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    #1

    Books I should read?

    Hello all I just finnished, Panzer Commander "Hans von Luck" and Erich Hartmanns Biography, and I thought they were two of the best reads ive had in a long time, I was hopeing you guys could recommand some other titles for me.

    Thanks

    Dan Plomish
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    Dan,

    I just finished a few myself - the train to work is wonderful for that!

    "Iron Coffins" by Herbert Werner is the best U-Boot account I have read. He was in U-Boots for most of the war and does an amazing job of mixing the human side with the decline of Germany and the imminent doom these men faced knowing they went to their deaths.

    "In Deadly Combat" by Gottlob Herbert Bidderman is an astounding account of the groundwar on the Eastern Front by an infantry officer who was there from the first day until the end. It starts a litle dense, but by the end of the war you are horrified at the depravity of it all and yet astounded by the brave way these men faced death defending their friends.

    "I Flew For the Fuhrer" by Heinz Knoke is a short, tense memoir of a Luftwaffe Ace. How he survived - especially his last bail-out - is amazing.

    So there you go, Land, Sea and Air!
    Marc

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      #3
      Thanks Flak88

      Thanks flak88, Im already on the hunt for these titles, ill let you know how i like them,

      Another good one I just finnished Is "A Meeting of General's" by Tony Foster,
      The story is a Biography of Harry Foster and Kurt Meyer.

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        #4
        Here are a couple of other books along the same lines as Panzer Commander that I really enjoyed:
        Soldat by Siegfried Knappe
        In Deadly Combat by Gottlob Herbert Bidermann

        These are two excellent books.
        Interested in candid/private Hitler, KIA, and Holocaust photos. Also any AH related memorabilia--silverware, linen, crystal, china...
        All the best,
        Chris

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          #5
          If you haven't read it:

          The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

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            #6
            Forgoten soldier

            Soldat,knapp

            Panzer Commander

            A book by a fellow named Bruno Manz

            Speed seduction by Ross Jefferies
            Iam Uncle Sam
            That’s who Iam
            Been hiding out
            In a rock and roll band

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              #7
              I also enjoyed "Forgotten Soldier". I also liked "Soldat" by Siegfried Knappe ans "Infantry Aces" by Frank Kurowski. The latter being a collection of short bios about some of the wars untold heros.

              JasonS

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                #8
                A couple others now that I am at home:

                Crack of Doom by WIlli Heinrich

                U-Boat 977 by Heinz Schaeffer

                The Black March by Peter Neumann

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                  #9
                  Hell's Gate

                  I couldn't put this down. A very informative, fact filled book on the battle of the cherkassy pocket. The author really went the extra mile on this one, interviewing participants from both sides of the battle.

                  I think author did a great job balancing the facts with personal accounts. Sometimes these "battle" books get "overfacted" but not this one.
                  Don't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how WWI got started.

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                    #10
                    Wow

                    Many thanks guys, these titles should keep me busy for a while now.

                    ill let you know when im done these titles.

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                      #11
                      Infantry Aces

                      Has anybody read "Infantry Aces" by Franz Kurowski? I too have read the above mentioned books and Von Luck's book and Deadly Combat must rank amonst the very best.

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                        Originally posted by Flak88 View Post
                        Dan,

                        "In Deadly Combat" by Gottlob Herbert Bidderman is an astounding account of the groundwar on the Eastern Front by an infantry officer who was there from the first day until the end. It starts a litle dense, but by the end of the war you are horrified at the depravity of it all and yet astounded by the brave way these men faced death defending their friends.

                        Marc
                        Thanks for the tip on this one Marc, I'm off to order it now.

                        Cheers

                        Ian

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by IanC View Post
                          Thanks for the tip on this one Marc, I'm off to order it now.

                          Cheers

                          Ian
                          The Biderman book is superb, really got me into reding memoirs, read 2 more in the space of 4 nights after that, Twilight of the Gods & Berlinn Dance of death.
                          Both good reads.
                          Ant.

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                            #14
                            my top is kurston's "shadow diver" and bidderman's "in deadly combat".

                            -eric

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by sellers34 View Post
                              Has anybody read "Infantry Aces" by Franz Kurowski? I too have read the above mentioned books and Von Luck's book and Deadly Combat must rank amonst the very best.
                              Kurowski's book is good. He also has books about Knight's Cross recipients of the Afrika Korps, Fallschirmjagers (both of which I have), Panzer corps, and Waffen SS.

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