Posted on 07/19/2020 6:34:40 PM PDT by LS
It’s not strange. Read David irving.
Strange times
Thanks. VDH must be stretched pretty thin these days.
People have odd memories about reality, my grandfather was in Burma’s building the lede road to china and my mom and brother think he was sipping mainly tais I the Philippines
Ledo
We are living in strange times, which ain’t odd at all
I’m in the middle of reading the book and it is probably the best book on WW II that I’ve read. It is a superb book. VDH puts it all together like no one else.
Thanks for the ping.
Despite the defects, did the book offer any valuable insights?
VDH says that an average of 27,000 died each day during the war. That includes civilians.
I feel for all the souls who’s story’s will never be told
It’s the very best.
Amazing the bastards in africa ever got a mention, I had th pleasure of that dance in Libya
My Dad was also in The CBI Theater of War.
Thank you for the review, Larry! My wife and I are big fans of his (she took his military history class at Fresno State) and I look forward to reading this book soon.
I will agree with you that the book was too long. However, I thoroughly enjoyed it and have recommended it to many people and discussed it here on FR numerous times.
I liked the approach to looking at the war a bit differently that VDH took. The economics, manufacturing base, and other demographic factors for the Allies have not been given enough attention by historians who tend to focus more on personalities and “Generals” or specific battles.
You could write 100 volumes on WWII and still not cover it all.
Vinegar Joe stillwell got no glory
Despite the defects, did the book offer any valuable insights?
It is long. However, as a WWII history nerd of the first order I think in many ways it was the best book I have read om the subject because VDH tends to focus on the strategic things that are not typically discussed by others. It definitely makes you think and in a sense it is very relevant today (as history should be).
“Vinegar Joe stillwell got no glory”
That’s right. Neither did British General Slim. Slim was probably the most unappreciated general of the war and the very best British General.
An forgotten part of the war
It was all Europe and the Pacific according to the history book’s
“It is long. However, as a WWII history nerd of the first order I think in many ways it was the best book I have read om the subject because VDH tends to focus on the strategic things that are not typically discussed by others. It definitely makes you think and in a sense it is very relevant today (as history should be)”.
As another WW II history nerd, I agree with you.
VDH puts it all together extremely well. My understanding of the war is so much better.
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