Guys, I recently got a couple of good books to read from Amazon.com on military biographies. These were M Coys Marines and a book by an english Royal Marine called Amongst The Marines by Steven Preece. They were both very good. The Amongst The Marines book was very different to the other books because it was a personal story about what goes on amongst the ranks. It made me sit on the edge of my chair, laugh, nearly puke and yet feel quite sad.
Any recommendations of similar books along these lines will be most appreciated
By: Lamps - 13th August 2005 at 14:53
the forgotten soldier by Guy Sager, the true story of a child of French/German parentage who was conscripted into the German army and sent to the Russian front, am about to finish this book and its well worth the read. also, i desserted Rommel by Gunther Behneman (sp?) shows why dessertion during wartime isn’t a cowards way out.
Greg
I can vouch for Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer also, I finished it a few months back, a great read. Nice to get an accurate account of the german side of the war on the Russian front.
Eye of the Storm by Peter Ratcliffe, an ex-SAS soldier. A serious account of his service plus alot of funny aspects of his career. In my oppinion I think it is one of the only truly believable SAS books about.
Chris
By: laviticus - 13th August 2005 at 13:27
Try FIRST LIGHT by geoffrey wellum,about the youngest spitfire pilot in the 92 sqd.Gripping stuff
OR WHERE HAVE ALL THE BULLETS GONE by spike milligan,about his war(considered loony and unfit to be killed in combat by either side.)I don’t know if you’ve heard of spike or his work but he was Brittan’s funniest writer and the master of black humour.
regards
dave
By: landyman - 12th August 2005 at 22:58
the forgotten soldier by Guy Sager, the true story of a child of French/German parentage who was conscripted into the German army and sent to the Russian front, am about to finish this book and its well worth the read. also, i desserted Rommel by Gunther Behneman (sp?) shows why dessertion during wartime isn’t a cowards way out.
Greg
By: benker - 12th August 2005 at 20:55
Thanks
Great. Thank You. I’ll have a look for this on Amazon.
Cheers
Benker
By: Flood - 12th August 2005 at 18:34
Have a look at ‘Don’t Cry For Me, Sargeant Major’, by Robert McGowan and Jeremy Hands, about two journalists, the people they met, and their experiences all the way through the Falklands War (a bit of blurb here). I’ve had it stolen from me twice…
Also good was the follow-up, ‘Don’t Laugh At Me, Sergeant Major’, in a similar vein but about the British Army in Germany.
Flood
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August 12, 2005 at 2:50 pm