sonar Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Hi, What do you lot think is the best ww2 fiction out there?I used to love the leo kessler wotan stuff but I never seem to see them nowadays and since getting into the game I've had a hankering to read them again I've read a few sven hassel but I find these a bit too far fetched any other stuff you think is good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippy Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Stay far far away from "The Keep"...fffffaaaarrrrrr away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Hell Has No Heroes It is really non-fiction but it is written as fiction it is the account of a D-Day landing on a Duplex Drive Sherman from someone who was THERE. They are a lucky crew and stick with the Sherm right through the ETO and they meet Piper head on at Bastonage. it is the BEST Story of a US tank crew in the ETO I have ever read. I HIGHLY recommend it! -tom w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Originally posted by sonar: ... I used to love the leo kessler wotan stuff ... I've read a few sven hassel but I find these a bit too far fetched ...LOL - I used to read them both, and after a while figured they were much-of-a-muchness, though the KeSSler books are shorter. If you liked Kessler, try Charles Whiting. If you want to give Hassels style another go, try Sajer. As for finding them, I seem to see more than I want to when browsing through second hand book shops. Regards JonS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 "Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sager or Sajer "Cross of Iron" by Willi Heinreich the alternate histories of the "In the Balance" series by Harry Turtledove are interesting. another "what if" that was very interesting was "SS/GB" by Len Deighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Gee, most of the WW II fiction I've read has been about naval warfare. I did read Battlecry by Leon Uris and The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer a long, long time ago. I gave up on Sajer after about 10 pages. I've read a few novels about the air war too. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Didn't we have this conversation in the GF about two weeks ago? Easter Sunday is good. Heh, I see I have converted you all to the Sajer As Fiction school of historical thought. About bloody time, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Try Siege by Russ Schneider. A very good account of Cholm and Velikiye Luki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergerbitz Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 For those with a preference to the desert, Geoffrey Wagner's "Sands of Valor" is a good read. It's out of print now, but there's a ton used copies floating around int hat big ol' world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Ah! I just remembered (how could I have forgotten): The Guns of Navarone by Allister Maclaine (sorry if I've misspelled his name). It's a little bit over the top in that his characters seem like super heroes at times, but still a great read and is probably the best book from this author. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mies Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 When reading "Guns from Navarone" follow that up with "Force 10 from Navarone". It's just as "superman" like as is its predecessor, but an easy read nevertheless. Also catch both movies. They are just as easy to see. If your into naval warfare and not scared of some "castle romance" grab a few of Douglas Reemans books. Mies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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