Reading material

Can anyone recommend some decent event related reading material that may make some sense of the route & the history behind it...

I've been catching up on WW2 in colour on Discovery but it hasnt helped much

The band of brothers series is excellent!!

You'll visit several of the locations en-route!

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The longest day is a good film to watch

Band of brothers... ????
That was based in Hatfield and around here wasnt it...
Gits scared the life out of me one evening with the sound of a full artilery barrage followed by a few low flying planes.
Sounded as though the Pikeys were taking their poaching to a new level by dynamiting the Deer!

PS, Chaps - a tip for the event.... Read the question!
Sadly i will not have a TV/DVD combination in my tent during the event - although come to think of it, There is a 12v telly in the back of the lock up somewhere

Haha! Read the question, and any tasks and anything you're given on the rally, then re read it, and re read it again!!! Hahaha!

I don't do books! Buy an Ipad and take the series with you to watch

99claydond wrote:

I don't do books! Buy an Ipad and take the series with you to watch

I dont do I anything... Have hated Apple since i was forced to use them in college back in the 80's

Books are the future. Shockproof, cordless, no batteries reqd. easy to use bookmark feature - you mark my words, they'll be back in a few years

Mark Avo wrote:

99claydond wrote:

I don't do books! Buy an Ipad and take the series with you to watch

I dont do I anything... Have hated Apple since i was forced to use them in college back in the 80's

Books are the future. Shockproof, cordless, no batteries reqd. easy to use bookmark feature - you mark my words, they'll be back in a few years

Oh i'd be lost without my "I" collection - ipad and iphone is what keeps me organised! hahaha! even got my dad to buy an ipad and he loves it

evo4x4 wrote:

These might be useful;

• ‘D-Day’ The Normandy landings in the words of those who took part - Edited by Jon E Lewis. ISBN: 798-1-84901-579-0
  
• ‘Pegasus Bridge’ D-Day: the daring British Airborne Raid - By Stephen E Ambrose. ISBN: 978-1-84739-762-1
  
• ‘The Battle for the Rhine 1944’ Arnhem and the Ardennes; The Campaign in Europe - By Robin Neillands. ISBN 978-1-40722-127-4
  
• ‘Band of Brothers’ - By Stephen E Ambrose. ISBN: 978-0-7434-2990-0
  
• ‘Fighting Them on the Beaches’ The D-Day Landings June 6 1944 - By Nigel Cawthorne. ISBN: 1-84193-113-6
  

As helpful as ever - our organisers never cease to amaze

Mark Avo wrote:

Band of brothers... ????.................

101st Airbourne

I'm reading this, in case Nick brings it on the rally

Mark Avo wrote:

Can anyone recommend some decent event related reading material that may make some sense of the route & the history behind it...

I've been catching up on WW2 in colour on Discovery but it hasnt helped much

Grab yourself a copy of the Band of Brothers CD set and a laptop. A good few hours of great viewing, also try A Bridge to Far.

The Band of Brothers book is a good read. Pretty close to the series.

richie wrote:

I'm reading this, in case Nick brings it on the rally

Think it's the reapir manual you'll need

Right, I'm off down the bookshop with the list....

They didnt have band of brothers but they did have beyond band of brothets by some bloke called dick winters...

As a Marshall, for a very heavy consideration of plus points, I can bring my box set of Band of Brothers for you to watch Mark

Good I might borrow them if I need some light reading

Light or night time viewing?????

Actually, anybody got a projector that connects to a laptop, we could run a nightly show

landie68rover wrote:

Actually, anybody got a projector that connects to a laptop, we could run a nightly show

Nightly show of what..........

landie68rover wrote:

Actually, anybody got a projector that connects to a laptop, we could run a nightly show

Tim will doing that anyway. Relevant episode or 2 each night.

Your caring etc etc organisers already have this in hand. There will be nightly viewings of the relevant BoB episode.

evo4x4 wrote:

Your caring etc etc organisers already have this in hand. There will be nightly viewings of the relevant BoB episode.

Keith , can you let Evan see the whole film first, cos last year he wanted to know every thing, then wanted to kill some Germans !!

Ha - Yep I remember that; and just before we entered Germany.

Mark - Dick Winters' own book that you mention, Beyond the BoB, is also a good read; and worthwhile.