Head Serf
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I've been reading a lot of non-fiction and specifically historical books lately, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any good books on WW2 in Europe or about the Third Reich. Biographies are fine also.
What are some good historical books on WW2 and the Third Reich?
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Kozmos
Jew Detective
Would you like a copy of Mein Kampf as well?
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Probably should belong in the history forums, but I'll throw in my favourite books while I'm here:
The Second World War by John Keegan
-It's pretty basic, but provides a good oversight to the entire Second World War, though doesn't go into too much detail. Good starting book
Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor
-Given that this book was the catalyst to my love of the Second World War, I can't recommend it enough. It primarily focuses on the battle of Stalingrad, but it really gives some good detail on the German-Russian war up until the battle, and is utterly fantastic when focusing on the battle itself. The author also went on to write Berlin, focusing on the final battle in 1945.
Hitler: Nemesis 1936-1945 by Ian Kershaw
-Only recently read it, but it was pretty fascinating. It was, obviously, centred around Hitler during the war years, but also gave a pretty fascinating insight into the leadership of the Third Reich during that time.
The Second World War by John Keegan
-It's pretty basic, but provides a good oversight to the entire Second World War, though doesn't go into too much detail. Good starting book
Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor
-Given that this book was the catalyst to my love of the Second World War, I can't recommend it enough. It primarily focuses on the battle of Stalingrad, but it really gives some good detail on the German-Russian war up until the battle, and is utterly fantastic when focusing on the battle itself. The author also went on to write Berlin, focusing on the final battle in 1945.
Hitler: Nemesis 1936-1945 by Ian Kershaw
-Only recently read it, but it was pretty fascinating. It was, obviously, centred around Hitler during the war years, but also gave a pretty fascinating insight into the leadership of the Third Reich during that time.
LapGrizzly
Chieftain
HITLER VERSUS STALIN
by: Professor JOhn & Ljubica Erickson.
EDIT: This book details the war on the Eastern Front (surprise, surprise). It was great, with lots of good pictures.
by: Professor JOhn & Ljubica Erickson.
EDIT: This book details the war on the Eastern Front (surprise, surprise). It was great, with lots of good pictures.
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
They're bloody annoying to wade through. He will go on about every little detail, every bloody ship and every division and name them repeatedly. Also I think he was writing to suck up to certain individuals (he particularly emphasised any British-American love) at the time.
Nice to get some of his feelings though. I think it was in these memoirs he noted his fear of the U-Boat war, and it does provide some insight into his decision.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Screw books! This calls for a Hogan's Heroes marathon!
ParkCungHee
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The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle by Anthony Read, was fairly awesome.
boarder
King
Gee theres so many of them, I cant think of any "bad" books I have read so cant really recomend any in particular except that if your interested in that then you should read as many as you can to get different views, opinions etc
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Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II -Len Deighton
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
I recommend these if you're not afraid of big books:
William L. Shirer: Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Michael Burleigh: The Third Reich: A New History
These books are very heavy reading. Only for once when reading Rise and Fall i had to chuckle - story did go something like this:
Problem:
Nationalist socialist were have a party/counsil meeting ca. 1937, and one of the things on the list to deal with was the fact that government bureaucracy and number of government employees had risen very heavily during their reign. (They were quite inefficient, in fact.)
Solution:
Nazis decided to set up a committee to find out how they could deal with the problem.
There was probably profit option there somewhere too
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William L. Shirer: Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Michael Burleigh: The Third Reich: A New History
These books are very heavy reading. Only for once when reading Rise and Fall i had to chuckle - story did go something like this:
Problem:
Nationalist socialist were have a party/counsil meeting ca. 1937, and one of the things on the list to deal with was the fact that government bureaucracy and number of government employees had risen very heavily during their reign. (They were quite inefficient, in fact.)
Solution:
Nazis decided to set up a committee to find out how they could deal with the problem.
There was probably profit option there somewhere too
.
Panzerkrieg The Rise and Fall of Hitlers Tank Divisions, all about the wehrmacht and the generals. Shows you that some were very smart and only a few bumbling idiots amongst them, and just how out of touch with tactics and what not Hitler really was.
cthom
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as a teenager i read 'the fall of berlin'. an excellent account of the last few months of the war. i've tried googling the author, but i can't find it. sorry.
ps. shouldn't this be in 'world history' forum?
ps. shouldn't this be in 'world history' forum?
