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.Eagle Against The Sun: The American War With Japan: The American War with Japan (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
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by: Ronald Spector

October 11, 2001
Reading about the Pacific War in the new WWII novel, "The Triumph and the Glory", spurred me into exploring the topic further, so I picked up a copy of "Eagle Against the Sun" and was very impressed. It is solidly researched, very readable, all in all one of the better history volumes about the great struggle in the Pacific between the United States and Imperial Japan.
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.Kes: Play
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by: L. Till, Barry Hines

June 15, 2000
Allan Stronach has done Barry Hines proud in the writing of The Play of Kes , it is an excellent depiction of the life that a boy would live in the mine working 60s, the play brings you very close to Billy Casper and his kestrel. This great play does not have any trouble bringing a tear to the audiences eye at the end of the play.
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.Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, 1944
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by: Max Hastings

May 03, 1985
Allan Stronach has done Barry Hines proud in the writing of The Play of Kes , it is an excellent depiction of the life that a boy would live in the mine working 60s, the play brings you very close to Billy Casper and his kestrel. This great play does not have any trouble bringing a tear to the audiences eye at the end of the play.
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.Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: Operation Reinhard Death Camps
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by: Yitzhak Arad

June 01, 1999
I have read hundreds of books about the holocaust over the years and yet this book still managed to hold my attention - I could not put it down! The author has thoroughly researched his topic and gives an informative, detailed account of Operation Reinhard, the extermination of Polish Jewry. The book impartially details the full history of the 3 death camps, stories from the prisoners who were incarcerated there and the personnel who worked within them. This book is an absolute 'must read' as it accurately describes the extent of the perfectly oiled killing machine that was devoted to destroying a whole race of human beings. Little is known about Operation Reinhard, the holocaust often being synonimous with Auschwitz. This book is a real testimony ... Read More:
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.Omaha Beach: V Corps' Battle for the Normandy Beachead (Battleground Europe Series)
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by: Tim Kilvert-Jones

1999-06
I have read hundreds of books about the holocaust over the years and yet this book still managed to hold my attention - I could not put it down! The author has thoroughly researched his topic and gives an informative, detailed account of Operation Reinhard, the extermination of Polish Jewry. The book impartially details the full history of the 3 death camps, stories from the prisoners who were incarcerated there and the personnel who worked within them. This book is an absolute 'must read' as it accurately describes the extent of the perfectly oiled killing machine that was devoted to destroying a whole race of human beings. Little is known about Operation Reinhard, the holocaust often being synonimous with Auschwitz. This book is a real testimony ... Read More:
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.Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis (Allen Lane History)
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by: Ian Kershaw

October 05, 2000
What can be said about this book that hasn't already been said? When partnered with it's counterpart, 1889-1936: Hubris, this represents the best, most definitive account of Hitler. The scale and scope of both of these books is tremendous, and covers every detail about his life in an exhaustively researched & accurate way.

Some reviewers have given negative reviews on this book, but these are mainly in relation to the military and events of the second world war. As Kershaw states in the introduction to these books, they are not an account of the second world war and how certain battles faired. As he states, there is already an exhaustive amount of work in relation to these out there, and besides, this is a book about Hitler, not what ... Read More:
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.Berlin: the Downfall, 1945
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by: Antony Beevor

April 25, 2002
An amazingly detailed account of the scope & horror of the event. For all the movies & documentaries about WWII they berely scratch the surface of the reality of warfare. If war's were told like this we may be more apprehensive about starting new ones. Seven million strong the Red Army had on the border of East Prussia prior to the invasion, that was the entire population of Australia at the time!
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.The War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin
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by: Laurence Rees

September 30, 1999
It has been a while since I read this book, but I only remember having read it with complete interest. The story is lively, with personal accounts and some interesting facts I never had heard before about operation Barbarossa and its turnaround. Together with the excellent pictures this book contains, it's perfectly worth to buy.
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.Somerville's Force H: The Royal Navy's Gibralter-based Fleet, June 1940 to March 1942
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by: Raymond Dannreuther

May 19, 2006
It has been a while since I read this book, but I only remember having read it with complete interest. The story is lively, with personal accounts and some interesting facts I never had heard before about operation Barbarossa and its turnaround. Together with the excellent pictures this book contains, it's perfectly worth to buy.
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.Spitfire into Battle
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by: W.G.G.Duncan Smith

July 05, 2004
It has been a while since I read this book, but I only remember having read it with complete interest. The story is lively, with personal accounts and some interesting facts I never had heard before about operation Barbarossa and its turnaround. Together with the excellent pictures this book contains, it's perfectly worth to buy.
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