Stalingrad - Antony Beevor
One of my fav books, Berlin and D-Day by him I didn't enjoy so much. I went to the book fair at TSB this year and stocked up on new (old) books. Picked up some cracking war books written in the 60s and 70s.
I love reading books written on the same part of the war but written at different times, interesting the extra information in books written today that has obviously been de-classified or recently discovered compared to the more personal insights that are fresher in peoples minds.
Speaking of which I picked a fantastic memoir recently called Up the Blue by Roger Smith, a Kiwi who served in Nth Africa and Italy. Written quite soon after the war so it's full of very vivid, detailed description, especially about his time in the hell of Monte Cassino. I've read other books about NZers at war but this more than any other one left me in awe of the men who fought and died for this country.
