I'd like to get into.....

Couldn't think of a concise heading !

We've got the 'our interests' thread which is good. How about areas we'd like to get interested in but haven't really got around to yet ? Things we'd like to read more about, or find good websites for....?

For instance, over the winter I finally got to read more about Me262 operations. Now I'd like to find out more about early Ju87 Stuka operations ( up to Barbarossa ) and also the naval battle of Crete ( in which Stukas played a major role ).

 

i'd like to get into a Tiger tank.


S-Boots, hence the latest book purchase!
Italy 43-45
soviet combat effectiveness
japanese army

 

Red I still await your effort on the 1/72nd scale Revell Schnellboot. would love to see it if you have the kit yet ?

martin what books did you secure on the Me 262 ops ? have you Classics monster volumes ? if not you should pick up 3/4 the operative volumes.

E ~

 

I'd like to be more proficient when it comes to the U-Boot arm in World War two

 

I would like to learn more about computers and how to search quicker for what I am looking for and get pictures and stories of the more esoteric aircraft of WWII.

I also would like to know what goes on in womens minds.

 

Excellent choice, CvM!

I would like to know more about:

Sicilian campaign
Italian campaign--specifically Anzio and Monte Cassino
Japanese occupations of China and Korea

 

Erich - yes, I have all four of the 'Classic' books, plus 'Combat Diary' and one or two others. I'm now in the process of creating a 'Stuka' section of my library....

 

I would like to know more about the Russian Front, hence my latest purchase 'The Road to Stalingrad'.

Also would like to know more about pacific carrier operations and the operations of the US Marine Corps.

Surprisingly there is still a lot to be read out there and also to be written about.

 

At the moment I am desperatly trying to get more into Soviet platoon/company level tactics. Unfortunatly everyone seems convinced they stuck to the human wave which I know to be false.

 

Like to get into Bridget Fonda/Alicia Witt/Jodie Foster's good books....
Seriously, love to get into astronomy more than I do, but I live in a light-polluted area, can't afford a telescope, and the kids wouldn't leave me alone long enough to use it anyway-same reason I gave up my Ham Radio licence.
Also like to spend as much time hillwalking as I did as a single man....between pub crawls!

Regards,

Gordon

 

Would like to know all I can about:

The battle of Guadalcanal.
The battle of Okinawa.
The campaign at Burma.
The Battle of the Philippines Sea and Leyte Gulf.
The Normandy campaign.

This is hard to find, Stefan. Guess you'll have to get a couple of first-account memoirs of junior officers and foot soldiers, not very common. But I've got several books about the Soviet STAVKA and annalysis of Soviet operations and the 'massive attacks' are one of many myths of the war. Such masses of men were not thrown all in at once, they were practically infinite reinforcements that didn't give the Germans the slightiest chance to rest or breath.

 

Yeah, I have found some rather interesting and advanced tactics that the RKKA liked to use. One particular method of attacking an enemy position was to pepperpot towards the enemy and then go into whatever cover was available, one section/platoon would put down fire and then all the troops available would get up and charge, so as to appear from nowhere and shock the enemy position.

 

Don't even try it, Tank!

I tried it once and not only I failed, but something changed in me…

 

Erich - Just bought the H&C S-Boot book, nearly bought the revell kit yesterday!!! You been following me again???

Waiting till I have sorted out some crew figs, but I think that little problem is solved... Now just how to waterline the kits hull...

 

...ride in a StuG III. Italian campaign. Tank "tactics?" in the Pacific. WW I

 

Battle of Narvik 1940
The Murmansk battles 1941-42
Condor legion and actions in Spain
Fighting at Kronstadt 1941-1944

 

E-boats, when they came into existance & if they could have been loaded onto Atlantis. More data on Theodore Weissenburg, if its true he flew 500 missions to get his 200+ kills. Otto Skorzenys after war career,( he was in on the financing of the train robbery in UK in 63). How many 4 engined bombers were salvaged & flew by LF.

 

Update on Skorzeny. He was not in on financing the train robbery, that was a hoax by the guys that got caught to sell books. One of the robbers wives did invest in one of Skorzeny's projects in Spain which was sucessful. Skorzeny was well off after war & is reported to have been involved with Odessa with Hans Ulrich Rudel. If anyone knows any good books on Odessa, please let me know.

 

I'm determined to get a better grip on the Pacific fighting.
There's a cultural aspect to what we learn or become interested in by osmosis and perhaps due to limited British involvement it's not a subject that comes 'first' to the average UK reader. A shame with it being such a huge part of the war.
I try and understand more of how the likes of Alanbrooke's staff decisions in one theatre are always intertwined with priorities in another, this is gradually proving more tricky with only sketchy understanding of the Pacific.

I have some book recommendations from R Leonard, he seemed like the right chap to ask .

Cheers,
Adam.

 

Start with Morison's naval history and Hoyt's books on the various island hopping campaigns. Hoyt includes more personal stuff along with views that are not "politically correct" in some cases. That is, he includes views that the official military histories would not put in print or want to talk about....ie he airs their dirty laundry.