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Israel and Palestine
By Avi Shlaim, also writer of the Iron Wall.

Rereading Clay Blair's timeless classic Silent Victory. This, and Hitler's U-boat War (Volumes I and II) are a must read for anyone interested in the material.

No new books coming for Christmas [:(] (Sadly Autocourse won't arrive until afterwards). But then again I have a number stacked up to be tackled in the New Year. The SS book is starting to be more of a chore than seemed was likely after the early chapters, and the RAF book is just BIG!

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No new books coming for Christmas [:(] (Sadly Autocourse won't arrive until afterwards).

I had to reread this a couple times after a sudden double take. I initially was surprised about the degree to which you schedule these things, even being British and all. Then I realized there must be a book entitled Autocourse. [;)]

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No new books coming for Christmas [:(] (Sadly Autocourse won't arrive until afterwards).

I had to reread this a couple times after a sudden double take. I initially was surprised about the degree to which you schedule these things, even being British and all. Then I realized there must be a book entitled Autocourse. [;)]

warspite1

Yes dear boy, 'tis the bible for F1

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No new books coming for Christmas [:(] (Sadly Autocourse won't arrive until afterwards).

I had to reread this a couple times after a sudden double take. I initially was surprised about the degree to which you schedule these things, even being British and all. Then I realized there must be a book entitled Autocourse. [;)]

warspite1

Yes dear boy, 'tis the bible for F1

Is that kind of like a European Nascar?

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I had to reread this a couple times after a sudden double take. I initially was surprised about the degree to which you schedule these things, even being British and all. Then I realized there must be a book entitled Autocourse. [;)]

warspite1

Yes dear boy, 'tis the bible for F1

Is that kind of like a European Nascar?

warspite1

No. Nascar is for tin-tops. Formula 1 - which is a world-wide sport not just European - is the pinnacle of motorsport and the premier category of open cockpit single seater racing.

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Not yet in my hands but I am waiting for this one :
https://ospreypublishing.com/case-red

warspite1

Please let me know what you think - particularly in terms of detailed OOB (or not). Many thanks.

Will do once I have it. Santa is near now.

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Not yet in my hands but I am waiting for this one :
https://ospreypublishing.com/case-red

warspite1

Please let me know what you think - particularly in terms of detailed OOB (or not). Many thanks.

Will do once I have it. Santa is near now.

warspite1

Well I trust and hope you're not on the naughty list?

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Well I trust and hope you're not on the naughty list?

I am nice and gentle since one month [;)]

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Not yet in my hands but I am waiting for this one :
https://ospreypublishing.com/case-red

warspite1

Please let me know what you think - particularly in terms of detailed OOB (or not). Many thanks.

I have started it. So far, I am in the first chapters that are a prelude of the incoming disaster. The appendices give the OOB at division level between opponents at the date of June 5th 1940. Something you could find more detailed on the net.

Good summary so far. I am enjoying the reading.

Cheers

Just about finished Floyd Gibbon's The Red Knight of Germany (1927) Not bad for .99cents Nice to see accounts of some the flyers he engaged.

About to start Red Devils over the Yalu: A Chronicle of Soviet Aerial Operations in the Korean War 1950-53 (Helion Studies in Military History) Kindle Edition (I used to play a lot of MiG Alley)

And just about finished Alexander Kent's With All Dispatch, Book 8 of the Bolitho series. (Yes, I like this series much better than Hornblower.)

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Not yet in my hands but I am waiting for this one :
https://ospreypublishing.com/case-red

warspite1

Please let me know what you think - particularly in terms of detailed OOB (or not). Many thanks.

I have started it. So far, I am in the first chapters that are a prelude of the incoming disaster. The appendices give the OOB at division level between opponents at the date of June 5th 1940. Something you could find more detailed on the net.

Good summary so far. I am enjoying the reading.

Cheers

warspite1

Thanks. I suspect I won't be able to resist getting this, and he is a very readable author. I don't expect it will provide the detail I ideally seek, but hey, I might be surprised [:)].

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Thanks. I suspect I won't be able to resist getting this, and he is a very readable author. I don't expect it will provide the detail I ideally seek, but hey, I might be surprised [:)].

Forgot to say there are around 5 maps (initial frontline of June 5th plus few operations of case red).

Susan Mallery's 'Sizzling'.

No planes, tanks, ships, war or history. Sorry guys hehe.

It has Reid Buchanan though, he's a major league pitcher (I wonder if I should tell him he's a fictional man ).

Closing Time by Joseph Heller

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Susan Mallery's 'Sizzling'.

No planes, tanks, ships, war or history. Sorry guys hehe.

It has Reid Buchanan though, he's a major league pitcher (I wonder if I should tell him he's a fictional man ).

Great summary here:

Lori's never wasted her time with amoebas like Reid Buchanan. So why are her well-fortified defenses starting to crumble under the force of his sexy smile--and the kindness he shows her at every turn? There's only one explanation for the feelings flaring between them--chemistry. Chemistry so hot, it's sizzling!

https://susanmallery.com/book-sizzling.php

Luckily enough, I was able to find a picture of Reid Buchanan:

I took a bit of a break from reading over Christmas, but got back into it in the New Year - and determined to finish off The SS. Alibi of a Nation As indicated previously this is a very interesting book - but the author's style made it a difficult read and following all the characters is not easy.

That said, I learned quite a bit about the relationship between Himmler, Hitler, Heydrich and co. Had Germany won the war in say early 1942 - e.g. Soviets defeated and Britain sues for peace - it is fascinating to consider how things would have played out amongst the individuals competing for power and Hitler's approval. Goering vs Himmler vs Heydrich vs Goebbels - they were like a bunch of kids all turning on each other and plotting with and against each other. And of course there is the role that Hitler had in mind for the SS after the war. Just where would Nazi Germany have gone from victory in Europe and what would this have meant? Fascinating - if scary - stuff.

[:)]