Good Read

[HoboJoe]

Well today I just finished reading a good book. Its the war memoirs of Major Dick Winters, it's titled Beyond Band of Brothers, and it goes from him thinking about joining the service, then going to Camp Tocoa, through OCS, D-Day, Carentan, Bastogne, Haugenau, up until the end of the war, and then meeting Steven Ambrose.

Anyone who likes to read should check it out. Plus when he talks about Steven Ambrose he says that he [Steven] wrote a book called Pegasus Bridge that details the British light infantry unit that captured bridges over important rivers. I'm gonna look for that next, wonder if it could be a British Band of Brothers.

[Tizmo]

Sounds interesting. Right now, I am reading The Bitter Woods, a book by John Eisenhower about the battle of the bulge. It is really good.

[Savage]

ive read Pegasus Bridge by steven ambrose, its pretty good. also is d-day by him is an interesting read. but some might find it a bit boring. ww2 has to really interest you

[Tizmo]

yes, d-day is also by ambrose. and in my opinion, it is a very good book.

[Alpha_Pasta]

Quite good book. I find that he hasn't payed as much attention as perhaps he should to the British though.

[Savage]

yes i got that impression as well. at the start it mentions that much focus is made on americans but he says that the candians and british were there as well. but in the book there is alot more on american then british or candians

[woowoo]

Tizmo -
I notice your location is Germany. Are you German or just located there?

One thing I've noticed is that each country has its point of view on WWII and its heros. As an example - I've learned a bit about Norway and Finland's role in the war on these boards. I wonder what the German perspective is on the war?

[Tizmo]

I'm not "officially" German yet, but I consider myself German. I have got a Finnish passport as both of my parents are from Finland, but I have lived here my whole life, I was born here, so, Germany is my home.

[Alpha_Pasta]

I'm not "officially" German yet, but I consider myself German. I have got a Finnish passport as both of my parents are from Finland, but I have lived here my whole life, I was born here, so, Germany is my home.

Are you getting a German passport?

[Tizmo]

Yep. I will hopefully get that in a year or so.

[PZIV]

I'm in the middle of reading a few books. I have a signed (by the author and veteran) book called "But not for the Fuhrer". It is from Helmut Jung, who was in a Panzer division during the war. I speak with him a lot on the phone about his experiences and life.

I'm also reading "Walking away from the Third Reich" by Claus Sellier. He was in the 79th Mountain Artillery Division. He has signed the copy I have and I talk to him on the phone as well.

Other books I"m reading are, "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer, "Tragedy of the Faithful" by Wilhelm Tieke and a couple others.

I get bored with books easily so I can read 300 pages of one book, then all of a sudden stop read some of an other book get bored and come back to the first book. It's weird, but that's why I have so many books going at once.

And by the way, pegasus bridge (I think) was taken by some US airborne men. From what I remember no Brits had a part in the taking of the bridge, but I could be wrong.