John Kettler Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 It's here. Incredible things are available for $10 U.S. a CD. Weapon grogs will love the TMs, OOB types the FMs, and scenario designers and historians the operational reports. http://www.paperlessarchives.com/world_war_ii.html Seems to be a far superior deal to the wealth of rather expensive material available in photocopied form from here. http://www.military-info.com Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Interesting indeed John. Reputable website? Has anyone ordered from them on the forum? I guess I could "test order" at $10.00 (ex-freight) on PayPal/Credit Card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 WineCape, I haven't yet, money being somewhat tight at present. I will say, though, that it would be trivial for me to find $200.00 worth of stuff to order from there. If the CD with the manuals happened to be in the batch, that would mean 136 manuals for $5.00 (factoring in the just expired 50% off deal). Let us know if you order. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Here's another one. Mercifully, there seems to be relatively little overlap between this one and the first one I listed. The armor recognition manuals will probably be of some interest to the treadheads here. Others may find the ship and aircraft manuals useful. Some juicy operational stuff will be availabel on this site in due course. http://www.history-on-cdrom.com/ Regards, John Kettler [ March 15, 2006, 07:08 AM: Message edited by: John Kettler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Russian Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: ...money being somewhat tight at present. I will say, though, that it would be trivial for me to find $200.00 worth of stuff to order from there... Regards, John Kettler Are you on a mission to break my bank account or what??!! :mad: These sites keep me on the verge of bankruptcy at all times... But money is made to be spent so spend we shall... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Panther Commander, Then I probably shouldn't tell you that the combat and command volumes, together with the pictorial volumes, for the Army green series are also there. The image quality is way better than in the printed books, since the images aren't washed out by the nonenameled paper and are much larger. Look at the Pak 40 here to see what I mean. http://www.paperlessarchives.com/wwii_army_pictorials.html Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagwyn Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Grog Kettler? Do you keep all this "stuff?!" in your garage? Geeze?! Tag 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 Tagwyn, No, but a man can dream, can't he? I own about a dozen of the green series in hardback, notably the chemical warfare volumes (flamethrowers, WP, incendiaries) and the hard to come by ordnance volumes, but space is a real issue here because I'm sharing a rented house. Luckily, there aren't many readers here, so I got no grief when I took over the built in bookcases. Even so, I have additional knockdown bookcases set up, including one in the den. My purpose in posting these finds is to help share the informational wealth with the troops, for historical reading, research, and scenario design. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Some of you know this one, but be advised that some of the U.S. stuff can be had for a veritable song elsewhere. The 50 war movie DVD set I got from www.overstock.com has, inter alia, Huston's The Battle of San Pietro, Hively's Attack: The Battle of New Britain, and Wyler's Memphis Belle, at less than a dollar a film. That said, there's stuff here available nowhere else that I know of. http://ihffilm.com And this one, found while seeking wartime training films, offers simply incredible stuff in a wealth of areas (looks like a must bookmark for anyone with kids), to include some very offbeat World War II material from home and abroad. http://www.discoveryvip.com/training/Documentary%20History/index.php Regards, John Kettler [ March 25, 2006, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: John Kettler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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