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Terry37
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Re: What are you currently reading ?
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Reply #3135 on:
12 October 2019, 05:05:02 PM »
Am well into "Operation Zhukov", and am really enjoying it. Not limited to just Germany and Russia, but involves all of Nato. If modern war is of interest, this is a good read, along the lines of Team Yankee, and blends nicely the big picture with the detail (this latter primarily from the British viewpoint so far).
Terry
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kipt
Major
Posts: 639
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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Reply #3136 on:
17 October 2019, 04:38:57 AM »
Finished "The Lessons of History" by Michael Howard. Great writer and these essays were mainly written when he was the Regius Chair of Modern History at Oxford.
Some of his chapters are:
Prussia in European History
The Edwardian Arms Race
Men Against Fire: The Doctrine of the Offensive in 1914
1945 - End of an Era?
War and Social Change
Military Experience in European Literature
What he says in several of the essays is very relevant now, particularly for our current President - too bad he won't read.
Any way, good book.
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kipt
Major
Posts: 639
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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20 October 2019, 01:29:50 AM »
Finished "Admirals in Collision" by Richard Hough (of British Battleships fame).
During Victorian times there was a collision between the
HMS Victoria
and the
HMS Camperdown
as thry were going to tie up in Tripoli. Admiral Tryon was commander in the Med in the
Victoria
and Admiral Markham was his second in the
Camperdown
. Tryon was big and bluff but very competent, even brilliant. Markham was reserved and competent, but not brilliant.
The accident occurred when the
Victoria
, leading the starboard column, signaled an unusual order for the two columns to turn 16 points (180 degrees) towards each other. Markham was leading the port column. The problem was the columns were only 6 cables apart (a cable is approximately 200 yards) and the turning radius of the battleships was a minimum of 4 cables. The
Camperdown
cut into the starboard bow of the
Victoria
which immediately took on water. Both ships had tried to reverse, but too late. When the
Camperdown
did pull back it caused more water to enter and in a short time the
Victoria
capsized and went down - with Admiral Tryon.
Besides the subsequent court-martial (the second half of the book), there was world wide speculation on Tryon's order as well as the capsizing and sinking of a modern British battleship. Tryon had been heard by his flag lieutenant to have said "it is all my fault" but whether it was to the order or to expect Markham to know what to do (the port column could have been outside of the starboard column if Markham had not turned so sharply).
However, the only fault found by the court-martial was in Tryon's order. Markham was not found guilty (important to obey your commander) but the navy quietly set him aside, for which he was forever bitter. As a matter of interest, John Jellicoe, was on the
Victoria
as a Commander. He was sick at the time (Malta fever), but obviously was able to escape the sinking ship.
A quick read and very interesting.
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Westmarcher
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Sir Oik of Westmarch
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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22 October 2019, 11:17:09 PM »
Reminds me of .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elRWXMZ_A0g
p.s. Seriously, an interesting, albeit tragic, story.
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Westmarcher
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Sir Oik of Westmarch
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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22 October 2019, 11:18:18 PM »
Recently finished reading “Achtung Schweinhund!” (or Aching Swine Hound as my auto correct would prefer) by Harry Pearson. Born in 1961, Pearson is a sports journalist, author and one of us, growing up playing with toy soldiers and still doing so. This book is a humorous tale of obsession with comics, glue and plastic kits, Airfix figures, metals and Action Men (GI Joe), etc., interspersed with humour and fascinating snippets regarding the history and aspects of our hobby in general. If you are looking for a light read, humour, nostalgia and more than a modicum of shared experience, I thoroughly recommend you get a hold of this one. Thanks Steve (Holmes) for lending me it.
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Ithoriel
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Re: What are you currently reading ?
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Reply #3140 on:
23 October 2019, 01:47:48 AM »
I'll second "Achtung Schweinhund!"
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fsn
General
Posts: 9569
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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Reply #3141 on:
23 October 2019, 07:51:27 AM »
Thirded.
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Ithoriel
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Re: What are you currently reading ?
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31 October 2019, 05:56:48 PM »
I'd also recommend "Wiffle LeverTo Full" by Bob Fischer to those who liked "Achtung Schweinhund!"
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kipt
Major
Posts: 639
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01 November 2019, 03:44:58 PM »
Finished volume 2 of "Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War; 1904 - 1905" by Julian S Corbett.
This includes Tsushima; what a disorganized battle that was. Ships all over the place, multiple destroyer and torpedo boat attacks at night (maybe 3 hits out of 87 or so launches), collisions on both sides. Almost a free for all.
The book also includes the prior Chinese-Japanese naval war, but not in great detail. As all of Corbett's writing, an enjoyable read.
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kipt
Major
Posts: 639
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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07 November 2019, 06:18:39 PM »
Finished "Wars And Soldiers In The Early Reign of Louis XIV: Volume 1 - The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660-1687" by Bruno Mugnai, a Helion book.
I wanted to learn more about this (these) army. I did but the book jumps about a bit so it was confusing to me - probably as I didn't have much history with the period. Some labored sentences and bad proofing but a lot of information and good illustrations.
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Steve J
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Posts: 9036
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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Reply #3145 on:
07 November 2019, 07:07:50 PM »
War Game Campaigns by Featherstone. A very enjoyable read with some great ideas that I hope to use in the future.
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paulr
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Re: What are you currently reading ?
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Reply #3146 on:
07 November 2019, 10:18:54 PM »
Japanese ‘offical’ history of “ The operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal” translated into English by the Dutch Liden university
A fascinating view from ‘the other side of the hill’, lots of detail but a very fragmented style
It can be downloaded here
https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/65910
Thanks Pierre the Shy, a really great find, I’m on page 280 of 785
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Re: What are you currently reading ?
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08 November 2019, 06:36:58 PM »
Quote from: Steve J on 07 November 2019, 07:07:50 PM
War Game Campaigns by Featherstone. A very enjoyable read with some great ideas that I hope to use in the future.
Good man!
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Lord Oik of Runcorn
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kipt
Major
Posts: 639
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18 November 2019, 04:31:06 PM »
Finished "U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman with ship plans by A.D. Baker III.
As it says, a design history, so very technical. But I'm an engineer so enjoyed it. I did not know that some carriers had catapults on the hanger deck, although I didn't get a sense of how often they were used. I also didn't know that carriers could steam backwards at 20 knots so planes could land over the bow. The bow also had arrestor wires so this could be done. This was not used after 1943 and may have stopped before then.
The book was published in 1983 so no carriers after that date. Several interesting appendices: Catapults, Arresting Gear, Magazine Loads. The discussion about trade-offs between air group size, armor, speed, fuel capacity, length (speed and takeoff distance) vs width (going through the Panama Canal and storage) is interesting.
Not a war history, other than how lessons learned from combat were applied. It goes through the different classes of the US carriers and does talk about lessons learned from the British experience.
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Matt J
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Posts: 1537
...nana?
Re: What are you currently reading ?
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18 November 2019, 04:55:12 PM »
Talking of carriers, was surprised when watching a documentary on our new one, HMS Queen Elizabeth, that the F-35 could not land with a full weapon payload so any weapons not used on mission would have needed to be jettisoned into the sea beforehand, £100,000's of ordinance heading for the sea bed!
Took some test pilots to work out how to do it, would have been a major oversight if not possible!
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