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de Gaulle's Memories of War, Rommel's biography, and Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe.

I prefer the printed version over reading on a screen.

de Gaulle's Memories of War, Rommel's biography, and Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe. I prefer the printed version over reading on a screen.

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hmm, I wonder if there is any mention of the holocaust in those books... surely, there would be some mention? a smidgen perhaps?

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No. That's very specific. The three in question are the de facto history of WWII and none mention the holohoax.

The first thing I have that does is the Cavendish Illustrated History of WWII, which was published around 1970 or so. It talks about the magic ovens.

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The big three ?/ Was that deGaulle, Churchill and Eisenhower (or was it Stalin) autobiographies, none made any mention of le holohoax whatsoever in the several hundred pages of text about the biggest conflict of modern history, from their personal viewpoint - simply baffling.

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Yep, the big three.

I've started reading Memories of War. de Gaulle doesn't fool around, he immediately starts in with how France's army needs to be modernized, and how Hitler actually used de Gaulle's book on the Army of the Future to do his own planning.

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ah yes, the magic ovens.. lets not forget the jack off machines of death too.

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Gives a whole new meaning to "whack-a-mole" lol

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Didn't know birds could read.

I guess the govt has installed OCR functionality in their bird drones.

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It's not OCR directly, but it's all fed back to the central collection point for later analysis.

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that makes more sense. seems alot to add OCR to each drone individually

but if they're phoning-back-home with the picture data, that would work better

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Great to see. If I read a novel I may do that digitally. History books are hard copies. Just got Judy Woods book Where Did The Towers Go? About the World Trade Center collapse.

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Best way bro, old and paper. These things are going to be banned one of these days. I have books from the 1800's I was considering selling but changed my mind. I digitally archive whatever I think is socially or historically pertinent and accurate as well. Sadly digital stuff degrades and can be easily erased. Books can be hidden for generations.

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I love books. There are books in every room of the house, and I am fortunate enough to have enough space to have a room of books. I get rid of very few that I buy, unless I have a duplicate of something.

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The printed versions don't miraculously change. Which is always a plus. :)

They look nice and used too. Like that in a book as long as the binding is robust.

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Don't forget Churchill's books and General George S Patton's diary.

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Patton's is next on my list.

I've read various things about Churchill's work. Most agree that it's an immensely valuable insight into WWII, but I also see many mention that it's not as useful as it could be because he talks about a lot of very topical minutiae that makes it difficult to read and understand if you're not deeply familiar with the politics of the day, and not necessarily the politics that were part of WWII.

I'm still going to pick it up, but that one will have to wait for a bargain price. I'd also like to get Rommel's "Infantry Attacks" if I can find one.

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Rzm books has some good military history. Maybe worth a look.

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Nice, thank you. Will take a look.