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von_Scharnhorst- 03-28-2009
Thank you.
Ceasers Gaellic wars. (in German).
And a book which is annoying the piss out of me due to bad translation;
"Dresden 1945" by Alexander McKee.
Since WHEN did Britain have a "Minister President", whether his name be Churchill, or any other?
German for Prime minister is Premiere Minister. NOT Ministerpräsident. Bummer Harris was an Air Marshall, not a bloody General. .50 M-Gs are NOT "3 cm".
Whoever translated this in the 80s obviously came from the school of "I am sorry, my elephant has exploded in your taxi" kind of phrase book German.
THEN I have a BRAND new first edition, all the latest evidence book "Die Vorgeschichte des Deutschen Volkes". (The pre-historical Germanic) people 800 VERY close type pages.
NOT "bed time reading".
And on order;
Sniper One - Dan Mills,
"Red Partisan, the memoirs of a Soviet resistance fighter on the eastern front" by Nikolai I Obryn'ba,
Which are two I got from Eccles (?) here.
Tardis- 03-28-2009
I read the Red Partisan book...and put a review into the sotcw...
Be interested to see if you're opinion is the same
I read Ceaser's book in Latin
Big Dave- 03-28-2009
Book 4 of the Fonthill series.
von_Scharnhorst- 03-28-2009
I read Ceaser's book in Latin
Show off. :)
mellow- 03-28-2009
I read Ceaser's book in Latin
I read my books in bed
Eccles- 03-28-2009
The Kama Sutra doesn't count.
Peewee- 03-28-2009
This month I have mostly been reading...
In the Clouds Above Baghdad, by J.E. Tennant - A memoire of RFC operations in Mesopotamia in WW1. Very hairy.
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, by Norman Dixon - Now at least I can understand why I never win any games.
Gunboat!, by Bryan Perrett - A short history of gunboat operations from the Crimea to Vietnam. Also probably the only book I have with an exclamation mark in the title.
Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia, by L.J. Hall - All about... err... inland water transport in Mesopotamia. Actually quite fascinating.
With the M.T. in Mesopotamia, by F.W. Leland - M.T. stands for Mechanical Transport. Much like the previous book only on land. Also fascinating.
Loads of Ospreys as well.
Aardvark- 03-29-2009
Aces Falling by Peter Hart, the first man I've seen who swears like Gordon Ramsay while giving a talk to a branch of the Western Front Association.
Gungnir- 03-29-2009
The Kama Sutra doesn't count.
And why not? It has some extremely tactical moves in it.
:coffee:
Greystreak- 03-29-2009
Re-reading George Nafziger's Imperial Bayonets: The Tactics of the Napoleonic Battery, Battalion, and Brigade as Found in Contemporary Regulations; Greenhill, 1996.
MikP- 03-29-2009
This week it is Mephisto: A7V Sturmpanzerwagen 506 by Mark Whitmore and then next is Sheerness Dockyard and Fort: The Early Years by David Hughes
Mephisto is only a short book, but really is an interesting read.
Duck Crusader- 03-29-2009
Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson.
Just finished the new David Weber Honorverse book, looking for something on Assyrians or Israel during their wars with the same, and yes I already went through all the bible verses again.
Stavka- 03-29-2009
Being on a WW1 Italian front kick recently, I've been re-reading Mark Helprin's A Soldier of the Great War (one of my very favorite novels) and have just ordered The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson.
von_Scharnhorst- 03-29-2009
Well. Finished "Dresden 1945", just got to write up 20 pages of notes now.
Started on "Der U-Boot Krieg 1939-1945" by Peter Padfield.
Allready found a mistake.
He has a series of photographs supposedly of Käleunt Lemps U-110. (a type IXB.) But the photos are a type VII!
I have seen these photos HUNDREDS of times as those of U-110 being captured. It is the first time I realised that U-110 is NOT a type VII.
Letter on the way to the Imperial war museum, in whoes collection they are.
Richard B.- 03-29-2009
French Army During the Great War (Vol2: 1915 to victory) By Andre Jouineau from Histoire & Collections
Paperback, 66 pages about the same size as an Osprey.
Just marvellous, over 50 pages of colour uniform illustrations (about 5 to a page), with side notes on collar tabs, regimental numbers, webing, weapons, regulation changes, etc, etc.
Covers all aspects and branches of service - Line Infantry, Reserves, light infantry, Alpine, various cavalry formations, artillery, Legion, Chasseurs de chars (tanks), Army of Africa (Zouves, Spahis, Traillieur, La Colonial), even the navy!
Simply stunning, and unlike many books from this excellent publisher (H&C) its in English!
I feel and article on 1917-18 French infantry organisations coming on, I may even be forced to buy a few new French figures.
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