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The 'Books weRead' application

Started by Scott Lyons Dec 4, 2011. 0 Replies 1 Like

If you'd like to keep a 'virtual library' of your favorite WWII history books, or any books for that matter, you can add the 'Books weRead' application to your profile. It is very similar to the 'Reading List by Amazon' application which can be…Continue

As we move into fall, what book has you totally engrossed?

Started by Scott Lyons Sep 14, 2011. 0 Replies 2 Likes

I have a page-turner I'm currently reading on the three-day battle for Tarawa in the Pacific. It is called 'Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa' by retired US Marine Corps Colonel Joseph H. Alexander. I am incorporating the book into a…Continue

Tags: US-Marines, Tarawa

The Lisbon Route by Ronald Weber

Started by MORGAN C LOONEY JR Aug 17, 2011. 0 Replies 1 Like

As an open city Lisbon allowed figures from both sides ...correspondents, diplomats, businessmen, military brass, secret agents, smugglers, exchanged internees, and ordinary citizens to come and go.There were sun-splashed days, brightly illuminated…Continue

"This is 'Captain America' Calling!"

Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Jackie (Owens) Williams Jul 27, 2011. 6 Replies 2 Likes

"This is Captain America Calling!"Some may remember the old Kinks song "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" from 1978-79 which had the line "This is Captain America calling..."Well, our…Continue

'The King's Speech' - Excellent movie about King George VI

Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Valerie Boersma May 4, 2011. 3 Replies 1 Like

Highly recommended movie detailing the change in the throne of England in the late 1930's. The movie is out now on DVD and On Demand via Comcast, etc. I just finished the movie and can understand why it won so many Oscar Awards.…Continue

Academic Book Review: 'The Dictators: Hitler's Germany & Stalin's Russia'

Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by MORGAN C LOONEY JR Apr 11, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Richard Overy. The Dictators: Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 2004. v + 849 pp.“This war could not have been fought by democratic states” (p. 650). Overy’s statement in his concluding remarks is a simple, yet…Continue

Speaking of classic World War II movies ... what are your favorites?

Started by Website editor. Last reply by KK Brees Feb 18, 2011. 11 Replies 0 Likes

Okay, I know I'm going to be controversial and disappoint some of my Marine friends here on our site, but I thought that 'The Pacific' was a little disappointing. 'Band of Brothers' has become the defacto standard from HBO, Tom Hanks and Steven…Continue

Review of "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Started by Melissa Amateis Jan 3, 2011. 0 Replies 1 Like

Wonderful book. Check out my World War II blog for my review: http://bestofww2.blogspot.com/2011/01/unbroken-world-war-ii-story-of-survival.html Continue

What are you reading now?

Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Melissa Amateis Jan 3, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

This is a great time of year to pick out a new WWII history book and read it cover-to-cover. I read Memoirs of the Second World War by Winston Churchill a couple of months ago for a research paper. I highly recommend it. It won the Nobel Prize in…Continue

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WWII Home Front books

Started by Tamara Goff. Last reply by Jackie (Owens) Williams Dec 1, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Jackie had asked what were good books on WWII Home Front, and since that's my FAVORITE thing to read about, I had to chime in!"Don't You Know There's a War On?" by Richard Lingeman is, in my opinion, the hands down best book. It's long, very…Continue

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Comment by Melissa Amateis on June 5, 2009 at 10:35am: Lisa, that book looks amazing - Kriegsprache. A bit pricey, though, but since it's self-published, that's to be expected (having worked in self-publishing for 2 1/2 years!).

Comment by MORGAN C LOONEY JR on June 8, 2009 at 4:25pm: Anyone looking for DVD's about World War II, Korea, or Vietnam......Check out Timelessvideos.com

Good prices at 9.98 plus shipping, and most are 2 DVD's per package.

Comment by Scott Lyons on June 8, 2009 at 8:50pm: True, HH is back even now ! - I have to stick with my favorite group of grunts though ... I loved Combat as a little kid in the 60s.

(Many WWII vets were quoted as saying that the show was very well done and accurate.)

Comment by Melissa Amateis on June 8, 2009 at 9:14pm: Well, that settles it. I better do some DVD shopping!

Comment by Scott Lyons on June 8, 2009 at 9:29pm: I promise - you will love Combat! - it is the '60s version of Band of Brothers in GLORIOUS black and white.

Comment by Scott Lyons on June 8, 2009 at 9:34pm: Furthermore, Combat featured many many future stars on some episodes. ("one-shot" only) Everyone from Lee Marvin to Shecky Greene.

Comment by Randy Gann on November 9, 2010 at 11:34am: Just finished reading, "Four Came Home" by Carroll V. Glines. This is the story of the 8 Doolittle Raiders that were captured by the Japanese. They were all tortured, and four were murdered. Three by direct execution and one by refusal of medical treatment.

The inspiring thing in the book is how the other four survived. There was no training at that time for what they went through. As a matter of fact, their experiences were later used to train our troops how to deal with being captured. Great reading about the OSS parachuting in to prisoner camps to help our troops, and that saved the life of one of the Raiders who was almost dead.

I highly recommend it. I bought mine used on Amazon for about $8 plus shipping.

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Dr. Guy LoFaro Lectures on the 82nd Airborne Division's Contribution during WWII

By SCOTT LYONS
28 January 2012

Historian and author Guy LoFaro, retired US Army officer, and former West Point professor and alumnus, recently spoke of the research behind his 2011 book The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II at the North Atlanta-area independent bookseller ‘Acworth Bookstore’. Full Story »

"With the Old Breed" Conversations of Wartime with a WWII-era US Marine

By SCOTT LYONS
21 January 2012

I had the recent privilege of learning World War II history first-hand from Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Bailey, through in-person interviews. Paul was a U.S. Marine from 1943 to 1946, who fought in the same division, 1st Marine Division (3/7), on Okinawa as Eugene Sledge (3/5), author of With the Old Breed and subject of HBO’s ‘The Pacific’. Full story »