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I picked up the first book in the Mac Wingate Series by Bryan Swift at my local used book store. This is one of those early 80s paperbacks so it stinks (not the content, the actual book). The cover price is very low on this book so the store just threw it in with my [...]
The Greatest War: D-Day and the Assault on Europe Volume II by Gerald Astor is a nonfiction book written from the perspective of the men who fought. It is composed from oral histories of the war. From the title, it seems to start at D-Day; however, D-Day is not until the midpoint of the book. [...]
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Patton by Alan Alexrod is the first book in the Great Generals Series biographies edited by General Wesley K. Clark. The book is easy reading and very informative, emphasizing the military career of George S. Patton from West Point through World War II and how and why he became such a controversial figure. It is [...]
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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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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The Longest Day is an excellent World War II book. The Longest Day refers to D-Day , June 6, 1944. If you are looking for a good World War II battle book, this is it. In addition, if you are looking for a book on D-Day , read this one. I thoroughly enjoyed Cornelius Ryan’s [...]
