Carentan – part 4
I was a little behind on the Carentan series, with part 5 just having been published. But hey, it’s not like I didn’t already have dozens of books on D-Day. I keep hoping that Michel de Trez and his team … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Books
More books on The Bulge
My prime battlefield interest, as you may know, is the Battle of the Bulge. And I keep reading books, often taken from the list of references in other books. Operation Nordwind One of these old books is ‘Operation Nordwind’ by … Continue reading →
Book review: Snow and Steel
Best Battle of the Bulge book. Period. It’s not like I hadn’t read any other books about the Battle of the Bulge before, but this one came recommended to me by our favorite battlefield guid Joris Nieuwint. It had been … Continue reading →
Book review: Battle of the Bulge, Vol. 1
I finally finished the first volume of the Battle of the Bulge series from Stackpole that I bought in June. After a tour of the Northern flank of the Bulge in May 2024, I wanted to learn more about this … Continue reading →
Book review: SEUL by Michel Reins
I received a signed copy of this book as a gift from a friend. The author Michel Reins is his colleague. The book is in French, so a bit more difficult for me than English, but I am very glad … Continue reading →
Book review: Another River, Another Town
This book is a little gem. Not about a paratrooper this time, but about an 18 year old tank gunner at the end of the war. The author Jack Irwin recounts his experience with a tank crew. He arrived in … Continue reading →
Book review: Surrounded by Heroes
The third book on my summer reading list, again about the 82nd Airborne Division. Not the 508th PIR this time, but Division Headquarters. Written by Len Lebenson, who served with the division from the very beginning, but didn’t earn his … Continue reading →
Book review: Jump into the Valley of the Shadow
The second book from my summer reading list is another one about the 508th PIR. This book is not as big as the previous one and is told from the perspective of one paratrooper, the author Dwayne T. Burns. He … Continue reading →
Book review: Put Us Down In Hell
Yes, I am actually reading that big stack of books I posted in June. First is this book by Phil Nordyke about the 508th PIR, all the way from its formation until leaving from Germany at the end of 1945 … Continue reading →
Airborne summer reading list
And well into the fall too… It’s a big stack of unit history books that landed on my doorstep last week. It started while looking for a used copy of ‘Put Us Down in Hell’ by Phil Nordyke. I received … Continue reading →