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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/15/2015 4:47:54 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/18/2015 2:23:43 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/20/2015 6:43:15 AM   
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- Finishing Third Axis, Fourth Ally (Axworthy)
- Couldn't wait to start When Titans Clashed (Glantz)
- Received Hess, Hitler and Churchill (Padfield) as a secret santa present from work

....oh yes, and Margaret Thatcher The Authorised Biography Volume II. I started this and then it took a back seat after buying DC: Barbarossa - and the need to read up on that theatre once more.

Tooooooo many books, so little time


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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/20/2015 8:16:25 AM   
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Tooooooo many books, so little time


And it is time to get back on reading up on Swedish history. You were on the 'Kalmar Union' before the extended break from the book. Do remember that the will be a New Years quiz, so now is time to do the homework.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/20/2015 8:17:42 AM   
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after buying DC: Barbarossa - and the need to read up on that theatre once more.

I really need to get me a good book about operation Barbarossa.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/20/2015 8:32:00 AM   
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after buying DC: Barbarossa - and the need to read up on that theatre once more.

I really need to get me a good book about operation Barbarossa.
warspite1

The Glantz book mentioned above is recommended - and two chapters in it seems like its not going to disappoint.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/20/2015 10:00:17 AM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/22/2015 6:30:01 PM   
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Er i dont see a deleat button ?

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/22/2015 6:31:27 PM   
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Dispelling Wetiko by Paul Levy
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/22/2015 11:14:06 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/23/2015 3:27:35 AM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/23/2015 9:00:17 AM   
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after buying DC: Barbarossa - and the need to read up on that theatre once more.

I really need to get me a good book about operation Barbarossa.
warspite1

The Glantz book mentioned above is recommended - and two chapters in it seems like its not going to disappoint.

Just ordered it.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/24/2015 8:47:56 AM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/24/2015 8:59:36 AM   
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The Gestapo - The myth and reality of Hitler's secret Police.

(great Christmas holiday reading !)

That sounds like a interesting read. Although scary.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/24/2015 8:42:46 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/25/2015 1:23:31 AM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/26/2015 11:12:33 AM   
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The Gestapo - The myth and reality of Hitler's secret Police.

(great Christmas holiday reading !)


That sounds like a interesting read. Although scary.


Sort of but more in the nature of the banality of evil than anything else. the book is set out with a number of case reports drawn from regional Gestapo offices (the Berlin records didn't survive the war).

The author puts forward a number of propositions -essentially despite its power the Gestapo was quite small in size and more importantly relied heavily upon the public to "denounce" people. Also despite its reputation most of the rank and file members were actually career police and almost up to the start of the war not every officer was a Nazi Party member. What was interesting was that they paid a great deal of attention to legality. Complaints or denunciations were scrupulously investigated and only those backed by evidence resulted in arrests. False complaints were punished and officers were disciplined for abuse of power. There was even a couple of documented cases of early false complaints against Jewish citizens which the Gestapo dismissed for lack of evidence.

On the other hand they Gestapo was heavily involved in deportations to concentrations camps.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/26/2015 2:39:46 PM   
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Dan Hampton - The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War





That looks interesting. Another book to go on my wish list.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 12/26/2015 3:41:45 PM   
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Reading SPQR by Mary Beard. It is very recent and covers the history of Rome from its beginnings until 212 AD, when Caracalla gave Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire. I am about halfway through. Very good and readable.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/3/2016 11:13:43 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/5/2016 2:25:25 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/5/2016 2:52:26 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/8/2016 8:34:24 PM   
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/8/2016 8:57:23 PM   
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'The Royal Navy's Revenge and Other Little-Known Encounters of the War at Sea' by Vincent P. O'Hara
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What encounters does he cover Zorch?

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/8/2016 11:19:55 PM   
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'The Royal Navy's Revenge and Other Little-Known Encounters of the War at Sea' by Vincent P. O'Hara
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What encounters does he cover Zorch?

1 French vs Thai - Koh Chang Jan 1941
2 Italian vs German - Bastia 9 September 1943
3 British vs Japan - Penang 16 May 1945
4 Allies vs German - Channel Islands
5 Us vs German - Imperia 1 October 1944
6 British vs French - Syria June 1941
7 US vs Japan - Balikpapan 1942

These are articles previously published in magazines.
A slim volume, but definitely worth reading.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/9/2016 7:43:50 AM   
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Richard Overy - The Bombing War. Covers the entire war and every state that used bombing of cities/industry as part of their approach. Switches from the impact on societies to the stresses that afflicted the bomber crews. To me its that near perfect mix of the politics, economics and psychology of war.


realise this thread is for what you are reading but just finished this and its truely excellent. No doubt much that was new to me would be well known to anyone who has read the various airforce technical evaluations, but even so this is worth the read.

The final chapters on allied bombing in allied countries was very interesting (especially as my wife is Dutch and her mother is old enough to have lived through the 'hunger winter' of 1944-5), the comparative study of why Germany, Britain and the USSR coped with bombing but fascist Italy didn't is well set out.

But the highlight was reading that Malta created a special ministerial post in 1942 ... I can't think that many civil service style bureaucracies ever have had to write reports to the 'Minister for Rabbits'

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/9/2016 8:53:39 AM   
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'The Royal Navy's Revenge and Other Little-Known Encounters of the War at Sea' by Vincent P. O'Hara
warspite1

What encounters does he cover Zorch?

1 French vs Thai - Koh Chang Jan 1941
2 Italian vs German - Bastia 9 September 1943
3 British vs Japan - Penang 16 May 1945
4 Allies vs German - Channel Islands
5 Us vs German - Imperia 1 October 1944
6 British vs French - Syria June 1941
7 US vs Japan - Balikpapan 1942

These are articles previously published in magazines.
A slim volume, but definitely worth reading.
warspite1

Thank-you - so where does HMS Revenge come in?


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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/9/2016 9:39:47 AM   
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'The Royal Navy's Revenge and Other Little-Known Encounters of the War at Sea' by Vincent P. O'Hara
warspite1

What encounters does he cover Zorch?

1 French vs Thai - Koh Chang Jan 1941
2 Italian vs German - Bastia 9 September 1943
3 British vs Japan - Penang 16 May 1945
4 Allies vs German - Channel Islands
5 Us vs German - Imperia 1 October 1944
6 British vs French - Syria June 1941
7 US vs Japan - Balikpapan 1942

These are articles previously published in magazines.
A slim volume, but definitely worth reading.
warspite1

Thank-you - so where does HMS Revenge come in?


The Penang article was subtitled 'Revenge of the Royal Navy'.
HMS Revenge was not involved.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 1/9/2016 9:55:43 AM   
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'The Royal Navy's Revenge and Other Little-Known Encounters of the War at Sea' by Vincent P. O'Hara
warspite1

What encounters does he cover Zorch?

1 French vs Thai - Koh Chang Jan 1941
2 Italian vs German - Bastia 9 September 1943
3 British vs Japan - Penang 16 May 1945
4 Allies vs German - Channel Islands
5 Us vs German - Imperia 1 October 1944
6 British vs French - Syria June 1941
7 US vs Japan - Balikpapan 1942

These are articles previously published in magazines.
A slim volume, but definitely worth reading.
warspite1

Thank-you - so where does HMS Revenge come in?

warspite1

so why the capital R? How strange....

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