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RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:23 pm
by Procrustes
ORIGINAL: JSS
Rise & Fall of the Third Reich is near the top of my must have WW2 books.... von Mellenthin's Panzer Battles too
I'll second that - "Rise and Fall" is by William Shire - essential.
Heinz Guderian wrote a memoir called "Panzer Leader" - IIRC.
Albert Speer wrote "Inside the Third Reich" - weirdly fascinating.
RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:29 am
by Ironclad
An excellent book is "Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East 1942-1943" by Joel Hayward.
RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:30 pm
by Rune Iversen
The US Army "Green Books"
RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:59 pm
by BlackSunshine
Just a reminder.
Book 2 of the liberation trilogy is out 10/2.
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?delay=y&PV=y&ISBN=0805062890&z=y
RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:52 am
by Neilster
The Times Atlas of the Second World War is awesome. It's out of print but I picked up a copy on Ebay. Quality maps, tables, charts, write-ups etc on everything you could imagine.
Cheers, Neilster
RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:27 am
by Jeffrey H.
Jablonski's 'Airwar' duo ?
RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:51 am
by jchastain
ORIGINAL: JSS
Rise & Fall of the Third Reich is near the top of my must have WW2 books.... von Mellenthin's Panzer Battles too
I was shocked to see this one didn't get mentioned until the third page. It isn't a light read by any stretch of the imagination, but there is no more authoritative source in my mind. I've read it front to back twice and I still learn things every time I pick it up.
There is no better spent $16.50 for someone who wants to know has the mental stamina to absorb this book.
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RE: 10 Must Have Books on WW2
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:43 am
by HansBolter
1. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Wiliam Shirer
2. Lost Victories by Eric von Manstein
3. Michael Wittman and the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII in two volumes by Patrick Agte
4. The History of the 12th SS Hiterjungend Panzer Division in two volumes by Hubert Meyer
5. The Devil's Adjutant: Jochen Peiper by Michael Reynolds
6. Steel Inferno by Michael Reynolds
7. Men of Steel by Michael Reynolds
8. Sons of the Reich by Michael Reynolds
9. Panzer Commander by Hans von Luck
10. The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
11. A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
12. Panzer Aces One & Two by Franz Kurowski
13. Infantry Aces by Franz Kurowski
14. Panzer Battles of the Waffen SS 1943-45 by Will Fey
15. The Rising Sun by John Toland
16. The last Hundred Days by John Toland
17. Grenadiers by Kurt Meyer
18. Tigers in the Mud by Otto Carius
19. Neither Hope nor Fear by von Senger und Etterlin
20. Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin by Cornelius Ryan
21. Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
22. War as I Knew It by George S. Patton Jr.
23. Hitler Moves East by Paul Carel
24. Scorched Earth by Paul Carel
25. An Army at Dawn: The Campaign in North Africa 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson