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A World Ablaze is the third book in the Men at Arms Series by Con Sellers. In this book Colonel Chad Belvale is fighting the Germans in Sicily and Major Keenan Carlisle is a raider working with British Brigadier Wingate on New Georgia Island. Meanwhile the family’s generals, Crusty Carlisle and Preston Belvale manage their [...]
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley is the basis of Clint Eastwood’s movie by the same name . James Bradley was one of the flag raisers on Iwo Jima in World War II. This book tells the story of the men who fought in the battle and who came together for one of the [...]
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With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge is a World War II account of a private, E.B. Sledge, and his experience on Peleliu and Okinawa. Sledge started out in college to be an officer, but decided to enlist as a private in the United States Marines . His first battle was Peleliu which was [...]
Tarawa 1943: The Turning of the Tide by Derrick Wright, Illustrated by Howard Gerrard is the history of the Battle at the Tarawa Atoll during World War II . Tarawa was the first attempt using Admiral Nimitz’s island hopping strategy. When looking at a map of the South Pacific, Tarawa is in the far southeastern [...]
The Men at War Series by W.E.B. Griffin takes a look at the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II . The OSS is the precursor to the CIA . The characters infiltrate Axis-held territories in order to further the American cause in the war. The risks they take are remarkable, but based [...]
The Lieutenants is the first book in the Brotherhood of War Series by W.E.B. Griffin . In this book we are introduced to the characters that take us through the series. The series starts in 1943 in Africa in a tank brigade. One of the things I love about the characters in this book is [...]
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The Brotherhood of War Series by W.E.B. Griffin takes a set of characters from shavetail Lieutenants in World War II through their progression in the United States Army. It takes in the good, the bad, the loves, the loss and everything else that goes along with life and the military. These books are very good, [...]
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Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose is the book which gave rise to the HBO series. It is about E Company of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne . The book starts in basic training Camp Toccoa and goes through occupation duty in Austria . I had picked this book up many years [...]
Adolf Hitler Volume One by John Toland consists of the start of the Man that was to rule Germany for far too long starting as Chancellor in 1933 but with the purpose of ruling the world. He was led by an insane desire to make a perfect world that existed only in his mind and [...]
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