BRITISH REPEL NAZI TANK ATTACKS; KWAJALEIN ISLAND IS CAPTURED (2/6/44)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 2/6/44 | Milton Bracker, Ralph Parker, George F. Horne, Howard Handleman, James MacDonald, more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

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[occamrzr06]

http://liberationtrilogy.com/books/day-of-battle/

[Tax-chick]

Thank you so much! I just ordered it from the library. If I like it, the catalog shows many other books by the author!

[occamrzr06]

http://liberationtrilogy.com/books/army-at-dawn/

This one is a very good book on the Africa Campaign. I haven’t read the third in his trilogy, I just haven’t had time.

[BroJoeK]

"Rommel, you magnificent b*st*rd, I READ YOUR BOOK!"

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[Tax-chick]

There are so many brilliant lines in that screenplay. I think my favorite scene is during the Ardennes campaign, when the aide says, “General, sometimes they can’t tell when you’re acting,” and Patton replies, “It isn’t important for them to know. It’s only important for me to know!”

[Tax-chick]

Thanks. That’s in my county library, too. I’ve read biographies of Montgomery, Wavell, and that other English guy, but not a general history of the campaign.

[henkster]

One of my favorite WW2 authors is Carlo D’Este. He wrote some good books on the Italian Campaign:

Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943, Dutton (New York, NY), 1988. ISBN 9780525244714
World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942–1945, Algonquin (Chapel Hill, NC), 1990. ISBN 9780945575047
Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1991. ISBN 9780060158903

[Tax-chick]

I have his bio of Patton. I just checked out the Atkinson book about Italy. It’s very thick!

[colorado tanker]

I second the suggestion of The Day of Battle. I also enjoyed An Army At Dawn because I really didn’t know much about the North Africa campaign.

[colorado tanker]

Except that Rommel’s book was infantry in attack, not armor, as depicted in the film.

[BroJoeK]

So, you are going to let a mere matter of historical fact stand in the way of a great movie line?

Harumpf!

;-)

[Tax-chick]

Heinz Guderian wrote the tank book.

We could all win at “Jeopardy,” right?

[colorado tanker]

Alex, we’ll take Patton movie trivia for $100!

[Tax-chick]

The real name of Gen. Rommel’s book should be worth $200. Or “In which famous battle did a previous incarnation of Gen. Patton participate?”