tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post6247416513054789265..comments2024-03-26T13:13:14.841+00:00Comments on The Angry Lurker: Armageddon by Max Hastings or the book that upset a Reject.The Angry Lurkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-29581850593983015062011-06-16T14:19:41.094+01:002011-06-16T14:19:41.094+01:00wow this book actually sounds very interesting! If...wow this book actually sounds very interesting! If I ever take the time, I will be sure to read it! :Delexerdelexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040037606525075693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-88607609690951601192011-06-15T16:31:33.348+01:002011-06-15T16:31:33.348+01:00Hi! I want to say you that there is a Stylish Blog...Hi! I want to say you that there is a Stylish Blogger Award for you here: http://www.massimomoscarelli.it/leadaddicted/?p=1135<br />Thanks for your blog that I follow in every post : )leadaddictedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057487321031418687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-12736732251427259582011-06-15T09:11:49.195+01:002011-06-15T09:11:49.195+01:00yeah, i have learned to never loan books, they jus...yeah, i have learned to never loan books, they just never find their way back.Malkavianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768062794497729767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-68917196273990415832011-06-15T08:55:48.751+01:002011-06-15T08:55:48.751+01:00He burnt your book? That's radical...He burnt your book? That's radical...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-82148543112134184212011-06-15T08:37:34.412+01:002011-06-15T08:37:34.412+01:00Great to see a book review once in a whileGreat to see a book review once in a whileSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744639456835578212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-61086336453233600092011-06-15T08:27:43.316+01:002011-06-15T08:27:43.316+01:00I'd be very interested in reading this one! Mo...I'd be very interested in reading this one! Most of the history we learned in the States pretty much painted Patton as a flawless strategist who had no weaknesses other than slapping his troops around. Interesting to hear how the war in Europe could have ended in 44 too. I doubt the conditions were the same in the Pacific though.Aaron M. Gipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387811575258701038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-24553563049959664382011-06-15T07:23:22.295+01:002011-06-15T07:23:22.295+01:00nice dude!!!!nice dude!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234424332709790019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-72663772440934124562011-06-15T05:46:19.304+01:002011-06-15T05:46:19.304+01:00Max Hastings is a reasonable military historian bu...Max Hastings is a reasonable military historian but he can be somewhat sloppy with his basic facts. Take for instance in Armageddon he gets the date of the American capture of the bridge at Remagen wrong!! It is school boy type error but one that blights Hastings' books. His book on Normandy is very good but again he shows he doesn't delve deep enough research wise. In one part he states the 12th SS for example was down to the srength of 300 men!! This is blatantly incorrect as Niklas Zetterling in his brilliant statistical analysis Normandy '44 shows. The documents Hastings is basing his arguments on are in fact orders for 300 men of the divion in regards to a certain movement and nothing to do with the actual strength of the divion. How he could publish this is beyond me because the division after Falaise crossed the Seine with a strength of approx 12,000 men according to Hubert Meyer the divisions chief of staff. He wrote the divional history in 1994 which was published by JJ Fedorowicz in Canada.<br /> Max Hastings is worth reading but his facts must be taken with a grain of salt unfortuantely as he can be somewhat lazy in his research. But overall his arguments are very sound. Bomber Command I think is his best work and I highly recommend it!! <br />Sorry, hope I'm not appearing patronising with this comment!BRENThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953231992674091002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-48923403294789084972011-06-15T03:31:05.710+01:002011-06-15T03:31:05.710+01:00Well Ian's all right otherwise isn't he, s...Well Ian's all right otherwise isn't he, so he is just signalling what his depth is, and he is not comfortable beyond that depth. That explains the strange non-answers, and wishing you'd just stop asking about it. <br /><br />What happened is called growing pains, and most people never do grow past that point, and maybe he never will. It's normal for most people.<br /><br /> These books are just for some people who need better answers. Whatever you do, don't let him borrow the John Mosier books on WW1 or WW2. He is not old enough for those, and may never be.mekelnborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269195057608159822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-7636159998016484322011-06-15T03:26:40.868+01:002011-06-15T03:26:40.868+01:00nice synopsis, ill check it outnice synopsis, ill check it outedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257653333271259761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-71179170097942305322011-06-15T03:23:58.919+01:002011-06-15T03:23:58.919+01:00I will have to check this book out. I like books ...I will have to check this book out. I like books that go against the grain of conventional thinking and have some substance to back it up.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829654530839299051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-66911501131987033542011-06-15T00:13:44.547+01:002011-06-15T00:13:44.547+01:00This book looks like its worth a read actually, mi...This book looks like its worth a read actually, might have to pick it up.Breakingbrokershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247505649311570441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-64713356315770119062011-06-14T23:04:05.135+01:002011-06-14T23:04:05.135+01:00If I ever get me head above the stack of books I&#...If I ever get me head above the stack of books I'm reading I'll check this one out as I enjoy perspectives. Bad form if your friend did as you suggested he might have as it's not his property to dispense.<br /><br />ChristopherChristopher(aka Axebreaker)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13205928451375232865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-90794990939864271612011-06-14T23:03:15.404+01:002011-06-14T23:03:15.404+01:00I love these kind of books!Sounds worth checking t...I love these kind of books!Sounds worth checking this one out if i go to the library soon!LinksZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085006646623269844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-20167748418548504652011-06-14T22:44:37.430+01:002011-06-14T22:44:37.430+01:00@Gnotta: The italian campaign is hardly mentioned ...@Gnotta: The italian campaign is hardly mentioned in the book which is quite bad.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-30942530669092766742011-06-14T22:35:51.763+01:002011-06-14T22:35:51.763+01:00I don't understand why some people are so rese...I don't understand why some people are so resentful to criticism. The Allied forces in the war were HARDLY perfect, and calling them on their mistakes is not at all an insult.Max Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780327947508044771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-38405857378453033342011-06-14T21:44:54.810+01:002011-06-14T21:44:54.810+01:00Not into military books but this book looks intere...Not into military books but this book looks interesting so I'll check it out sometime :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-37169207241429849492011-06-14T21:18:22.020+01:002011-06-14T21:18:22.020+01:00I like the military books. Definitely offer a diff...I like the military books. Definitely offer a different life perspective. Kinda weird that a military book is MIA.Copyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339752422561039109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-40709283539419912032011-06-14T20:43:02.222+01:002011-06-14T20:43:02.222+01:00Isn't that *Sir* Max Hastings? Heh, my go-to W...Isn't that *Sir* Max Hastings? Heh, my go-to WWII book, the collected edition of Osprey's World in Flames series had him write the foreward.DocStouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239520630901083975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-56059280248686474972011-06-14T20:26:34.875+01:002011-06-14T20:26:34.875+01:00Sounds like a very interesting book. If only I had...Sounds like a very interesting book. If only I had the time to sit down and read one......kingsleyparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161045327971275146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-61505481582280025982011-06-14T20:12:24.708+01:002011-06-14T20:12:24.708+01:00I'm a great reader of history books and I love...I'm a great reader of history books and I love them, but tell your friend Ian that he must try to read ANY english written military book about WWII as an Italian and only THEN he will be allowed to be "upset" ;) ... It's not easy to go in a war that you don't want (only your leader wants it), with utterly ineffective equipments and vehicles... Everything written in the post war is almost esclusively from American or british sources. If your consider that for nearly 60 years, the "political situation" left in my country teached us that only the "liberation war" from '43 to 45 really counted, it looks like we didn't really made the '40 and '43 part of the war...<br />My 2 grandpas fought in that war (one was a radio operator on SM79 torpedo bombers, the other was an infantry soldier) they both nearly get shot by germans after the armistice of sept 8th '43 just because they were italians and at wrong place at the wrong moment and one was sent to dachau, One of my girlfriend uncles was in Cefalonia....<br />History is seldom as it's written, especially by the winners... As Quetopia said, the best thing to do is to speak to who saw those years, unfortunately, harder everyday...<br />Sorry if I hijacked your comments, just wanted to give you a different opinion....<br />Cheers<br />FabioGnotta'https://www.blogger.com/profile/09014358275137751458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-55127867488233260012011-06-14T20:00:10.886+01:002011-06-14T20:00:10.886+01:00anything that involves wwII is amazing!anything that involves wwII is amazing!Kicking Rockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971083701294832621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-82915564985335805142011-06-14T19:50:51.126+01:002011-06-14T19:50:51.126+01:00That's a sharp summary. I hope Ian takes the h...That's a sharp summary. I hope Ian takes the hint.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-75651375730150148922011-06-14T19:43:32.200+01:002011-06-14T19:43:32.200+01:00That is why I do not let people borrow my shit. Yo...That is why I do not let people borrow my shit. You never know if you will see it againMrs. Picklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00965905639937505080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581073256021644369.post-19020882088196135702011-06-14T19:43:30.154+01:002011-06-14T19:43:30.154+01:00Love old war book with maps and battle plans!Love old war book with maps and battle plans!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com