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Recommended WW2 books

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  Posted by curiousdigger (U13776378) on Saturday, 10th January 2009

  Hi everyone I'm new to these message boards and was wondering if anyone can recommend some good books about the war in the Far East/ North Africa? I've read a fair bit on the European side (currently reading Speer's memoirs) but am a bit hazy on other areas during WW2.

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  Posted by RedGuzzi750 (U7604797) on Saturday, 10th January 2009

  Far East - "A tenth of an Elephant" or something like that - a mate read it, and discussed it with his father who was in the Burma campaign, and said it was brilliant.

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  Posted by LongWeekend (U3023428) on Saturday, 10th January 2009

  South East Asia:
  
  "Quartered Safe Out Here" George MacDonald Fraser (the Flashman author). Memoir of his time as a L/Cpl in the Border Regiment. One of the best war memoirs written.
  
  "The Unforgettable Army: XIVth Army" Michael Hickey
  General history of the Burma campaign, very good on the way the British and Indian Army operated.
  
  "The Longest War: Burma 1941-1945" Louis Allen. Allen was an intelligence officer in Burma and is particularly good on the Japanese side of things.
  
  North Africa:
  
  "Dillemmas of the Desert War" Michael Carver. Carver was a staff officer in 7th Armd Div and XXX Corps throughout. Very good on the senior decision making and logistics.
  
  The Barrie Pitt "Crucible of War" trilogy is also good.

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