WW II Spy Novels discussion

The Rise and Fall of Stalin
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
The Dam Busters

How is the Eagle is landed NON-FICTION???

excuse my dumb question.

Simple copy/paste error. I did a lot of work re-organizing Group pages today.

What did you do?

Lets see, two daughters playing fieldhockey, being a coach of one of the teams. Then my youngest one had to be brought to her Carnaval meeting, the shooping for the weekend, replacing my ironingboard, being romantic with the missus at a lovely inn in the woods near us without any kids. Ironing and then making diner, picking up the youngest one from her meeting ( the oldest being away on sleep over) some more ironing, showering and reading a few pages of The Collectors. And then some internet surfing.

WHY are you asking??

You were a lot busier than me, about all I did was watch a spring training baseball game, washed the dishes, talked with the wife, and did quite a bit of reading.

Mark wrote: "WHY are you asking?? ..."

I meant, what did you do for us .

I thought it was an off topic question you were asking..
I have in the mean time picked up Charles McCarry's The Tears of Autumn.

Feliks wrote: "Mark wrote: "WHY are you asking?? ..."

I meant, what did you do for
us
."

Nothing to be honest, but I actually thought you knew more about The Eagle has Landed than I knew, hence me adding the dumb question bit on my part.

The question was fine, and I thank you for calling the mistake to my attention. But its generally wise to avoid 'all caps', unless we're actually in danger and need to get up from the computer and run for our lives.

I remember reading The Eagle has Landed when it first came out, and thought wow this is one good story, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, another book i read about the same time TEHL came out was The Cross Of Iron..

Love 'Cross of Iron'...wonder if it came from a novel or began life as a screenplay?

It was written in the 50's so I guess the screen play came much later on, but glad they made the movie, couldn't believe it when i read in the paper the The Cross of Iron was going to playing. I saw it 3 times that weekend.

Max Manus: Underwater Saboteur - Intelligence gathering, psychological warfare and sabotage in German-occupied Norway. This translated single -volume memoir, originally published in two separate volumes in Norwegian in 1948/50, has been reprinted several times, and interested parties ought to be able to retrieve it. It's surely worth the effort.

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East
The Gathering Storm
Russia at War: 1941-1945
A Bridge Too Far

The Second World War by Antony Beevor

Lions of Carentan by Griesser, Volker (about German Paratroopers)

Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East (Eastern Front from Primary Sources) by Carruthers, Bob, Willemar, Willhelm

A FOOT SOLDIER FOR PATTON: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army by Bilder, Michael

Dawn of D-DAY: These Men Were There, June 6, 1944 by Howarth, David

Wildflowers of Terezin by Elmer, Robert (fiction about the Danish Resistance) really good

AT LENINGRAD'S GATES: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North by Lubbeck, William

That is it for now!

Just have received Buiten Schot from the public library and it is an account of the role of the Netherlands in WOI, it has so far as I know translation in any other laguage. It is a book from 2001 that never got much attention before because of the somewhat unsaviour behaviour of The Netherlands during this major conflict.
That said the Kaizer Wilhelm did get asylum in the Netherlands after WOI and did die here as well during the occupation of the Germans during WOII.

Jon wrote: "The Second World War by Antony Beevor

Lions of Carentan by Griesser, Volker (about German Paratroopers)

Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East (Eastern Front from Primary So..."

Looks like some great reading material..

Mark wrote: "Just have received Buiten Schot from the public library and it is an account of the role of the Netherlands in WOI, it has so far as I know translation in any other laguage. It is a book from 2001 ..."

Looks like a good read..

Just picked up Max Hasting's "Das Reich", has anyone read it?

Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944

Jon wrote: "The Second World War by Antony Beevor

Lions of Carentan by Griesser, Volker (about German Paratroopers)

Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East (Eastern Front from Primary So..."

The Red Diamond about 5th ID should be good

Doubledf99.99 wrote: "Jon wrote: "The Second World War by Antony Beevor

Lions of Carentan by Griesser, Volker (about German Paratroopers)

Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East (Eastern Front fro..."

The Lions of Carentan was especially interesting as it is about German paratroopers which are often overlooked for US and British para's. The German para's were just as elite as were US and Brits. Quite the fighting machine.

I have enjoyed this group greatly! I was wondering though if anyone here has delved into the atrocities which were perpetrated by the Japanese during WWII. It seems to me these kinda get swept under the rug and overshadowed by the Jewish Holocost as well as Stalin's purges. I read "The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II" by Iris Chang and was so disgusted by it. I was wondering how everyone else might feel or if this is something to discuss?

Japanese behavior in mainland China--I'm familiar with that thanks to Edward Snow's "Red Star Over China' but not much else.

The other stuff--torture camps--I've heard about that too, but never been much interested in delving deeply into it. There was the infamous 'Unit 731' and stories like this:
http://forum.armyairforces.com/Japan-...
--but its just not my cuppa tea

OK. I was just wondering is all.

You're welcome to chat about it; certainly--its just that I myself wouldn't have much insight to contribute.

I will place the book on our bookshelf for ya.

Thanks!

This might be worth looking into ...

Looks good!