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Vern and I talked about this forum a few minutes ago and decided to change the name to broaden the scope of the posts. All media is now fair game as long as it's tied to our hobby.

- Not only are there reference books out there but a lot of good fiction and non-fiction books about WWI and WWII.

- There are quite a few websites that focus on the period of history that generated the relics we collect.

- Movies too. What is your favorite? The Dirty Dozen? Band of Brothers? Memphis Belle?

Let us know.

Dave & Vern

favorite WW2 movies, in no particular order...

Castle Keep
Guns of Navarone
Force 10 from Navarone
Kellys Heroes
Von Ryans Express
Come and See
Shindlers List
Pianist
The Great Escape
Odessa Files
Days of Glory
Dirty Dozen
The Grey Zone
Miracle at Saint Anna
Boys From Brazil

sure I forgot a few,,and IF you've never seen one of these your really missing something!

Navarone/Kellys Heroes/Dirty Dozen ect are classics, goes without saying. I just can't bring myself to watch them anymore, the plots are so ludicrous & unrealistic. Maybe once a decade is about all I could stand.
I like:
* Hell in the Pacific - Odd movie starring Lee Marvin, and only 1 other guy. 2 warrior enemies trapped on the same island, will they tear each other to shreds, or learn to get along for common good ?
* None but the brave - Frank Sinatra isn't the first name I'd rattle off when it comes to war movies, but this one is truly good. Oddly, same concept as the above, only more people.
Can't think of many European based movies I like. "Blue Max" comes to mind.

I remember one I saw as a kid and have never seen it since, I think it was a made for TV movie.
This P-40 is on a strafing run in the desert, and is shot down by a German tank. Unable to take to the skies, it can still taxi & shoot ... And this German tank chases the grounded aircraft around the desert.
Don't recall how it ended ,,, I was riveted by that movie as a kid, I'd like to see my reaction to it now.

FAV BOOKS:

"The Man in the High Castle" - Philip K. Dick 1962 (alternative reality fiction).

"Cryptonomicon" - Neal Stephenson (fiction)

"The Gestapo: A History of Horror" - Jacques Delarue

"Mother Night" & "Slaughterhouse Five" - Kurt Vonnegut (fiction)

"The Mind of Adolf Hitler" - Walter Langer 1972

"The Illustrated History of the Third Reich" - John Bradley

"Edged Weapons of Hitler's Germany" - Robin Lumsden 2001