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I just finished reading ”War without garlands” from Robert J. Kershaw. The book covers only the first half a year of the campaign, from summer ’41 to the early ‘42.

I found it extremely engaging book about the day-to-day life of the German soldier fighting on the east. How the brilliant start came to a halt because of the foul rasputitsa weather, and how morale pummeled as Army Group Centre was forced to withdraw, only 20 km away from their ultimate goal Moscow.

Kershaw paints vivid pictures by referring to individual letters and notes from soldiers. I recommend this to anyone, who is interested in more personal experiences from the east front.

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ORIGINAL: radic202

Sorry to come back on this Orm, but if I remember right, was not Elizabeth Moon at one time in the Military or even the Marine Corps where some of her experiences are reflected in the novel by her anti-hero Paksenarrion? Again, this was like 20 years ago that I read this series.

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OMG! Finally I Fantasy Reader amongst the Boards!!! Loved that series. A female Warrior or Warriess. She did not take Crap from nobody! I must have read that like 20 years ago! And funny I usually don;t read Fantasy Novels written by Female writers but that was an awesome set of novels.

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Heck I had the Map completely memorized at one time!


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Book One of the Chronicles of Hawklan. The castle of Anderras Darion has stood abandoned and majestic for as long as anyone can remember. Then, from out of the mountains, comes the healer, Hawklan - a man with no memory of the past - to take possession of the keep with his sole companion, Gavor. Across the country, the great fortress of Narsindalvak is a constant reminder of the victory won by the hero Ethriss in alliance with the three realms of Orthlund, Riddin and Fyorlund against the Dark Lord, Sumeral, hundreds of years before. But Rgoric, the ailing king of Fyorlund and protector of the peace, has fallen under the malign influence of the Lord Dan-Tor, and from the bleakness of Narsindal come ugly rumours. It is whispered that Mandrocs are abroad again and that the Dark Lord himself is stirring. And in the remote fastness of Anderras Darion, Hawklan feels deep within himself the echoes of an ancient power and the unknown, yet strangely familiar, call to arms...

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ORIGINAL: Empire101

Nomonhan, 1939 by Stuart D. Goldman

Superbly written.
Well worth a look if you are interested in the subject.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: Empire101

Nomonhan, 1939 by Stuart D. Goldman

Superbly written.
Well worth a look if you are interested in the subject.

warspite1

Half way through now - a very well written, interesting book.

Just as when reading about Guadalcanal - and just about every aspect of Japanese conduct in and around WWII -I am staggered, frustrated, angry, bewildered.


The army general staff not issuing orders as such, as this was considered impolite, allowing the Kwantung Army to do as it pleased.

And as for Gekokujo..I mean what the hell was that all about?

The sheer incompetence of the Japanese military in conducting operations was quite astounding. The more I read about the Japanese in WWII the more anger I feel about the fall of Malaya and Singapore .

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ORIGINAL: warspite1


Half way through now - a very well written, interesting book.

Just as when reading about Guadalcanal - and just about every aspect of Japanese conduct in and around WWII -I am staggered, frustrated, angry, bewildered.


The army general staff not issuing orders as such, as this was considered impolite, allowing the Kwantung Army to do as it pleased.

And as for Gekokujo..I mean what the hell was that all about?

The sheer incompetence of the Japanese military in conducting operations was quite astounding. The more I read about the Japanese in WWII the more anger I feel about the fall of Malaya and Singapore .

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ORIGINAL: Empire101

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Half way through now - a very well written, interesting book.

Just as when reading about Guadalcanal - and just about every aspect of Japanese conduct in and around WWII -I am staggered, frustrated, angry, bewildered.

The army general staff not issuing orders as such, as this was considered impolite, allowing the Kwantung Army to do as it pleased.

And as for Gekokujo..I mean what the hell was that all about?

The sheer incompetence of the Japanese military in conducting operations was quite astounding. The more I read about the Japanese in WWII the more anger I feel about the fall of Malaya and Singapore .

I've had the same feeling too. Gekokujo is very much like the tail wagging the dog.
No matter how much the Kwantung Army was considered an elite force in Tokyo, to let matters like this get out of hand in this case is almost beyond comprehension.

Don't be too hard on General Percival. He made some mistakes sure, but the Empires forces in the Far East were very low down on London's priorities in terms of support and reinforcements.

The loss of the city's water supplies was one of the deciding factors in the debacle at Singapore surely?

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: Empire101

I think General Yamashita was on the verge of halting the attack on Singapore because of a severe ammunition shortage, I think 25th Army only had three days stock of shells and ordinance left.

Yamashita called Percivals bluff really.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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The War That Never Was (Duff Hart-Davis).

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ORIGINAL: Empire101

I think General Yamashita was on the verge of halting the attack on Singapore because of a severe ammunition shortage, I think 25th Army only had three days stock of shells and ordinance left.

Yamashita called Percivals bluff really.

Warspite1

Exactement as we say in Deutschland.