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#4293480 - 09/04/16 12:06 PM A wargamers needful Things book reviews *****  
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http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/search/label/book

We only have a few up as of yet.

Sulla a Dictator Reconsidered by Lynda Telford

The War of The Spanish Succession by James Falkner

Revised edition of Team Yankee by Harold Coyle

Against The Tommies by David Bilton

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Added a review of Christer Bergstrom's 'Operation Barbarossa 1941.

Also a review of 'The Dragon's Teeth' by Benjamin Lai.

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We added a review of 'Antiochus The Great' on the blog.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/09/antiochus-great-by-michael-taylor.html

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We added a review of 'Warlords of Republican Rome Caesar versus Pompey' by Nic Fields and Casemate publishing.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/10/warlords-of-republican-rome-caesar.html

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New book reviewed on the blog. Antigonus the One-Eyed by Jeff Champion.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/10/antigonus-one-eyed-by-jeff-champion.html

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Iron Cross Brigade from leaping Horsemen Books reviewed.

Wind in the Wires and The Escapers Log also reviewed.

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#4307348 - 10/29/16 05:54 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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"The White Sniper Simo Häyhä" reviewed

Ii is published by Casemate.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/10/the-white-sniper-simo-hayha-by-tapio-am.html

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We've added a review of 'Demolishing the Myth' by Valeriy Zamulin and translated by Stuart Britton.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/10/demolishing-myth-by-valeriy-zamulin-and.html

It is about what really happened on July 12, 1943 at Prokhorovka during the Kursk battle.

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A new review is up on the blog.

'The Eagle's Last Triumph Napoleon's Victory at Ligny'.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/11/the-eagles-last-triumph-by-andrew.html

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Another book review is up.

It is 'The Franco-Prussian War Volume I' by Quintin Barry.

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http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/11/the-franco-prussian-war-1870-71-volume.html

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New book review is up. It is 'Under a Blood Red Sun' and is published by Casemate Publishers.

It is about Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 in the Philippines during the early part of the Pacific War.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/11/under-blood-red-sun-by-john-j-domagalski.html

#4323032 - 12/24/16 05:57 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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Another book review is up, 'The Battle of Minden 1759'.

It is distributed by Casemate Publishers and published by Frontline Books.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2016/12/the-battle-of-minden-1759-by-stuart-reid.html

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Well written with lots of photos of relics as well as dinosaurs artworks this book will plea to fossil predators, researchers as well as the overall reader.


No links to advertise 'readers', or any personal products for sale.
I notice this is your first post.

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Another review of an excellent Helion&Company book 'Enduring The Whirlwind' by Gregory Liedtke. It is distributed by Casemate Publishers.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/01/enduring-whirlwind-by-gregory-liedtke.html

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New book review is up.It is 'Rorke's Drift' by Neil Thornton.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/01/rorkes-drift-by-neil-thornton.html

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Another book review is up. It is 'Stalin's Favorite Thee Combat History of the 2nd Guards Tank Army from Kursk to Berlin' volume 2. It was written by Igor Nebolsin and translated by Stuart Britton.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/02/stalins-favorite-combat-history-of-2nd.html

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When i try to write a book i kind of go with uncommon names, but that's just me.


We don't promote advertisement links, here at SimHqs.
I removed your link in your post, but left the one in your signature.
Also, please only create ONE account.
I deleted your other account, and sent you a PM.

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#4336633 - 02/12/17 06:14 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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Another book review is up. it is 'Vikings at War' by Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike. It is from Casemate Publishers and is an excellent book on both Viking warfare,and history.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/02/vikings-at-war-by-kim-hjardar-and.html

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There is a new book review up. It is 'The Ultimate Piston Fighters of the Luftwaffe' by Justo Miranda

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/03/the-ultimate-piston-fighters-of.html

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#4345490 - 03/19/17 09:04 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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Here are some great books guys. I have read these and they are very good reads... sorry if i am repeating ....

This BOOK IS AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JG26 - Top guns of the Luftwaffe - by Donald L. Caldwell Forward by Adolf Galand....... I can not say how awesome this book is...... a must read for ww2 german buffs.

I Flew for the Fuhrer - By Heinz Knoke a first hand Diary of a German fighter pilot .... speaks for its self... probably one of the best first hand accounts ... let me rephrase ... it is the best account of a german ww2 pilot.


Full Circle - By J. E. Johnson This is amazing read about Dog fighting history ---- and how the USA ended up in Vietnam with a jet with no guns (LOL) the F4.... and soon realized and ultimately changed ... it all comes full circle in the dog fighting world. A Great Read.

All the books I have here are page turners.

Salut!
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A new book review is up "The War in The North Sea' by Quintin Barry.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/04/the-war-in-north-sea-by-quintin-barry.html

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#4350765 - 04/12/17 11:42 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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Another book review is up. It is 'Pyrrhus of Epirus' by Jeff Champion.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/04/pyrrhus-of-epirus-by-jeff-champion.html

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#4352971 - 04/23/17 03:57 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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New book review is up, it is "In The Name of Lykourgos' by Miltiadis Michalopoulos.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/04/in-name-of-lykourgos-by-miltiadis.html

It is about the Spartan reform movement and Spartan history from 243-146 B.C.

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#4353271 - 04/24/17 11:39 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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One more book review is up. It is 'The Iran-Iraq War' volumes I-II, it is by E.R. Hooton, Tom Cooper, and Farzin Nadimi.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/04/the-iran-iraq-war-volumes-i-and-ii-by.html

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#4356296 - 05/09/17 10:58 AM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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Review of 'Tiger I and Tiger II tanks German Army and Waffen SS Eastern Front 1944 ' by Dennis Oliver.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/05/tiger-i-and-tiger-ii-tanks-german-army.html

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#4357020 - 05/12/17 04:42 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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New review is up on AWNT.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/05/red-army-tanks-of-world-war-ii-by-tim.html

'Red Army Tanks of WWII' by Tim Bean and Will Fowler.

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#4359825 - 05/27/17 12:23 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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A review of 'Images of War: Allied Tanks of The Second World War' is up.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/05/images-of-war-allied-tanks-of-second.html

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#4360081 - 05/29/17 05:10 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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we take to the skies with this review. It is 'Death Was Their Co-Pilot' by Michael Dorflinger.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/05/death-was-their-co-pilot-by-michael.html

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#4360814 - 05/31/17 04:37 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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Another book review is up. It is a book on the Panzer IV.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/06/panzer-iv-ausf-h-and-ausf-j-volume-1-by.html

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#4364464 - 06/17/17 12:28 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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A review is up of the excellent book 'The Mongol Conquests'.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/07/the-mongol-conquests-military.html

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#4371151 - 07/26/17 11:13 PM Re: A wargamers needful Things book reviews [Re: Sturmtiger]  
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New book review is up on AWNT 'Tigers In Combat III'.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/07/tigers-in-combat-iii-by-wolfgang.html

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The newest book review is up, it is 'Grouchy's Waterloo' by Andrew W. Field.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/08/grouchys-waterloo-by-andrew-w-field.html

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This book is about the Anglo-Egyptian campaign in 1896.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/09/the-sirdar-and-kalifa-by-mark-simner.html

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A new book review is up Messerschmitt ME 262 Schwalbe by Marek J. Murawski and Marek Rys

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/09/messerschmitt-me-262-schwalbe-by-marek.html

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This is a review of Dubno 1941 The Greatest Tank battle of WWII

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/10/dubno-1941-greatest-tank-battle-of.html

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A new review of the next Zamulin book on the battle of Kursk.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/10/the-battle-of-kursk-controversial-and.html

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"Red China' from Gerry van Tonder is reviewed. It is about the last Chinese Civil War.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2018/09/red-china-mao-crushes-chiangs.html?spref=fb

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Sturmtiger, I've recently begun playing Grigsby's War in the East. I have many books about the war in Russia, but am looking for some new ones. The name that keeps cropping up is David Glantz. I have When Titans Clashed and am curious if you have any recommendations for his other titles. Operational detail is what I am looking for, though first hand accounts are always welcome too. Any other titles you'd recommend?


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I have a copy of "Kharkov 1942. Anatomy of a Military Disaster Through Soviet Eyes", by Glantz ISBN 0 7110 2562 2

It interleaves Russian archival report of the offensive aimed at pinching out the Kharkov salient, with German records and a reading of the context of both over the course of the offensive and the German response and counter offensive.

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Thanks for the recommendation Lieste, He has quite a few works dealing with finer subjects. So the detail is better. It's funny, but all of my friends and family know of my interest in WW2, so they sometimes buy me books as gifts, but it's always a book that attempts to cover the entire war, meaning it's nowhere near precise enough, and just rehashes the same stuff we've all known for years. I need books that have a much more focused subject, and like your recommendation covering a single battle. That's the stuff.

Glantz also, more than most western historical authors on the Eastern Front, provides more detail through the Russian eye which is great.

Here is a list of his books. Prolific!

I think I'll get Barbarossa Derailed. Two volumes.


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I also enjoyed most of the Anthony Beevor volumes. The ones I have which cover the Eastern Front are Stalingrad and Berlin. Both were relatively thorough overviews of these campaigns.

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Thanks Lieste for the recommendations. In the end I bought a few new books, operational level eastern front stuff. I passed though on Barbarossa Derailed. I want it, but it's high priced. The soft cover version is going for over $50, and it's four volumes, though only the first two are really needed, the other two are companion volumes, fleshing out the source material. I'll put these on the Christmas list.


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"On the German Art of War" or Truppenfuhrung might be a title of interest. Available from Stackpole Books, it is the English translation of the 1930s and WW2 troop doctrine, used throughout the war years, and later forming the basis for FM 100-5

ISBN 978-0-8117-3552-4

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This is a great book for people who read about the Napoleonic Wars.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2018/12/the-iron-marshal-biography-of-louis-n.html

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Sorry, I just saw your question. Unfortunately I am not a fan of Glantz.

Maybe it is me, but I get a very pro-Soviet vibe from reading his books. I know they won, but it was sometimes in the balance.

Reading him makes me feel that the war was a lost cause for the Germans from day one, and that the Soviet generals were all much better etc.

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I certainly didn't get a pro-Soviet vibe from Kharkov 1942. The initial German reaction to the unexpected Soviet offensive was slightly disjointed, but the much faster OODA cycle for the German forces rapidly reversed their initial setback and brought a catastrophic defeat for a 'Stalin - led' Soviet high command - with the way to Stalingrad open to rapid exploitation over the next few months.

That getting distracted in too many directions and focussing too much on 'strategic cities' caused a German defeat the following winter which was the beginning of the end doesn't detract from the gloomy Soviet view of the Barvenkovo/Illium operations.

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I don't see it either. I've read a number of his books now and I don't see bias. A different perspective perhaps, but that's why I read his work, as post-war writing was necessarily German-centric until the records were declassified.

Honestly I'd love to see a similar treatment given to other conflicts, especially the North Vietnamese and WW2 Japanese sides, which I've always felt have been undertold.

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Sorry, I was unable to answer sooner. I guess everything is in the eye of the beholder.

The newest book review is posted. Thank you

https://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2019/02/napoleon-at-dresden-battles-of-august.html

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The next book review is about the Imperial German Navy in WWI. Thanks as always.

https://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2019/04/battle-for-baltic-islands-triumph-of.html?spref=fb

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