Our Interests

I think this was tried before but it would be interesting to find out our personal fields of interests.

Mine are mainly to do the british. I am interested in Grand Strategy of the allied alliance. I am also interested in the implementation of doctrine in the three services. A pet interest of mine is the historical debates whihc surround the raid on Dieppe in 1942.

 

We've done this before but you're right, Mahross - it worth 'refreshing' the subject now and again, especially for new members.

As regulars are probably aware by now, my own are : -

Airwar NW Europe( especially Battle of Britain, Bomber Command, 8th USAAF and Luftwaffe Nachtjagd )
Campaign in NW Europe ( Normandy, Falaise, Arnhem, the Ardennes )
Crete
Small Arms
WWII Archaeology ( especially aviation )

 

let's see now.

late war day and night missions of the Luftwaffe (1943-45)

late war Schnellboot operations, including the KM ships in the Ostsee during 1945.

Fallshirmtruppen, and the Italien campaign, Cassino especially.

Genearl later war armored operations western and eastern fronts....

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Lately I have started reading more on the politics in the Nazi Germany 1930´s to 1945.

Some Stalin and USSR background for the campaign.

But my main interest stays with:

The Waffen-SS

Ostfront

Jochen Peiper

Kursk

 

Battles for the Philippines

Battle of Britain

Operation PointBlank

Stalingrad

 

Not just gonna stick to WW2 are we???


Airborne troops WW2
Waffen-SS combat effectiveness
Normandy Campaign
Armoured vehicles of WW2
SAS/Jedburgh operations NW Europe.
Starting on Red Army effectiveness.


Outside of WW2,

British Empire in India, particuarly Indian Mutiny and the Sikh and Afgan wars.

Gunfighters of the Wild West

Boxer Rebellion

Military uniforms

Late Roman Empire


And wargaming...

 

Well,
Military archaeology.
British Home commands, and anti-invasion defences.
Shipping losses around Scotland.
Mediaeval History-Monasticism, Knight Templars etc.
British History in the Dark Ages.
The Insular Celts (Britain and Ireland!).
Amateur Astronomy.
Collecting antiquarian Books/maps (when I can afford it!)
Military History generally.
Hillwalking.

Regards,

Gordon

 

Well, I'm more like an all-WWII buff who tries to know bits of everything and is interested in almost everything, but my specialities are:

Adolf Hitler and Nazism
Nazi Germany 1933-1945
German generals
Battle for France
Battle of the Atlantic
Mediterranean campaign
Eastern Front 1941-1945

Japanese 'Blitzkrieg' in the Pacific 1941-1942
Battle of Guadalcanal
Naval battles
Battle of Iwo Jima
Kamikazes

 

I'm a general WW2 enthusist - my areas of interest are Soviet/US post-war politics, the Brandenburg Division, Operation Greif, WW2 Tech

 

While I am as much a 'wargamer' as historian my interests tend toward the scientific end of things:

Electronic warfare
The human nature of war, like leadership, morale, that sort of thing from a scientific 'nuts and bolts' perspective.
TO&E / OOB research. I'm always collecting more for the big volumes I have on each.
Naval warfare and the use of seapower.
My interest in aircraft derived from a need to know in great detail how WW II aircraft performed to improve / redesign a minitures game. This also resulted in a nice collection of 1/72nd aircraft to 'fly' in the game.
Military engineering and fortifications. Being in the construction trade over the years it became an interest.
Engines of war. Everything from catapults to PGMs and how they work, what their effects are etc.
Basically, you could say I'm one of those guys that has to take everything apart to find out how it works.....in the British parlaiance a Boffin...

 

TA, do you read German? If you do, Erich has a site for you about German WW2 electronic devices and manuals, etc, that will make your mouth water!! I lost the link, but Erich, I am sure, keeps that one!!!

 

Me? my main interest over the last year anyway was getting back onto these flipping forums, gave up months ago. But hey you cant keep a good warmonger down...Interests? Travelling, military, Arnhem, Zulu wars, Boer wars, Dunkirk and the fall of France, and winding Stevin up.

 

Welcome back Urquh !!

Believe it or not, we've missed you.....

 

Arrrggghhhh....Urgh!!!

I held you for lost in the Namibian sand dunes! So you got your GPS to work after all?

Sorry to see the tranquil WW2forum days are over now...I managed to get you off these pages for a good few months, though.

Nonetheless, WELCOME BACK!

 

Stevin, didnt manage to get back to South Africa, went to Saudi instead...needed money to eat....

Came back last week, I didnt become a civvie to get shot at....hey its dangerous out in this world....All I want is to be able to visit foreign warm climes with me kiss me quick hat on and my trousers rolled up to the knees like all good Brits do and people keep taking offence...

 

British and Commonwealth forces in WW2, especially in Italy and NW Europe: more at the 'operational level'.

Currently working on a book about the British Army in Normandy.

 

I can muddle through usually but, it's easier to download the pages and run them through the translator program these days.....

 

♪ T.A. ♪

I'll look for the addy if it is still up and running. The German gent does understand and speak English so there is no problem working out details. Have picked up a couple nice booklets as copies of the original Radar specs from him.

back soon I hope ..............

 

I bought my first book on S-Boots today, the histoire & collections one...

Well you gotta start a new interest at some point...

 

The Roman Republic
The Roman Empire
Fascist Italy
Italian history in general

Stay well,
DUCE