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Loading ...10 World War II Spitfire fighter pilots talk about their experiences as part of 66 Squadron. Of the 10, 5 were dead before the book was published.
(1 votes) Loading ...The Last Fighting Tommy is the biography of Harry Patch, born 17th June 1898. The paper back edition was published in 2008, and Harry Patch was still alive, at the grand old age of 110 — he didn’t pass away until 25th July 2009.
(2 votes) Loading ...The Forgotten Voices of Burma is an oral history of the British armies conflict in Burma, fighting against the Japanese.
(1 votes) Loading ...This book is a masterpiece. Bullock interweaves the lives of these two tyrants, chapter by chapter, setting them against the political background of 20th century Europe. From childhood, through their respective rise to power, to the build up of and aftermath of WW2, this book is full of insight into their personalities, behavior, and motivations. [...]
(1 votes) Loading ...Stalingrad was one of the major turning points of World War II and became an almost personal struggle of power between Stalin and Hitler. Neither would allow their armies to withdraw, and neither would accept defeat, although it did come and the Germans suffered heavily for it. The conditions that the soldiers of both armies [...]
(1 votes) Loading ...Set at the end of 1941, when it was becoming obvious to the u-boat crews that they no longer ruled the Atlantic, Das Boot is an enlightening read. Sailing for week after week with no sightings of enemy ships, the taste of diesel in their mouths and the close proximity of the living conditions conspire [...]
(1 votes) Loading ...This book is many things. As a biography it has been criticised for it’s lack of reliability, possibly by people who ignore it’s part in the Hitler myth. As a political tract it has been criticised for being half-baked, possibly by people who forget that Hitler uses the words Jew and Marxist interchangeably, that the [...]