Bit off topic but thought id mention it as we have a lot of erm.. military fans on here.
So its 70 years to the day that the Japanese surrendered when Emperor Hirohito agreed to the potsdam declaration.
If anyone's interested on what happened to our servicemen over there I can thoroughly endorse "the forgotten highlander" by Alistar Urquhurt. "Unbroken" by Laura Hildenbrand is not too bad also although a little americanised(a few porkies are told imo).
Anyway any other good war books? Finished all the Antony Beevor ones. Currently reading "Killing Patton" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. I know the authors are not everyone's cup of tea but they do a good job in this one. Patton comes across as a severe nutcase.
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VJ Day 70th Anniversary
comment by Call Sign (U3627)
posted on 14/8/15
A Long, Long War by Ken Wharton
It's not about WW though it's about Norn Iron, as told by the guys on the ground. Completely unbiased first hand account of what happened over the years.
comment by Ghod#18 (U9390)
posted on 14/8/15
hope ye get better soon bud
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posted on 14/8/15
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comment by Hoop Dream$ (U14822)
posted on 14/8/15
I doubt its anything serious. Went on holiday then had a few heavy weeks along with sustaining a few injuries so think my bodys just ran down. So av been pissing non stop for about 4 weeks now and everytime a go to the docs the cheeky barsterds just keep testing me for stds and hitting me with antibiotics.
Last week they decided to test it over a period of time so am now on incontinence pills(for elderly gents) to get me through work and through the night.
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posted on 14/8/15
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comment by wiretapper (U5071)
posted on 14/8/15
Can't believe I forgot Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman.
Grossman was a Russian journalist for the Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, writing firsthand accounts of the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin.
Life and Fate is a work of fiction based heavily on what he witnessed during the the war.
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posted on 14/8/15
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comment by Hoop Dream$ (U14822)
posted on 14/8/15
Yeah Stalin killed 50 million of his own people. Thats the population of the uk.
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posted on 14/8/15
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comment by Edgie (U7142)
posted on 14/8/15
I stick by Churchill's war diary's great reading
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