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UnterseeBoogeyMan · 12-01-09, 10:49 PM

These aren't new books but are well-written. I didnt see these in the Books section, so I mention them. Maybe they will get your juices flowing.

Memoirs Ten Years and Twenty Days by Karl Doenitz. He had a highly detailed memory of his years of the sub campaign during the war and insights into his time as Hitler's successor. He has his own point of view on events and issues outside of the Atlantic war, you take with a grain of salt, but makes for good reading.

Combined Fleet Decoded by John Prados

Code making and code breaking in the Pacific. He really makes the case that code breaking may have won the war and shaved a few years off it. Example - had Japanese Intell been better Leyte Gulf would have gone differently. A side note about John Prados - he designed the Avalon Hill game, Rise and Decline of the Third Reich.

If you dont do a review on these, they make for good reading.

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UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	These aren't new books but are well-written. I didnt see these in the Books section, so I mention them. Maybe they will get your juices flowing. Memoirs Ten Years and Twenty Days by Karl Doenitz. He had a highly detailed memory of his years of the sub campaign during the war and insights into his time as Hitler's successor. He has his own point of view on events and issues outside of the Atlantic war, you take with a grain of salt, but makes for good reading. Combined Fleet Decoded by John Prados Code making and code breaking in the Pacific. He really makes the case that code breaking may have won the war and shaved a few years off it. Example - had Japanese Intell been better Leyte Gulf would have gone differently. A side note about John Prados - he designed the Avalon Hill game, Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. If you dont do a review on these, they make for good reading.