Anyone who likes WWII novels, might be interested in this series

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  1. HalloweenRun

    HalloweenRun Founding Member

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    Just finished book 5 in this series.

    If you like WWII books, this is alternative history, with WWIII following shortly on the heels of Germany's surrender. Lots of characters, lots of locations, puts the brain and my failing memory to test. The benefit to new reader is that you get to read five in a row, boom, boom, boom, boom and boom. Waiting for the next one is torture.

    I doubt this guy will win the Emmy or whatever, but it is pretty entertaining. Word of caution, characters you have begun to know and appreciate get killed off with startling regularity. The only other issue is that on the kindle, the meticulous maps of many of the engagements are not as clear as I would like.

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    The first of a series of books that cover World War Three, from July 1945 through to its close in September 1947.From the cold waters of the Baltic to a coffee shop in Turkey, a Chateau in Alsace to paddy fields in China, a foxhole in Northern...
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Well, he wouldn't win an Emmy; that's for TV. But I may have to give this a look, but first I have to find a 2008 book called Target: Patton. Its a conspiracy theory book that contends that the car wreck that led to Gen. Patton's death was staged by the OSS, meaning he was assassinated. The motive was that Patton was about to resign, not retire, from the Army, and that he intended to return to America and begin denouncing the administration for essentially giving Europe to the Soviets. Patton was on the record in his belief that we should have rolled right through Germany, attacked the Russians and push them back to their own border.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    From what I understand "Killing Patton" has a similar message. I'm about to read it
     
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    COTiger 2010 Bowl Pick 'Em Champ

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    I got a copy for Christmas. I'm going to try and get started on it this weekend.
     
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    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    I was just gifted a 6 book, original print series (The Second World War Series) written by Churchill.

    I can't stand the brits but Churchill was a brilliant leader. He is one of the greatest leaders this world has know, so I am very much looking forward to the series.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Patton was looney about that. Many of his peers thought Patton was looney in general. He barely escaped being fired twice during WWII. Russia could not have been pushed back by the undersized forces we had available. It would have taken nuclear warfare, millions of unnecessary casualties, and would have gained us nothing that we need.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    It is an interesting read and so are his other books. Churchill was a very preceptive and intelligent person, and quite a good writer. But he was also extremely political and very conniving. His books are filled with very pro-western viewpoints, serious spin, and is not a balanced history at all. But it is fascinating to get inside his mind and better understand his decisions and motives and what he wants us to think about WWII.

    It takes about 50 top books to get a feel for just how big and complicated World War 2 was. This is certainly among them.

    What you got against the Brits?
     
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    A friend highly recommend "Killing Patton," but when I looked on Amazon, there were multiple titles and then something about his wife's rebuttal. It got too hard, to quick. I never got around to finding out the specific book he was referring to.

    The cool thing about the author of the Red Gambit series is that he is on FB and I have had right much dialog with him concerning his books. I know I am just a bumpkin, but I think that is pretty cool.
     
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    Its a series by Bill O'Reilly to include Kennedy, Lincoln, even Jesus I think.
     
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    Well you certainly can't get a real feel for WWII unless you read stuff about Eastern Front. Forget books about US contribution in Europe, you have read that before.

    After about 4 or 5 books focusing on the east, you will understand a bit about Russia and its feeling it "deserved" a lot of what it took. After a dozen or so, especially from recollections of the soldiers, both sides, your mind will be blown.
     
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