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Sakai007 -> RE: Historians Discuss "What Ifs" of Pacific War (5/18/2012 2:12:44 AM)
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@richlove - Thank you for that link! Being a ripe 28 years of age (haha, that was a joke if anyone couldn't tell, lol) it seems rather odd to my peers that I have such a passion for military history......heck, history in general. It's not like I chum around with college types anyway (recovering narcotic addict) but they aren't all brain dead either. They just don't like to learn something new everyday, which is my central goal in life besides teaching my kids the better qualities that were instilled in me. Being raised by my grand parents, and my grandfather being a WWII naval combat vet, I was brought up 1930's style, and I thank them everyday for it now that I am almost grown up ;) LoL
Most of my friends would fall asleep, but this stuff is like a block buster movie for me, and this site went on my favorites list in record time. I love to read at any rate, with Bergerud's "Fire in the Sky: Air War over the South Pacific" being my first love and purchase of an essay style look at any aspect of WWII. Since, my library has grown modestly, including his book about the ground campaign in the Solomons, "Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific", "The Blond Knight of Germany: A biography of Erich Hartmann" written by Raymond Toliver and Trevor Constable, and several of the Stackpole Military History Series about the actions and personalities of the Luftwaffe in WWII.
These pod casts are like books on tape for FREE! You just can't beat that, and most of this stuff is topic focused, so you get from one video what you would have to pick apart ten books to find on your own. As was said in the vid in the OP, technology has allowed the minority of people with our interests talk to one another with such ease and share information so quickly, there has never been a better time to be a fan of history. I can say that much of what I have learned wouldn't have been possible without this wealth of information that's out there waiting to be taken in.
LoL, sorry about going on like I do. I get excited about this stuff, and love to talk about it with others with the same interests. LoL, if it wasn't for the net, I don't think I would have conversations about such things more then twice a year. So, a big thanks to all of you just for showing up! And to the Matrix for putting out such an amazing game as to bring us all to one spot on the wide open internetz!
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