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Old 05-18-2009, 11:20 AM
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Recommendations for Hornfischer, Max Hastings and Cornelius Ryan-- I concur with all of those.

Eisenhower's lieutenants / Russell Weigley- is a nifty look at the higher commanders in WW2.

Guadalcanal / Richard B. Frank- was awesome. His later one (forget the title-- Downfall?) on the projected landings in Japan, 1945-46 was scary. The Japanese had slipped one by Magic-- there were going to be a lot more on or near the beaches than we knew.

If ya can't guess, I'm mostly a wargamer at the "operational" level.

General Kenney reports / George Kenney- is very likely a biased book, but a fun read.
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