Real Great Idea
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What is the best book you ever read, about World War II, or the Halocaust?
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Best War Book
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Fantasy Moon
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Most of the books that I have read have been your general history texts.
However, one novel does come to mind even though it doesn't technically occur during the war. Fatherland by Robert Harris takes place about twenty years after the end of the war and shows what the world might have been like if Germany had won WWII. I found it to be an enjoyable read. Originally I had seen the movie first, but the book is good too. I remember when I read it, my dad had taken me to a small festival to wait on the performance later that afternoon. I spent most of my time there reading that book while I was awaiting the entertainment we went to see. I actually finished it too. I can't help myself, but I love the ending. I wish the movie had kept it. A few years ago I found a hardcover copy in a library book sale; I think it was going for 25 cents. Mine!
However, one novel does come to mind even though it doesn't technically occur during the war. Fatherland by Robert Harris takes place about twenty years after the end of the war and shows what the world might have been like if Germany had won WWII. I found it to be an enjoyable read. Originally I had seen the movie first, but the book is good too. I remember when I read it, my dad had taken me to a small festival to wait on the performance later that afternoon. I spent most of my time there reading that book while I was awaiting the entertainment we went to see. I actually finished it too. I can't help myself, but I love the ending. I wish the movie had kept it. A few years ago I found a hardcover copy in a library book sale; I think it was going for 25 cents. Mine!
Miss Shelf
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I liked Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris; A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute; The Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk; A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. I've read a lot of books about WWII but that was a while back, can't remember them all, these were the ones that came to mind.
jaynebosco
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Although I haven't read any books that I can give a decent assessment on for WWII (read Schindler's List and Diary of Anne Frank, but quite sometime ago) 
, I have read "All quiet on the Western Front" twice and thought it was excellent. Now I just have read it for the heck of it and really give a decent read through.
, I have read "All quiet on the Western Front" twice and thought it was excellent. Now I just have read it for the heck of it and really give a decent read through.
Miss Shelf
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wasn't "All Quiet on the Western Front" about WWI?
SFG75
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The Unlikeliest Hero is a book that I want to read concerning WWII. It has made the news as of late with the passing of a great soldier.
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Okinawa was one intense battle. The island is very rocky and intensely fought for by the Japanese occupiers. The Marine Corps definitely didn't have a "soft landing" in any sense of the word.
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Okinawa was one intense battle. The island is very rocky and intensely fought for by the Japanese occupiers. The Marine Corps definitely didn't have a "soft landing" in any sense of the word.
Hmmm...books about world war 2. Can only remember that I've read Diary of Anne Frank at school. Think it's a good read if you're young and wanna read about how it was to be a teenageer during world war 2. It's a bit to "easy" for grown up I think.
I've been to Auswitch, Birkenau, Sachenhausen and Ravensbrück. It maid a huge inpact on me. Of'course we had been reading alot about world war 2 at school, but it was hard to imagine for pupils who lives in one of the safest countries to live in in 2006. It was so strange to walk around in the camps. You felt a spesial atmosphere, it was ice cold even it was sunny and a strange silence. We must never forget this part of the history. If we forget, it will happend again.
I've been to Auswitch, Birkenau, Sachenhausen and Ravensbrück. It maid a huge inpact on me. Of'course we had been reading alot about world war 2 at school, but it was hard to imagine for pupils who lives in one of the safest countries to live in in 2006. It was so strange to walk around in the camps. You felt a spesial atmosphere, it was ice cold even it was sunny and a strange silence. We must never forget this part of the history. If we forget, it will happend again.