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Samurai
Sakai was the top Japanese ace to survive the war. The book starts as he enters high school and follows through to the end of WW2 and post war japan. I was amazed at the harsh training that japanese pilots endured. Corp…
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Panzer Aces
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811731731/ref=ox_ya_oh_product Panzer Aces examines World War II armored combat through the experiences of six highly successful German tank commanders. Rather than presenting a convent…
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On And Off The Flight Deck
The book at that Amazon link is On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II by Henry “Hank” Adlam. It is a memoir of Adlam’s service as a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot, prim…
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Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors
Just picked up the Book. More to follow. I know the US' History channel did a story on them.
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Strike From The Sea
My sole reason for picking up this book was the blurb about the submarine's equipment. Cruising off Saigon was the Soufriere , originally a massive French submarine with twin turret guns, her own recon plane and a belly…
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The Saint
On Tuesday's I take an adult education class to help develop writting techniques. The class comprises both reading and writting and is designed to assist writers in developing character and scenes. Two weeks ago we look…
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Convoy
CONVOY Martin Middlebrook's account of three supply convoys leaving New York; SC122, HX229 and HX229A in March 1943, the shadowing and sinking of 22 merchant ships by the German Uboats, and the resulting loss of more th…
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Enigma
ENIGMA In 1943, the German military changed their coding on their Enigma machine, and thereby, shut out the evesdropping at Bletchley Park; home to the British codebreakers. Tom Jerico, a mathematician at Cambridge, is …
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Run Silent Run Deep
Run Silent Run Deep Another one of those submarine stories that was eventually turned into a movie, but it was a book beforehand. Author Edward BEACH wrote the novel in 1955 about the exploits of a composite submarine c…
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Blind Mans Bluff
BLIND MANS BLUFF "Hey Pioneer, here's a book you might be interested in, it's got some of US submarine activities involed in espionage." Was I interested? Indeed I was especially when I subsequently found out that my su…
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Silent Service - Virginia Class
The last two months without a PC saw my reading habits change. Whilst I normally try to stick with the WW2/cold war era naval stories, a friend of mine suggested I read one in the series of H Jay. Riker. My friend, who …
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Fighter Combat: Tactics And Maneuvering
Title : FIGHTER COMBAT: Tactics and Maneuvering Author : Robert L. Shaw ISBN : 0-85059-842-7 Rating : ***** Review By : Gosling Review : This is just about the most detailed and comprehensive manual on the art of Air Co…