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[Leman (Andy)]

That'll be the same evil English that Mel Gibson is fixated on - you know, the same man who extols the Australians and their beneficent attitude towards Aboriginals.

[Mike6t3]

That's the ones (or their descendants) Leman 

[Colonel Kilgore]

I have just finished Bernard Cornwell's "The Flame Bearer" (which came out about a year ago, but I waited for the paperback version published this year...).

Another cracking good read with many twists and turns. And somehow he's still got more to tell in future Uhtred instalments (although his latest book - out in mid-October - is set in Elizabethan England).

[Sean Clark]

I'm three books behind having just started the Empty Throne. I do enjoy them and Cornwell in general. Yes, its formulaic but thats the attraction. You know what you're getting! He's 73 now so not sure how many more he will do.

[Gangleader147]

Still working my way through George RR Martins Game of Thrones series having started again, and picked up a prequel too.

Some reference books for ACW and WW2.

[Sean Clark]

I'm on a historical fiction kick at the moment.

Reading Sharpes Eagle (I've never read a Sharpe book!)
Listening to Stormbird, the first Wars of the Roses book by Conn Iggulden.
Browsing 'Arras' by Peter Barton which is a fabulous coffee table book with then and now panoramic views of the battlefield.

[Leman (Andy)]

Hadrian's Wall by Hodgson. A very detailed account of recent archaeological work on the Wall. It covers the method of building, its  purpose and its effect on the lives of those who lived either side of it. Latest thing I learned from it was that the western turf wall was built first, as this was the most threatened area in the early 120s. It was also built with every intention of replacing it with stone, which was done relatively soon afterwards.

[Leslie BT]

Some books about the Ardennes and watching some bits on DVD.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Just finished "Fields of Fire", the first Vietnam novel I've read.

Written be ex-Marine (and US Senator) Jim Webb, who was himself highly decorated. It's interesting from the authentic detail woven in and an overall good read. However, having read many first-hand (true) accounts, I was conscious throughout that it was all fiction, so it lost some of its bite for me.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Santa was kind and brought Antony Beevor's book on the Ardennes. Just in time for me to read before Big Mike's gaming day at the end of January

[Sean Clark]

Excellent book as one would expect from Beevor.

[Leman (Andy)]

Haynes' guide to the 1914-18 British Tommy - a gift from my daughter and a fascinating read. I had no idea there was alternative leather equipment for the infantry as webbing was in short supply for a couple of years.

[Peterloo]

to lose a battle
about the 1940 French defeat and blitzkrieg.

having read blitzkrieg by Len Dayton I can see glaring contradictions, - how the French airforce was outnumbered when it had more aircraft than the Germans ?

Reading about the French military leaders is very frustrating. - how can people who their entire life/job is war , be so incompetent, - what do they do all day?

[alex918]

Blitzkrieg in their own words, a collection of first hand accounts of Poland and France from the German perspective. Lots of inspiration for my 2018 project which will be EW Germans.

[Leman (Andy)]

Now reading Cromwell's War Machine. Although it is mostly about the New Model Army, it does also cover the armies in the earlier part of the Civil War and troops and tactics in the Thirty Years War as well. Picked this up as a 99p sale item on my Kindle.