. Dick "From Victory to Stalemate" & "From Defeat to Victory", as well. Glantz's Battle for Byelorrusia also looks quite good. Interesting, will have to check them out as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BletchleyGeek Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fizou said: I own it. Great book, and a must buy if you ask me. Hmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm Quote To bad to hear that. I was quite excitet to find a good, detailed ww2 author from Sweden. I'll read the Barbarossa book and see if its quite as bad with the typos in Swedish. Interesting, will have to check them out as well. I think it is an issue with his English editor - I had a very nice exchange with a very nice (also Swedish) guy on the CMFB forums about his Bulge book. His books covering the air war on the Eastern Front are classics - @LukeFF mentioned them on this very same thread. Edited August 31, 2016 by BletchleyGeek 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, John Kettler said: Blazing 88's, Sure looked like a home and not any bookstore I've ever been in. Know of none where you can drink wine. Does a friend have a copy? Did you find some pic online posted by a happy owner? Clearly I'm missing something here. Regards, John Kettler The pic is from that "Kursk Anyone?" thread that I included in that re-post of the picture. Baneman posted the pic. Now is it his pic of his book? I do not know. Edited August 31, 2016 by Blazing 88's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 23 hours ago, BletchleyGeek said: I think it is an issue with his English editor - I had a very nice exchange with a very nice (also Swedish) guy on the CMFB forums about his Bulge book. His books covering the air war on the Eastern Front are classics - @LukeFF mentioned them on this very same thread. Thanks for the tip BG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Jason Mark/Leaping Horseman: Just send him your credit card. It'll be simpler. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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