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History - I sincerely recommend the following literature:
- Beevor, Antony, Berlin - The Downfall 1945 & Stalingrad
- Breitman, Richard, What the Nazis planned, What the British and US knew
- Knopp, Guido, Hitler's Henchmen
- Ponting, Clive, 13 Days - the Countdown to the Great War (WWI)
- Ryan, Cornelius, The Last Battle (Berlin) & The Longest Day
- Salisbury, Harrison, The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
- Sampson, Anthony, The Seven Sisters (history of oil companies)
- Shirer, William L., The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- Warren Tute, John Costello, Terry Hughes, D-Day
Documentaries
- The World at War (1974), a marvelous 36 piece BBC series, stunningly extensive,
informative and well-produced. It covers most aspects of WWII from many points of view.
- The Second World War in Colour (1999) - 3 episodes with unique, amazing footage in color
Quotes I like
- "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."-George Santayana, The Life of Reason
- "When bad men combine, the good must associate."-Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents
- "When you lose, don't lose the lesson." -H. Jackson Brown, Life's Little Instruction Book
- "Choose your battles." -unknown origin
- "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1st Inaugural Address 1933
- "If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil." -Winston Churchill, June 1941
Interesting people
- Claus von Stauffenberg
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Georgy Zhukov
- Gotthard Heinrici
- Isaac Newton
- Julius Caesar
- Louis Mountbatten
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Napoleon
- Winston Churchill