I bet, many of you are like me, I grew up reading the Bantam WWII series of books. I starting looking at the number of books produced and realized how many i have not read.
What is your favorite? I love Iron Coffins, Samurai & Company Commander.
It seems mines in general are usually overlooked in WW2 History. Not only were mines a danger to U-boats, much of the Allied shipping losses in the first 3 years of the war were attributed to mines.
Agreed. It is sometimes like he can’t remember what it is he wants to tell us. Or he has so much to tell he forgets not to say it all at once. I like that it is taken a lot from the common soldier’s experience but Ambrose does get off track frequently and a little too mired in the details.
Although that can be good too. In D-Day when he talked about all the stuff the guys carried I felt weighted down with equipment.
He’s still quite readable. I just feel like Cornelius Ryan beat him to the punch and did a much better job. Ambrose certainly goes for the empathy angle.
the war of the rats is a good book, made a movie out of it cant remember the name but it is based on the german-russian front. it centers on 2 dueling snipers in stalingrad
