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Razgovory

#1920
January 04, 2014, 06:41:09 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 04, 2014, 06:36:05 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 04, 2014, 06:33:21 PM
Were really that many German officers that believed the war could be won by March of 1945?

I bet that asskisser nazi Schorner might have.

I wonder if anyone ever called him "Schnorrer", (Yiddish for bum).
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#1921
January 04, 2014, 06:52:52 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 25, 2013, 05:50:59 AM
A book recommendation on facebook from my oldest sister (not to me, but to my other sisters):

Really sad when the promo blurb is cringe-worthy. Learning she was breeding and what not.

Though at least Ms. Loch is making money. -_-
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11B4V

#1922
January 04, 2014, 07:21:32 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 04, 2014, 06:33:21 PM
Were really that many German officers that believed the war could be won by March of 1945?

Probably not.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

11B4V

#1923
January 07, 2014, 08:01:05 PM
Days of Battle: Armoured Operations North of the River Danube, Hungary 1944-45 Hardcover
by Nortbert Számvéber (Chief of Hungarian Military Archives)
264 pages
Quality hard cover book with gloss pages and good maps of the areas covered.

This is a operational narrative of Axis and Soviet actions between 11 Dec '44 to 31 Mar '45 broken into four areas.
1. Battles between the Ipoly and Garam rivers 11-31 Dec '44.
2. Actions around Komarom 6-22 Jan '45
3. Operation Sudwind 17-24 Feb '45  :yeah:
4. Soviet- Romanian attacks in the Bratislava-Brno area 25-31 Mar '45.

It also covers the actions of the Hungarian Szent Laszlo division in regards to the areas covered. You will not find any of the Konrad Offensives, Lake Balaton Offensive or the Siege of Budapest which is good. I would class this book as not for the casual reader/enthusiast. You will need to be a least familiar with the big picture operations, units, and places in Hungry at the time or you'll be lost. You will not find heart warming stories of the east front nor is this a memoir.

4.5/5

Not recommended for the casual/ part time east front reader.     
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#1924
January 07, 2014, 08:08:09 PM
East front sucks
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Admiral Yi

#1925
January 07, 2014, 08:12:43 PM
Why don't you read a Bulge or D-Day book you commie.

11B4V

#1926
January 07, 2014, 08:22:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2014, 08:12:43 PM
Why don't you read a Bulge or D-Day book you commie.

How drabbingly boring. Maybe a good one on Op. Goodwood in the near future.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#1927
January 07, 2014, 08:31:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 07, 2014, 08:22:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2014, 08:12:43 PM
Why don't you read a Bulge or D-Day book you commie.

How drabbingly boring. Maybe a good one on Op. Goodwood in the near future.

Monty sucks.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

jimmy olsen

#1928
January 07, 2014, 08:34:16 PM Last Edit: January 07, 2014, 08:36:44 PM by jimmy olsen
Quote from: 11B4V on January 07, 2014, 08:01:05 PM

It also covers the actions of the Hungarian Szent Laszlo division in regards to the areas covered. You will not find any of the Konrad Offensives, Lake Balaton Offensive or the Siege of Budapest which is good. I would class this book as not for the casual reader/enthusiast. You will need to be a least familiar with the big picture operations, units, and places in Hungry at the time or you'll be lost. You will not find heart warming stories of the east front nor is this a memoir.

Are there any such stories? :unsure:
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Jet: I see.
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11B4V

#1929
January 07, 2014, 08:35:35 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:31:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 07, 2014, 08:22:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2014, 08:12:43 PM
Why don't you read a Bulge or D-Day book you commie.

How drabbingly boring. Maybe a good one on Op. Goodwood in the near future.

Monty sucks.

Agreed
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

11B4V

#1930
January 07, 2014, 08:39:01 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 07, 2014, 08:34:16 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 07, 2014, 08:01:05 PM

It also covers the actions of the Hungarian Szent Laszlo division in regards to the areas covered. You will not find any of the Konrad Offensives, Lake Balaton Offensive or the Siege of Budapest which is good. I would class this book as not for the casual reader/enthusiast. You will need to be a least familiar with the big picture operations, units, and places in Hungry at the time or you'll be lost. You will not find heart warming stories of the east front nor is this a memoir.

Are there any such stories? :unsure:

Tongue in cheek, Tim.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#1931
January 07, 2014, 08:45:40 PM
*takes a drink*
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Ed Anger

#1932
January 07, 2014, 08:46:49 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 07, 2014, 08:35:35 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2014, 08:31:28 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 07, 2014, 08:22:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2014, 08:12:43 PM
Why don't you read a Bulge or D-Day book you commie.

How drabbingly boring. Maybe a good one on Op. Goodwood in the near future.

Monty sucks.

Agreed

I read Caen: Anvil of Victory and laughed my ass off.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Grinning_Colossus

#1933
January 07, 2014, 11:10:01 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 25, 2013, 05:50:59 AM
A book recommendation on facebook from my oldest sister (not to me, but to my other sisters):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALD1DIE/ref=r_soa_w_d


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Queequeg

#1934
January 08, 2014, 02:33:48 AM
Anyone read Emperor of All Maladies or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?  Also looking for more laymany books on cancer.
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