barca Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 1) Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45 by Peter Caddick-Adamsreview: http://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-snow-and-steel-by-peter-caddick-adams-those-who-hold-bastogne-by-peter-schrijvers-1419027416buy:http://www.powells.com/book/snow-steel-the-battle-of-the-bulge-1944-45-9780199335145/2-2https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Steel-Battle-Bulge-1944-45/dp/0199335141 My take: Balanced, scholarly without reading like a thesis. Hefty (over 700 pp.) Seems to be good coverage, high-to-low, so far. One third through. I am impressed. Got a good deal at Powells: $12.98 for book club HC BTW, they ship, or you can order online and pick up in person (Books on-hold) to save shipping. 2) Next on my list is the "Army Green Book": U.S Army In World War II: European Theater of Operations The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge by Hugh M. Cole Got the original Green book HC at Powells. Not cheap, but not e-bay price, either. Excellent maps. You can also find it online in PDF and HTML www.history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-8-1/CMH_Pub_7-8-1.pdfwww.history.army.mil/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_CONT.HTM A classic. 3) My number 3 might be the second book in the WSJ book review article I listed above: Those Who Hold Bastogne The True Story of the Soldiers & Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulgeby Peter Schrijvers http://www.powells.com/book/those-who-hold-bastogne-the-true-story-of-the-soldiers-civilians-who-fought-in-the-biggest-battle-of-the-bulge-9780300179026/1-0 https://www.amazon.com/Those-Who-Hold-Bastogne-Civilians/dp/0300216149 Comes in several formats, incl Kindle, Audible and MP3 CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted December 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 BTW, if you are interested in "THE OTHER US AIRBORNE" division in the BotB, see The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II Hardcover – August 30, 2011by Guy LoFaro (Author)This book has a chapter - about 60 pp - of the 82nd part in the Battle of the Bulge https://www.amazon.com/Sword-St-Michael-Airborne-Division/dp/0306820234 See also: the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment - Unit History http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/325/325.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEKE Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 I have the 325 glider infantry book, I also have a book about the 325 that's all letters home, correspondence, and diaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpoli7 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Just finished Armored Thunderbolt: The US Army Sherman in WWII by Steven Zaloga and Tank Killers:A History of America's WWII Tank Destroyer Force by Harry Yeide. Just started The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor for late late war German military morale feeling. Also reading Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy by Eri Hotta, The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts (a fantastic book,) and The Spanish Civil War by Antony Beevor, all to flesh out my general knowledge about the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Wish i was this cool. Am not. Am sad for it. On the plus side, they say that my eyes will...eventually...be fixed and maybe I can read for fun again. As it is i read what I have to. Until then... Just gotta' stand outside the cool kids club a year or two longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted December 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 there are always podcasts - many free audio books (many can be had from library) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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