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Tim Haslam
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November 18, 2019, 01:43:19 PM »
I’ve finished reading all Simon Scarrows novels on Ancient Rome with Macro and Cato the centurions. This is the third time I’ve read them all, love ‘em.
Got me wondering is there any similar gung ho type of semi historical WWII novels around?
Nothing too serious, but keeping to the historical background enough to keep it real.
Thanks in advance.
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frank xerox
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 02:07:24 PM »
Cant think of any except for the likes of Guns of Navarone, Cross of Iron that kind of thing.
A search through your Amazon "recommended for you" list might turn something up.
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Digits
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November 18, 2019, 02:24:01 PM »
I used to enjoy the Leo Kessler books.
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Danger Close Miniatures
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November 18, 2019, 02:33:22 PM »
Coward at the bridge
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5388226/Who-is-Lieutenant-Dick-Coward-of-Coward-at-the-Bridge.html
I really enjoyed it, think there's a D Day one as well.
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redzed
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November 18, 2019, 02:50:42 PM »
The master himself, Sven Hassel. Might be true, might not (Father Christmas vouches for him) but enjoyable none the less
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November 18, 2019, 03:41:18 PM »
I'd say Sven Hassel.I had to read a couple for a Wargames Illustrated commission .
Not strictly pc these day's but a reasonable read(mind you I read books like Captain Stairlight and the Eather flyer, and When world's collide. Just to get a period feel for my Pulp stuff..)
Infact they provided a little risky for release compaired to the Laurence of Arabia motorcycle figure I did.
I'm quite intrigued my self as to wether there's a decent contemporary book series .As most on topic books these days tend to deal with trials and tribulations of those caught up by conflict .
I suppose you could always just pick up the Commando comic for some inspiration.
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Tim Haslam
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 06:31:48 PM »
Sven Hassel! Now there is a blast from the past.
I’m sure I read his stuff way back in the non politically correct days.
Plus, I’m going to seem dumb here, but I never knew that The Guns of Navarone was an actual book
Seen the film a bazillion times though!
A good list. Thanks chaps.
Off to bag some bad guys now!
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Ewan
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 06:37:49 PM »
I enjoyed the Jack Tanner series of novels by James Holland
The Odin Mission: A Jack Tanner Adventure
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0552157368/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_RsU0DbGJ81AKZ
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November 18, 2019, 06:38:53 PM »
I see I've just been pre-empted, but I hate to waste time-consuming research.
The historian James Holland has - as you now know - written a series of novels about a British sergeant called Jack Tanner. The first is
The Odin Mission
, which is set in Norway in 1940.
SPOILER ALERT
Tanner survives the Norway débâcle to survive the Dunkirk débâcle, the Crete débâcle, and better fortunes in North Africa and Sicily. Future plans unknown, but I suspect the beaches of Normandy beckon. Tanner somehow sits out the Battle of Britain, but never fear, a young Spitfire pilot called Archie is the hero of
Duty Calls: Battle of Britain
. That one's published by Puffin, so is presumably aimed at younger readers.
I now have to confess that I haven't read any of them, but note that one Amazon review of a Tanner book states "Holland blends his historical knowledge and expertise with the joyful exuberance of the old Commando comics", which sounds like the kind of thing you're looking for.
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has.been
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 07:02:41 PM »
Sven, yes, but going even further back (though still available in WH Smiths)
the Commando (A5 size) comic books. I used to love them before I ever
even heard of Wargames.
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Andrew_McGuire
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 07:29:03 PM »
How about
Bolt Action
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Tim Haslam
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November 18, 2019, 09:39:30 PM »
Very funny, yes I play bolt action.
But at least I have a smile on my face!
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Danger Close Miniatures
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 10:27:28 PM »
Just had a look and here's the D Day one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coward-Beach-Dick-1/dp/0747592748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=95A3GTXPMA1S&keywords=coward+on+the+beach&qid=1574115906&sprefix=Coward%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1
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Harry Faversham
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 18, 2019, 10:40:21 PM »
The Dick Coward books are funny and very good. Regarding films and books, just read 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'...
thought provoking and vastly different from the film.
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Vanth
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Re: Suggestions please....
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November 19, 2019, 10:11:22 AM »
Quote from: Andrew_McGuire on November 18, 2019, 07:29:03 PM
How about
Bolt Action
?
Nah, too fantasy. He said he wanted some plausible historical background
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