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"Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson

"Band of Brothers" and "D-Day" by Stephen Ambrose (not really novels, mainly information)

"Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden

These plus, Devils Guard, The Warrior Elite, What if?, The SS : Hitler's Instrument of Terror, Soldiers of Destruction : The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945, Jochen Peiper : Battle Commander, SS Liebstandardte Adolf Hitler,l Lee's Leutanants, American Generalship: The art of command,
to many to name....officers have alot of required reading

Just got finished reading this: HIGHLY RECOMEND IT! [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966638980/ref=nosim/broughsbooks?dev-t=D2Y5TUCCVJ7DGE

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... TUCCVJ7DGE[/url]

i was looking at that book at barnes & noble the other day, looked pretty good but for some reason i didnt buy it. ill probably but it off amazon.com. basically whats the book about?[/quote:c9fd8]

its this guys first hand account of his expierence in ww2. And unlike most memoirs that are written 50 years + after they happend, this guy wrote this while he was a pow after the war. Everything is vivid and fresh and gives an acururate portrayel of life as a soldier in the waffen ss.[/quote:c9fd8]

what division is he in? which front? is there any well known battles in the book? (last questions)

Band of Brothers, and there was also this WW1 Trilogy i read that took place in a military hospital in england, and the treatments they used on soldiers for shell shock and other disorders. It was a really intense series, but I can't think of the name, If I remember I'll post it

The Shaara trilogy, based on the Civil War

Gods and Generals - prequel to The Killer Angels
The Killer Angels
The Last Full Measure

Awesome I found it,

Regeneration
Eye In the Door
The Ghost Road

By Pat Barker

Very good read

Nam

ChickenHawk rock:
13th Valley

WW2

The Cruel Sea
Imphal, A flower on lofty heights rock:
Stalingrad, -Anthony Beevor, not really a novel though.
They Gave Me A Seafire rock:
Kamikaze
The Jungle in Arms

Napoleonic &tc
Hornblower rock:
Nelson, the essential Hero
Nelson, The Man & the Legend
Redcoats & Rebels
Afghanistan, The Savage Frontier

[quote="Neo Nazi Hitler":9da09]All Quiet on the Western Front.
That was a very good book.[/quote:9da09]

saw the movie, didnt like it

[url=http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/trumbo752-des-.html:87247]Johnny Got His Gun[/url:87247]

Dalton Trumbo

BTW I think All Quite On The Western Front is both a good read and a good movie. I recently picked up the dvd. Check out the French sniper!