What are we reading?

[Martok]

I'm still waiting for the Starfury/Steelgrave ticket in 2016... 

[BanzaiCat]

Hell, Ted Nugent might do better than those in power now.

And Ted actually insinuated his interest in a book he wrote a few years ago, 'Ted White and Blue."

[Gusington]

The main issue here is that it is way too easy for the majority of citizens to be ignorant stumps.

[BanzaiCat]

I finished Disaster at Stalingrad and found it an entertaining read. Amazing how things had to fall just right for the Soviets to lose, but that's the way it goes (read Miracle at Midway sometime for a good string of amazing luck). First Admiral Raeder dies in a plane crash, then Heydrich manages to avoid the raid in Prague that kills him, the Germans overcommit and completely destroy PQ-17 and even capture 10-15 merchant ships, and the Allies decide to stop sending aid via the Murmansk route (thanks mostly to Admiral King refusing to send more ships - the Wasp gets sunk as does a British carrier - and most are convinced very few merchant sailors would be willing to sign up for another run to Russia). Germany then manages to get Turkey to join the Axis, some of the senior staff at OKH are replaced, Paulus is replaced as 6th Army commander, Manstein keeps 11th Army as an operational reserve near Stalingrad, Grossdeutschland stays in Russia instead of going to France, Italian mountain troops help the German mountain troops break the passes in the Caucasus, the Germans capture the oil fields and cut off the Persian route, Beria is killed in a bombing raid in the Caucasus, 1st Panzer Army swings up and captures Astrakhan and takes Stalingrad from the rear (5th SS Pz Wiking leads the charge there). The Soviet counteroffensive nearly wins the day but is slaughtered. Stalin is shot by Beria's replacement. Hitler and cronies go to Stalingrad to celebrate their victory and are then promptly shot by both Vasily Zaytsev and his German counterpart. End of book. Alllllrighty then...like I said a fortunate tumbling of dominoes in Germany's favor, but still an interesting read.

I started to read Max Hasting's All Hell Let Loose two nights ago. I didn't know a lot about it and already read several of his books so really wasn't wanting a rehash of the highest levels of the War, and am thus far impressed that it's more a look at the everyday people and their struggles.

[GDS_Starfury]

Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001

http://www.amazon.com/Maritime-Dominion-Peter-Padfield/dp/1590207548

[Gusington]

Ooh that sounds good.

[Greybriar]

The Great Iron Trail: The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad by Robert West Howard.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I finally got my order from Amazon for Black Cross Red Star: Air War Over the Eastern Front Vol. 3 - Everything for Stalingrad.  Took over a bloody month to get here from some dodgy 3rd party seller.  Oh well, should get me in the mood for the final release of IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad.

[GDS_Starfury]

www.rzm.com  and never worry again.

[Gusington]

That site will embed itself in all our wallets forever.

[Martok]

I'm now just about halfway through The Gathering Storm in The Wheel of Time...and pardon my Klingon, but holy fucking shit!!  :o 

I've just finished reading the two chapters, "The Last That Could Be Done" and "A Warp in the Air", and am pretty much in shock at the moment.  I suspect anyone who's read the series up to that point will know what I'm referring to... 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

www.rzm.com  and never worry again.

Fuck those guys.  $68.95 for the same book I just got off Amazon for $28.60.

[endfire79]

I'm setting myself up and keeping the joke entry wide open for Starfury here  :)

[Staggerwing]

Are congratulations in order?

[endfire79]

Are congratulations in order?

nah it's old news by now, but thanks!