I thought this may be an interesting little thread. It seems to me that Waterloo is the battle for which most people will have more than one book. I have 12. The next are D-Day (11) and Arnhem (6).

Any other battles that attract so much attention?

I knows a good idea when I see it - FSN

Sedan/Gravelotte/Sain-Privat/Mars-La-Tours
Followed by waterloo and my Grandad's collection on Trafalger.

The Somme and even more so the first day.

Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 December 2014, 10:56:04 AM
Sedan/Gravelotte/Sain-Privat/Mars-La-Tours
Followed by waterloo and my Grandad's collection on Trafalger.

Why is  Mars-La-Tours in red?

Coz it's cool! 

No books on particular battles spring to mind though the majority of the military books I own would be on WW1

Waterloo.

Yet I only have 2 books. But, if I may expand the question, I have read who knows how many, both fact and fiction. I used to have others and a Board Game. I still have Dr Peter Turcan's computer game(?) on Waterloo (and Austerlitz) for the Amiga.

Having read so many, I have been unable to raise any enthusiasm to acquire Bernard Cornwell's new book on the subject (sorry, Bernard, but I'm slightly sceptical that you will bring anything new to the table). Probably because I've read so many versions, and I needed a different perspective, my current favourite on the battle is Mark Adkin's Waterloo Companion. Another great thrill was visiting the battlefield itself. 

Mars la Tour, Koniggratz and Gettysburg.

Arnhem / Market Garden - by a long way, like Westmarcher I have games as well as books.

Second is probably Normandy - though that is a whole campaign rather than a single battle. But many of the books are very D-Day centric.

Quote from: Westmarcher on 23 December 2014, 12:28:51 PM
Yet I only have 2 books.

Sorry. Does not compute. 

I'm not a big one for histories per se. I do, however like the front line memoirs of battles. I prefer books on the organisation, tactics, weaponry and uniforms. von Pivks'a "Armies of the Napoleonic Wars" and Rothenbergs "Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon" being two of my Napoleonic favourites. This is one of the reason I hate commercial wargames rules. A battallion is not 12 stands, it is 600 cold, scared and hungry men. 

Quote from: Westmarcher on 23 December 2014, 12:28:51 PM
Yet I only have 2 books.

Nope. Still don't get it.   

Quote from: fsn on 23 December 2014, 02:01:44 PM
Nope. Still don't get it.   

Maybe you've met your Waterloo ...   

[TWO books on Waterloo. Deux, zwie, dos, due, dha, twee, twa.....  ]

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I used to have a book on Pearl Harbor. Will this do instead?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcSMaNlcDPs

Tanks and wwII in general

No particular battles though, but i have a few on market garden so maybe that counts 

Arnhem probably pips Waterloo for me but it's a close run thing