Two of the most influential books ever written about combat in the Pacific Theater of Operations in WW2 were written by Marines. Lt. Commander Jocko Willink, US Navy SEAL (Ret.) reads excerpts from these books below. From With The Old Breed by Eugene Sledge The Poem Battle of the Tenaru (From Helmet…
Category: World War Two Book’s Worth A Damn
Know Your WW2 History: Assault on Tulagi – Inside the U.S. Marine Raiders’ First Operation of WW2
“The Marine landings had caught the crack Japanese soldiers completely flat-footed. They were hardly prepared to defend their posts, let alone the island.” By Carole Engle Avriett SHORTLY BEFORE 3 a.m. on Aug. 7, 1942… The post Assault on Tulagi — Inside the U.S. Marine Raiders’ First Operation of WW2 appeared first on MilitaryHistoryNow.com. Assault on…
Pacific Profiles Book Review
WW2 Military History Reference Books.
Know Your WW2 History: Suvorov’s Revisionism Goes Mainstream
Barbarossa: Suvorov’s Revisionism Goes Mainstream As an amateur Military Historian I would have to read the books mentioned before I gave my opinion on this Revisionist thesis. The article however is fascinating and brings up some great questions, especially in light of the rise of Communism in the 21st Century.
Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II Book Review
Ordnance P-38 Lightning
I remember reading Fork Tailed Devil as a kid and after that building every P-38 model I could find and reading every book.
WW2 Movies Worth A Damn: The Railway Man (2013)
It’s no secret I am a Writer, Veteran and all around Military History Nut, but I am also somewhat of a amateur film enthusiast. So when I come across a film(particularly a WW2 film) that I feel is worthwhile (which is not very often since as you know very FEW films that come out of…
Transition to Third-Generation Warfare
For further reading on this subject. I highly recommend The Breaking Point, Sedan and the Fall of France 1940. At 4:45 a.m. on September 1, 1939, the German army invaded Poland. By September 19, they forced the surrender of the last Polish army in the field. Eight days later, they completed mopping up the…
The Cavalry of the Wehrmacht Book Review
I am always on the lookout for the more obscure WW2 books and this looks to be fascinating.
A World War Two Book Pairing
Every once in a while I come across a Non-Fiction and Fiction book that need to read together. Jeff Shaara made a name for himself with Civil War Historical Fiction titles such as Gods and Generals and The Killer Angels but his WW2 offerings are just as good IMHO. The Rising Tide is the first…