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Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Real American Heroes
+ It's been said already, but I'll say it again
+ Bravery and Determination was Unsurpassed
Band of Brothers is the kind of stories I used to hear from my father and uncles of their experiences in World War Two. Stephen Ambrose has a particular talent for making the reader feel all the emotions these very brave men went through. I read the book before I saw the HBO mini-series, and I ...
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The Greatest Generation (Large Print Edition)
Tom Brokaw
Random House, 1998
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The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 2002
The Wild Blue
+ Courage Under Fire
The Wild Blue is about the young men who flew the B-24 over Germany in World War 2 against all odds. Mr. Ambrose describes the heroism, courage, and skill with a lot of detail. He successfully makes you feel like you are in the great lumbering bomber in the hostile skies over Germany. He also ...
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The Fighting First: The Untold Story Of The Big Red One on D-Day
Flint Whitlock
Basic Books, 2005
D-Day and The Fighting First
+ D-Day the First Division
+ Good solid book, but not excellent
+ Good D-Day story; better WWII story
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WOODEN HORSE (Military Classics)
Eric Williams
Pen and Sword, 2005
One of the best prison breakout novels of all time
+ A Real-Life Trojan Horse that Fooled the German Captors
+ Two versions
+ The story of a daring escape during World War II
+ A Gripping True WWII POW Escape Story!!
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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
Alex Kershaw
Da Capo Press, 2004
Great story told well.
+ Must read for WWII buffs
+ excellent story of heroism
+ Another great story of heroism from America's citizen soldiers in WWII Europe
+ Fascinating, too long forgotten tale of American heroism deserves a better telling
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D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1995
Excellent History
+ A detail account of the largest amphibious assault in history
+ Excellent Read!
+ excellent service and product
+ Excellent reading although highly US-centric
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The Boys of Pointe du Hoc : Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
Douglas Brinkley
WILLIAM MORROW, 2005
Great Communicator
+ Excellent book, amazing story, uniquely written
+ Reagan re-disovers the Greatest Generation
I bought this book because I love Ronald Reagan and wanted to know more about these great speeches. This book provides all of the insights, including both of his D-Day speeches in the appendix section. It's interesting to hear how Peggy Noonan put the Pointe du Hoc speech together and the back and ...
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Voices of D-Day: The Story of the Allied Invasion Told by Those Who Were There (Eisenhower Center Studies on ...
Louisiana State University Press, 1998
Wonderful
+ Like sitting down with a WWII soldier
+ Good Testimonial to D-Day
+ Present Voices Speak about the Past
+ Sobering insights into the carnage surrounding D-DAY.
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Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck
Hans Von Luck
Dell, 1991
Superb and insightful WW2 memoir
+ life of a Wehrmacht officer
+ One of the better ones
I've been reading this book while commuting to work, reflecting on my own wartime experiences in Iraq. As a serious student of WW2 and having read several memoirs, I can honestly say that von Luck's book is first rate, both for its historical value and anecdotal observations about his years of ...
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The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice
Alex Kershaw
Da Capo Press, 2004
Not Your Ordinary WWII Book
+ A true landmark!
+ Another tale of the Greatest Generation
+ The Town That Lost It's Sons
+ Freedom's Price in Microcosm
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Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
David Kenyon Webster, Stephen E. Ambrose
Delta, 2002
Best Band of Brothers Autobiography
+ slacker soldier, great book.
+ The less heroic side of "Band of Brothers", written in the 1950s, well ahead of its time
+ The honest perspective of a paratrooper
+ A Very Good Book
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It (Dell World War II Library)
Gerald Astor
Dell, 1993
Good Book on the Battle of the Bulge
+ Could easily get 5 stars
+ Great first hand experience put into historical perspective
Interesting supplement to other works on the Battle of the Bulge. The book does not try to explain the flow of the battle, but rather presents the viewpoint of the individual soldiers involved. It captures the wide range of emotions of the participants during and after battle, and presents war in ...
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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1998
Citizen Soldiers
+ Perfect.
+ Another WWII classic from Ambrose
+ Pemberley Remembered
+ The Interviews Make It an Exceptional Read
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The Great Escape
Paul Brickhill
Fawcett, 1986
Outstanding.
+ The Great Escape
+ Great story and great INSTRUCTION
+ Fantastic Book
+ Gripping
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