The best war novels that you've read
 

I'm reading this book now about how the delta force was first started and i must say, it's pretty damn interesting to say the least. The book is calledInside Delta Force. I'm just curious to know about some of the war novels ya'll have read before

i thought you were the band?

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Nah, i'd kill myself if i got banned from this site happy: . It's just that i moved from birmingham, AL to where i currently precide(sp) Marietta, Ga bc of my family having financial troubles and other small bs as well.

The best war novel I have read was all quiet on the western front. Wait, does the Chronicles of Narnia count??

Jan Guilo's "Ingenmansland" and Andy McNab's "Crisis Four".

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":1254e]Like Christ he has risen again. Praise be![/quote:1254e]

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The Cross of Iron
by:Willi Heinrich

Auschwitz a german nazi death camp

D-Day - Stephen Ambrose
38 North Yankee - Ed Ruggero

That was a good book..it was so gross where they had to cook the guy in the huge pot to take all the skin off the bone..and people started eating out of it thinking it was stew! ed:

Does it have to be WWII or nonfiction?

If not, the '....... King' trilogy(Seer, Demon, Warrior) by Chris Bunch is are a great group of medevil/adult/military/fantasy novels.

Also for non-fantasy modern military books: Anything by Larry Bond.

Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose

Band of Brothers By Steven E. Ambrose

Darby's Rangers By William O. Darby and William H. Baumer

The Terrible Hours By Peter Maas

Air Raid-Pearl Harbor! By Theodore Taylor

War novels are not really all that good compared to other fiction.

"Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson

"Band of Brothers" and "D-Day" by Stephen Ambrose (not really novels, mainly information)

"Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":1d5d5]"Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson

"Band of Brothers" and "D-Day" by Stephen Ambrose (not really novels, mainly information)

"Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden[/quote:1d5d5]

These plus, Devils Guard, The Warrior Elite, What if?, The SS : Hitler's Instrument of Terror, Soldiers of Destruction : The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945, Jochen Peiper : Battle Commander, SS Liebstandardte Adolf Hitler,l Lee's Leutanants, American Generalship: The art of command,
to many to name....officers have alot of required reading

Just got finished reading this: HIGHLY RECOMEND IT! [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966638980/ref=nosim/broughsbooks?dev-t=D2Y5TUCCVJ7DGE"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... TUCCVJ7DGE[/url]

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":13325]"Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson

"Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden[/quote:13325]

Ive read both of those novels... I think, Is Marine Sniper the story of Charles Hathcock? If so ive read it

Yes Mr. Levenstien you are correct. "Marine Sniper" was an excellent read, I really liked it.

I read "Warrior Elite" as well, it's a good book for those who want to know everything about BUD/S and beyond.

Anything by Stephen E Ambrose, namely Comrades

Slaughter House 5- Kurt Vonnegut

Black Hawk Down, no doubt

Can't believe noone has mentioned this...

Ghost Soldiers

For Whom the Bell Tolls or Catch-22

I read this book and absolutly loved it, my cross country coach/ ap english teacher/ former army ranger platoon commander told me about it. He was instructed by his senior officers to not read this book because it was what they werent suposed to...it advocated "cruel" tactics. Which meant they were all suposed to go buy the book at once and read up on how to fight and win guerilla operations. This book is so good, so correct, and so highly controversial that its not even in print anymore and they dont sell it in the states anymore....you have to buy it online.

Book title "Devils Guard"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books

I read my english teachers copy...before i go off to college im going to get myself a copy.

[quote=Eames][quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":11e15]"Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson

"Band of Brothers" and "D-Day" by Stephen Ambrose (not really novels, mainly information)

"Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden[/quote]

These plus, Devils Guard, The Warrior Elite, What if?, The SS : Hitler's Instrument of Terror, Soldiers of Destruction : The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945, Jochen Peiper : Battle Commander, SS Liebstandardte Adolf Hitler,l Lee's Leutanants, American Generalship: The art of command,
to many to name....officers have alot of required reading

Just got finished reading this: HIGHLY RECOMEND IT! [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966638980/ref=nosim/broughsbooks?dev-t=D2Y5TUCCVJ7DGE"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... TUCCVJ7DGE[/url][/quote:11e15]


i was looking at that book at barnes & noble the other day, looked pretty good but for some reason i didnt buy it. ill probably but it off amazon.com. basically whats the book about?

Holy fuck "Devils Guard" is like $100+ on amazon. I'll have to buy it over at Borders if they have it for under $20.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":d1752]Holy fuck "Devils Guard" is like $100+ on amazon. I'll have to buy it over at Borders if they have it for under $20.[/quote:d1752]

no. they wont have it. there...didnt u read my post bro? They took the book out of print and circulation...the only place that you can get it is used and off amazon.com. Unless you know someone who owns a copy.

[quote="T.Hunter":d733e][quote=Eames][quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":d733e]"Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson

"Band of Brothers" and "D-Day" by Stephen Ambrose (not really novels, mainly information)

"Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden[/quote]

These plus, Devils Guard, The Warrior Elite, What if?, The SS : Hitler's Instrument of Terror, Soldiers of Destruction : The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945, Jochen Peiper : Battle Commander, SS Liebstandardte Adolf Hitler,l Lee's Leutanants, American Generalship: The art of command,
to many to name....officers have alot of required reading

Just got finished reading this: HIGHLY RECOMEND IT! [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966638980/ref=nosim/broughsbooks?dev-t=D2Y5TUCCVJ7DGE"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... TUCCVJ7DGE[/url][/quote:d733e]


i was looking at that book at barnes & noble the other day, looked pretty good but for some reason i didnt buy it. ill probably but it off amazon.com. basically whats the book about?[/quote:d733e]

its this guys first hand account of his expierence in ww2. And unlike most memoirs that are written 50 years + after they happend, this guy wrote this while he was a pow after the war. Everything is vivid and fresh and gives an acururate portrayel of life as a soldier in the waffen ss.

Great book!

All Quiet on the Western Front.
That was a very good book.

[quote=Eames]
i was looking at that book at barnes & noble the other day, looked pretty good but for some reason i didnt buy it. ill probably but it off amazon.com. basically whats the book about?[/quote:c9fd8]

its this guys first hand account of his expierence in ww2. And unlike most memoirs that are written 50 years + after they happend, this guy wrote this while he was a pow after the war. Everything is vivid and fresh and gives an acururate portrayel of life as a soldier in the waffen ss.[/quote:c9fd8]


what division is he in? which front? is there any well known battles in the book? (last questions)

Band of Brothers, and there was also this WW1 Trilogy i read that took place in a military hospital in england, and the treatments they used on soldiers for shell shock and other disorders. It was a really intense series, but I can't think of the name, If I remember I'll post it

The Shaara trilogy, based on the Civil War

Gods and Generals - prequel to The Killer Angels
The Killer Angels
The Last Full Measure

Awesome I found it,

Regeneration
Eye In the Door
The Ghost Road

By Pat Barker

Very good read

Nam

ChickenHawk rock:
13th Valley

WW2

The Cruel Sea
Imphal, A flower on lofty heights rock:
Stalingrad, -Anthony Beevor, not really a novel though.
They Gave Me A Seafire rock:
Kamikaze
The Jungle in Arms

Napoleonic &tc
Hornblower rock:
Nelson, the essential Hero
Nelson, The Man & the Legend
Redcoats & Rebels
Afghanistan, The Savage Frontier

[quote="Neo Nazi Hitler":9da09]All Quiet on the Western Front.
That was a very good book.[/quote:9da09]

saw the movie, didnt like it

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BTW I think All Quite On The Western Front is both a good read and a good movie. I recently picked up the dvd. Check out the French sniper!