Who was the best WWII author?

[Mark C. Yerger]

I think the thread indicates deceased or no longer writing authors ("Who WAS the best") so Nipe it should be remembered is still researching and writing. He's a close friend and I eagerly await his next book.

Mark

[Sigurd Helge]

Sorry about this but since both mr Reynolds and mr Beevor appears on the polling list (and to my knowledge at least are still alive and writing), I assumed present and thus living authors were allowed too. Perhaps I misunderstood.

A note on mr Kershaw, I haven't read his D-Day book yet so he might not be a "one hit wonder"

[Mark C. Yerger]

Perhaps I misunderstood as well. I took "was" as past tense compared to "is."

Mark

[VonLuck]

Hello??

Where the hell am I in all this??

Herr Major Hans Von Luck

[fknorr]

Where the hell am I in all this??

Herr Major Hans Von Luck

Just behind the proverbial 'hind teat'....

[Rikster]

Sorry to inform you've been dead 9 years!

Rikster

Where the hell am I in all this??

Herr Major Hans Von Luck

[Rob Brown]

Just read Sven Hassel's "Legion of The Damned", thought it was really good and a nice quick easy read too.

Rob

[Mark C. Yerger]

Aircraft/aerial authors: William Green, Francis K Mason, Peter Bowers, Rene Francillion, Christopher Shores

SS units studies: Wilhelm Tieke, Hans Stöber, Otto Weidinger, Rudolf Lehmann, Wolfgang Vopersal

Units structure and development (all German services, WWII): Georg Tessin

other aspects (German topics) Helmut Krausnick, George Nipe, Andreas Schulz, Robert Koehl

Just a few of my favorites,
Mark C. Yerger

[Steve Campbell]

Sven Hassell. There's a name I haven't heard in awhile. Don't know if anyone has mentioned him but what about William Manchester? he wrote his own memoirs as a marine in the Pacific Theatre called Goodbye Darkness and an entire History of the Kruppe family, who made so much of Germany's weapons for 4 or5 hundred years. What a book that is. Called The Arms of Kruppe. Check it out

[greg.hays]

The Arms of Krupp is a great read.

I just finished "A bridge Too Far" so because its fresh in my mind I guess I'll say Ryan.

[Steve Campbell]

There is a Krupp artillery piece in a park just down from my house. Captured in WW1 and brought over here with 3 others. Still in good shape.

[Fallschirmjaeger]

Another Author

One i would mention because he wrote a real good book on the fallschirmj******228;ger in WW2 is james lucas,of the storming eagles book that came out in 1988 going by my paperback 2001 edition.He also on the insode says wrote 8 other WW2 books,some i think have read too,and since 2001 maybe a few more?,sadly i was told not long ago on the axis forum he passed away.

[k9mike]

I really like the way Franz Kurowski writes. Makes the books really easy to read and very interesting. Some of my Favs have been the Infantry Aces and Panzer Aces. Also, His book on the Kurland Bridgehead was outstanding.
Regards,
Mike

[Andy Harris]

My favorite has always been Cornelius Ryan. I envy the fact that he was able to personally interview so many of the men, both Allied and German, who were major players in WWII.
A distant #2 would be Paul Carrell, followed by Michael Reynolds.
For memoirs, I really like the work of William Manchester, Hans Von Luck, Leon Degrelle, Hans Ulrich Rudel, Siegfried Knappe, and of course Guy Sajer.

I liked Anthony Beevor's "Stalingrad", but his other books didn't quite do it for me.

[Andy Harris]

I also liked Anton Myrer's books.