Started a new book...

[Rami]

Hey guys,

I'm really enjoying a good read, and I thought I'd share. Believe it or not, I don't spend every free minute working on campaigns for CFS2. Sometimes I read so I can GET ideas for CFS2 campaigns!

Anyway, here is a picture of me in the "man-cave" with my new text... :wiggle: 12242

[alpha_1]

Hope you enjoy it, Rami......it's a great book!

[flying_spud]

Afrika Korps - yep just as we were enjoying ourselves kicking the Italians out of Africa they have to bloody well get involved....

Actually Hitler had no plans to get involved in The Balkans or Africa, it was just he was forced to because of the good old Italians (help or hindrance?).

What Rommel achieved was outstanding as far as it went. But fighting on 3 fronts wasn't a very good idea and it seems that Germany bit off way more than it could chew.

[Rami]

Flying_spud,

True on all points, and the book provides great background into precisely how Hitler got yoked by Mussolini into lending support in North Africa, despite his objections.

[Jagdflieger]

The title is in German. Is the text English or Deutsch?

I'm currently enjoying: "The Path of Infinate Sorrow: The Japanese on the Kokoda Track"

Not much info on the air war over New Guinea in the book, but the authors' (Craig Collie, and Hajime Marutani) insight into Japanese ground and amphibious ops as well as prewar training of infantrymen is interesting. It does give dates when the various air (army and navy) units of the Japanese moved into New Guinea and Rabaul as well as a chapter on Milne Bay.

Next book in the queue for me is: "Hitler's Panzers: The Lighting Attacks that Revolutionized Warfare"

No doubt this book will have a chapter or two on "Das Afrika Korps."

[Rami]

Jagd,

The text is in English. Franz Kurowski has an impressive track record of providing DETAILED information on many different aspects of Germany in WWII.

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3AFranz%20Kurowski&field-author=Franz%20Kurowski&page=1

Next on my reading list are "Luftwaffe Aces" and the one about Hans-Joachim Marseille.

[Jagdflieger]

I've read Infantry Aces and Panzer Aces by Kurowski.

[flying_spud]

Next on my reading list are "Luftwaffe Aces" and the one about Hans-Joachim Marseille.[/QUOTE]


Another one that should have stayed home in Germany along with the Afrika Korps, instead of barging in on a perfectly civilised dispute between us and the gentlemenly Italians....

That 109 pilot was a one-man killing machine and made sorties by RAF Hurricanes, Tomahawks and even Kittyhawks and Spit V trops DANGEROUS....

Fortunately though the German aces usually clobbered the poor bloody fighters allowing most of the bombers through. So at least we could give their bases a right good pasting, which along with the RAF's offensive ops from Malta meant that most Germans always went short on spare parts to repair faulty 109's, ammo for the guns and of course FUEL. See we got em the sneaky way......

[Rami]

Flying_spud,

Not to worry, I'll give the Brits their due in North Africa. ;)

[watchdog22]

I'm currently reading 'Tobruk' by Peter Fitzsimons, not much about the air war except for Stuka attacks but inspiring stuff. Hopefully there is a pay off out of your book for us North Africa freaks Rami :australia:

[Morton]

"Rommel's Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck" is an incredible story. Luck served almost on every front during the war. With Rommel in the Africa Korps , on the East front and on the west front after D-day. Recommended!

Morton

[Rami]

Morton,

Do you think his name has anything to do with the fact that he survived, or would you just chalk it up to "luck?" :d

[Morton]

He he.. Your guess is as good as mine Rami.

Mort

[Discus]

Have you ever peeked into this treasure?:kilroy::

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/

Example: Handbook on German Military Forces, Chapter X, German Air Force
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Germany/HB/HB-10.html

There is so much to read that I could spend the rest of my free time reading and never even start to grasp the amount of interesting information in this pages.

But in case you have such amount of time I recommed this site where you can find, among many other very interesting things, monographs made by german officers after WWII about many branches of the Luftwaffe.

http://www.afhra.af.mil/studies/index.asp

Example:
German Air Force Airlift Operations, by Fritz Morzik, edited by Edward P. Kennedy (1961). 417 pages:
http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090519-043.pdf
http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090519-044.pdf
http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090519-045.pdf

They are images scanned from microfilms, in PDF, so they will take some time to download. Currently I am reading a monograph about the air sea-rescue german service in WWII: He 59, FW-58, Do-18, Do-24, BV-138 at work.:jump:

I hope you enjoy this readings as much as I am.

Cheers, Discus:salute:

I hope, after this, you don´t quit simming due to lack of time. It nearly happend to me!

[Rami]

Discus,

Thanks, I'll get to these as quickly as possible! :jump:

[alpha_1]

Rami......how's the read goin'?