What is everyone reading on WW2?

subskipper · Post by **subskipper** » 30 Mar 2004 16:27

I'm re-reading Robert Kershaw's It Never Snows in September while waiting for Richard Knott's Black Cat Raiders of World War II to arrive.

~Henric Edwards

Foelkersam · Post by **Foelkersam** » 03 Apr 2004 15:47

Henric, could you tell me more about "It never snows in september". I assume you recommend it since you are re-reading it. By the way, what does the author mean with the title name?

Regards/David

helen · Post by **helen** » 04 Apr 2004 17:14

Hi

Recently finished 'Madame Kitty' by Peter Nordern for the 2nd time - better for a second reading as i knew it wasnt going to be as racy as i'd originally expected!

Now into 'Heydrich - Henchman of Death' by Charles Whiting -and half way through all ready! Its very readable and i think it could have been longer.

Am i the only one who finds the price of books re: Third Reich to be over the top? And not very readily available. Is it a plot to deter anyone from having an interest in such matters? Shame the Atkins Diet wasnt as controversial - you can pick that up for next to nothing - if you must!!!

Anyone know of anywhere cheap to get used books in the UK- apart from Amazon?

Cheers

Helen

Dora · Post by **Dora** » 04 Apr 2004 18:24

Helen,
If it wasen't for The Military Book Club and second hand and antique book sellers, books on the Third Reich would be out of my budget reach as well. Amazon is nice and conveinent but there is nothing like browsing the isles and shelves of a bricks and mortar book shop. I'm amazed at how much my peferial (sp?) vision picks out in a row of books!
Dora
United States

Richard Hargreaves · Post by **Richard Hargreaves** » 04 Apr 2004 19:34

helen wrote:Anyone know of anywhere cheap to get used books in the UK- apart from Amazon?

You'll do much worse than http://www.abebooks.co.uk. I've ordered at least 100 books through them from all over the world, and each one has been delivered promptly.

By the way, I'd be wary of Whiting's biog of Heydrich. Whiting is to military history what Barbara Cartland was to romantic novels...Prolific but not very good.

Richard Murphy · Post by **Richard Murphy** » 04 Apr 2004 21:36

Foelkersam wrote:Henric, could you tell me more about "It never snows in september". I assume you recommend it since you are re-reading it. By the way, what does the author mean with the title name?

Regards/David

A superb book, giving a mass of detail concerning the German reaction to the landings and, comsidering how piecemeal they were, it is amazing that the Aliies didn't win!
"It never snows.." refers to

On the afternoon of 17 September 1944 Lieutenant Joseph Enthammer, a Wehrmacht artillery officer based in Arnhem, gazed up to the clear skies, hardly believing what he saw. White 'snowflakes' appeared to hang in the air. 'That cannot be' he thought. 'It never snows in September! They must be parachutists!'

Find it! Buy it! Keep it!

Do I need to say more?

Regards from the Park,

Rich

Foelkersam · Post by **Foelkersam** » 04 Apr 2004 22:09

Thanks Rich. It's been on my list for a couple of years, but not on the top since i don't have read any reviews. But know i will have to buy it, even if it's a little expensive. My MUST HAVE list is getting longer and longer.

I think the title is very good. I don't by a bottle of wine because it has a nice etiquette and i don't buy a book because of the title, but i think a nice title gives it some extra weight.

/David

Richard Murphy · Post by **Richard Murphy** » 05 Apr 2004 09:37

I would normally balk at spending £25 on a book, but had some birthday money and, remembering the book being reccommended during several debates on the battle, leapt at the chance to get it when I spotted it in Ottackers.
My forte being commanders and units, I was not disappointed. Move it to the top of your list!

Regards from the Park,

Rich

enterspacecapsule · Post by **enterspacecapsule** » 05 Apr 2004 14:26

Im starting on some school research onto Albert Speer,
I was reading Matthais Schmidt's Albert Speer: The end of a Myth, but then i stopped halfway cos it got too boring for me.

Reader3000 · Post by **Reader3000** » 05 Apr 2004 16:26

I recently started reading "It never snows in September" by Kershaw. Good book, highly detailed.

I'm going to buy Ripley's "SS Steel Rain", can anybody recommend it?

mars · Post by **mars** » 05 Apr 2004 17:04

I am reading Thomas Lindley's "Alamo Traces : New Evidence and New Conclusions"

subskipper · Post by **subskipper** » 05 Apr 2004 17:24

Foelkersam wrote:Thanks Rich. It's been on my list for a couple of years, but not on the top since i don't have read any reviews. But know i will have to buy it, even if it's a little expensive. My MUST HAVE list is getting longer and longer.

I think the title is very good. I don't by a bottle of wine because it has a nice etiquette and i don't buy a book because of the title, but i think a nice title gives it some extra weight.

/David

Sorry for not replying David! I didn't see your question until mr. Murphy answered it. :) I can only agree with what he said; it's a superb read and I highly recomend it!

~Henric Edwards

Juha Hujanen · Post by **Juha Hujanen** » 05 Apr 2004 22:24

I'll have to join to choir with Heinric&Murphy.It Never Snows in September is a must for all who want to read of Market Garden

Wally · Post by **Wally** » 06 Apr 2004 01:51

I just started reading Omaha Beach D-Day June 6,1944 by Joseph Balkoski.

Foelkersam · Post by **Foelkersam** » 06 Apr 2004 13:19

Thanks to you to Henric and Juha, i will buy it.

I have just read "SS-GB" by Lei Deighton (in swedish "London tillhör oss"). This is not a reference book to WWII since it is a fiction but i post it here anyway. The story: the Germans won the war over the British, and their is a intrigue between SS, Wehrmacht, Resistance and the British Police. It's not very good, but i don't like crime/spy-novels, i think its a waste of time and money. But sometimes it can be nice to read one, you don't have to be so concentrated and they are fast to read.

If you like crime-novels, i will strongly recommend James Ellroy's books, he is the king.

/Regards David.

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