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Dipanjan wrote: "Lesser known wars of ww2
Participation of Romania Bulgaria Hungary or Finland
Biographies of ww2 generals"

second that.

OK, the 2024 theme read subjects are as follows:

Feb. - The interwar years (any country) and/or the rise of the war leaders
April - Eastern Front Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
June - D-Day and/or Normandy Camp.
Aug. - Italian Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
Oct. - Biography of WW2 personality
Dec. - Pacific Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)

Now within these theme's the subject you choose to read about can encompass social issues, battles, weapons or people/countries, anything really, as long as it fits in within the overall theme title, i.e.; Eastern Front.

Does anyone have and issues or questions in regard to the forthcoming themes?

Thank you, Aussie Rick! Looking forward to these.

Good list AR.

good list. Thank u.

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "OK, the 2024 theme read subjects are as follows:

Feb. - The interwar years (any country) and/or the rise of the war leaders
April - Eastern Front Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
June - D-D..."

Good list.

My pleasure :)

February's and April's theme sounds good.

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "OK, the 2024 theme read subjects are as follows:

Feb. - The interwar years (any country) and/or the rise of the war leaders
April - Eastern Front Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
June - D-D..."

Nice selection, AR. I'm heading Down Under in a bit over a week, so I'll be tackling a book on the Italian campaign for the flight over, but I can always find another one for August!

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "OK, the 2024 theme read subjects are as follows:

Feb. - The interwar years (any country) and/or the rise of the war leaders
April - Eastern Front Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
June - D-D..."

'Eastern Approaches' by Fitzroy Maclean records his experiences of the Stalinist trials of the late 1930's and as the British liaison officer with the Yugoslav Partisans. I bought a POD copy. He records the establishment of the Allied fleet and air base on the island of Vis in 1944. Vis remained the only unoccupied island in the Adriatic. I visited it last April. Here is my account of Tito's war cave.

I have a couple that fit a couple of the themes.

fourtriplezed wrote: "I have a couple that fit a couple of the themes."

Good news, a few books to take of your pile of TBR books :)

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "fourtriplezed wrote: "I have a couple that fit a couple of the themes."

Good news, a few books to take of your pile of TBR books :)"

Yes. I have lined up the following.


Feb. - The interwar years (any country) and/or the rise of the war leaders.
The Birth of the Nazis: How the Freikorps Blazed a Trail for Hitler
Nigel Jones,

Aug. - Italian Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
The Battle of Cassino by Fred Majdalany

Oct. - Biography of WW2 personality
Kershaws 2 Bio's of Hitler or The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop.
See how I go there, I have a choice.


Dec. - Pacific Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea)
Hell On Earth: Sandakan-Australia's Greatest War Tragedy by
Michele Cunningham. This will cover the death march that was in 44.

Some excellent titles there 4ZZZ!

OK folks, the first theme read for 2024 is ready to go. The theme is any book or books of your choice that covers the interwar years (any country) or the rise of the leaders that took their countries to war in 1939.

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For those keen to start the April theme read on the Eastern Front 1944, the page is ready and open for discussion:

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Hi folks, the June 2024 theme read covering D-Day or the Normandy campaign is up and ready for discussion:

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Thanks, Rick, for being such a superlative Moderator of this group!

Paul wrote: "Thanks, Rick, for being such a superlative Moderator of this group!"

Thanks Paul, my pleasure :)

The August theme page is up and ready to go - the Italian theatre during 1944:

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Hi folks, the October theme read page is up and ready - the theme is a biography of a WW2 personality:

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Hi folks, the final theme read for 2024 is ready to go - the theme being the Pacific Theatre during 1944 (land, air or sea):

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OK, it's that time of year again were group members can suggest some themes for group reads in 2025.

We will be conducted theme reads every second month starting in February.

So hit me up with some suggestions covering WW2 topics we can conduct a theme read on.

1. Latin America's contribution to ww2
2. battle of El Alamein
3. biography of a ww2 spy of any nationality
4. British Indian army's fight in Imphal Kohima front
5. Air battle between Germany and England/ USA and Japan
6. Biography of submarine captain of any nationality.
7. Any minor unknown battle of WW2

Dipanjan wrote: "1. Latin America's contribution to ww2
2. battle of El Alamein
3. biography of a ww2 spy of any nationality
4. British Indian army's fight in Imphal Kohima front
5. Air battle between Germany and E..."

Good recs, Dipanjan. In particular I like Nos. 1, 4 and 7.

Good recommendations. How about:

-Any campaign/battle in 1945 (80th anniversary)
-Development and/or employment of the atomic bomb

Mike wrote: "Good recommendations. How about:

-Any campaign/battle in 1945 (80th anniversary)
-Development and/or employment of the atomic bomb"

Good.

Thanks for that, some good suggestions there!

Here are a few suggestions:
1. pilots/aircraft units on the Eastern Front
2. Rescue missions in WWII
3. WWII historical novel
4. Biography of any WWII person/company/etc.
5. Anything about the Eastern Front
6. POWs during WWII

Thanks BA, more suggestions to add to the mix.

Mike wrote: "Good recommendations. How about:

-Any campaign/battle in 1945 (80th anniversary)
-Development and/or employment of the atomic bomb"

Second that, we'll be inclined to read 80th anniversary subjects.

Mike wrote: "Good recommendations. How about:

-Any campaign/battle in 1945 (80th anniversary)
-Development and/or employment of the atomic bomb"
I would suggest something similar. Okinawa, Atomic Bomb, Bombing of Japan, Battles of Berlin, Budapest, Vistula - Oder offensive.
- Ending of the War/aftermath of the war

Thanks for those suggestions Perato.

I'll try and put up the list of 2025 theme reads as soon as I can.

I will get the theme reads organised in the next day or two. I have been busy is packing books and moving some to storage and others into the garage annex to sell or give away - a lot of hard work - physically and mentally :)

Here are the suggestions for the 2025 theme reads:

Feb. - Pacific Theatre 1945 (land, air or sea)
April - Little known subjects - Latin America's contribution to WW2, a minor battle of WW2, WW2 spies and spycraft
June - Battle of Kohima
Aug. - Eastern Front 1945 (land, air or sea)
Oct. - WW2 Air Warfare
Dec. - WW2 Naval Warfare


One thing to be aware of is that my level of participation may be limited during some of these months due to packing up of my house, selling and moving and with stuff in storage. I will have access to some of my books but not all as a lot have to be sold or given away as part of the downsize. Plus, Oct-Nov I will be overseas.

Nice to see Kohima pop up there, Rick. Some good themes.

Nice list. This year I would like to read 3-5 ww2 fictions. Generally I prefer ww2 nonfictions. But I would like to explore the fiction genre.

Dipanjan wrote: "Nice list. This year I would like to read 3-5 ww2 fictions. Generally I prefer ww2 nonfictions. But I would like to explore the fiction genre."

You can read fiction or non-fiction in the theme reads if you like Dipanjan, as long as the book in question covers the theme subject.

Hi folks, the first theme read for 2025 is up and ready to go - the Pacific theatre in 1945:

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The April theme read page is open and ready for comment and discussion:

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