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Post by ggent001 on Jul 3, 2013 22:19:37 GMT -5
Hey guys,
I'm going to be having some hammock time this summer and I have been wanting to pick a good book. I don't get the time to read much with work. I'm hoping to read a great WWII classic novel. Suggestions welcomed.
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Post by stuka on Jul 3, 2013 23:10:25 GMT -5
I don't think this is quite ww2 but "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is an interesting story about the Russian prison life in Siberia around hat time(I think it's after ww2).
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Post by ggent001 on Jul 7, 2013 17:42:10 GMT -5
It does sound neat. Thanks Stuka.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jul 7, 2013 20:37:14 GMT -5
I just finished a fabulous book written by a young author who started his research and jouney toward WW2 journalism while in his teens. The Book is called A HIGHER CALL by adam makos. It is a remarkable TRUE story about one of the most amazing incidents of WW2. ERIC Blehm author of NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX said " This book exemplifies beautifully the brotherhood of warriors and will forever how you look at WW2.". Marcus Brotherton says ". This book grips you like a movie. It's part TOP GUN, Vakyrie and more!"
I was familiar with the incident but thought it urban legend or a fabrication. This book provides all the facts and was based on extensive interviews from all the living survivors and their families insight. It is gripping, touching and provides intimate details about what it was like to serve on both sides of this conflict and what it was like to live through those times.
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Post by volkssturm on Jul 10, 2013 12:30:07 GMT -5
This isn't a novel, but if you're in the mood for history, the third volume of Rick Atkinson's trilogy, "The Guns at Last Light," came out a few months ago. I just finished it. It follows the US Army in Northwest Europe from D-Day to the end of the war. Big, thick sucker, but it reads pretty fast. Very informative as well as entertaining.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Aug 1, 2013 0:42:40 GMT -5
I'm currently reading THE FORGOTTEN 500 which is a true story of a large group of pilots shot down over Yugoslavia who were hidden and protected by guerillas and eventually gathered together for an incredible rescue. Amazing insight to a politically charged region with huge chalenges and tremendous support of american pilots and crew men who were unable to return to Italy following raids on the refineries in Romania. It provides great insight into the Balkans and explains lot about why that remains a hot bed of conflict.
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Post by ScottCollins on Aug 1, 2013 11:42:37 GMT -5
I read a book a while ago called Unbroken. It's a survival story of a bomber pilot that gets shot down over the Pacific. His plane didn't have the correct survival gear so there was no radio and two men survived in an inflatable raft for 30 odd days. great story
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Post by 2nd Bat on Aug 2, 2013 19:24:05 GMT -5
A lot longer then 30 days. I think it was over 60. The pilot was an American Olympian who ran in the Berlin Olympics and while he didn't medal his incredibly come from behind finish so impressed Hitler and Goebbels that they insisted he come up to meet them.. his name is Zamporini and he is still alive. had it not been for the war there is little doubt he would have run the first sub four minute mile. He is in his 90s now and his ordeal at the hands of theJapanese once captured is quite a remarkable tale, extremely well told.
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