Diorama of the bunkercomplex of the German commander of Königsberg
The victors in front of one of the city's gates
21 April 2010
Bunkermuseum Kaliningrad (Königsberg) - 3
Diorama of the bunkercomplex of the German commander of KönigsbergThe victors in front of one of the city's gates
Bunkermuseum Kaliningrad (Königsberg) - 2
The last newspaper to be published in Königsberg...
Enormous treks of refugees from East Prussia over the Frisches Haff
Diorama of the streetfighting in the inner cityBunkermuseum Kaliningrad (Königsberg)
A few weeks ago I told you I was working on a series depicting the battles for East prussia and in and around Kaliningrad (or Königsberg as it was knowen then).
Rest assured, I still am working on this series. However, my moving from one part of the country to another and the refurbishing of my new house takes up most of my free time. So please bear with me if this series will be a little longer in the making.
To shorten the time I'll share with you a series of pictures I made in the Kaliningrad Bunkermuseum I made during my visit there two years ago.
Russian map of the city of Königsberg
Battlefield artefacts
05 April 2010
The Pacific
Companion Book To HBO-Miniseries
In this companion to the HBO(r) miniseries-executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman-Hugh Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.
Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.
In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as The Pacific and the brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all.
About the Author
Hugh Ambrose is a noted historian and was a consultant on the documentary Price for Peace, for which Steven Spielberg and Stephen Ambrose were the Executive Producers. He was a consultant to his father on his books, and is also serving as a historical consultant on HBO(r)'s The Pacific miniseries. Ambrose is also the former vice president of the national World War II Museum and has led battlefield tours through Europe and along the Pacific Rim.
Just as the series is in my opinion of great historic wealth, showing not only inportant battlefield scenes but more so the personal accounts of ordinary guys who were ripped out of their everyday lives to be dropped in the middle of raw and senseless slaughter, this book gives you an even deeper look into the persons who defined the events in the Pacific. A MUST READ!
In this companion to the HBO(r) miniseries-executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman-Hugh Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.
Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.
In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as The Pacific and the brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all.
About the Author
Hugh Ambrose is a noted historian and was a consultant on the documentary Price for Peace, for which Steven Spielberg and Stephen Ambrose were the Executive Producers. He was a consultant to his father on his books, and is also serving as a historical consultant on HBO(r)'s The Pacific miniseries. Ambrose is also the former vice president of the national World War II Museum and has led battlefield tours through Europe and along the Pacific Rim.
Just as the series is in my opinion of great historic wealth, showing not only inportant battlefield scenes but more so the personal accounts of ordinary guys who were ripped out of their everyday lives to be dropped in the middle of raw and senseless slaughter, this book gives you an even deeper look into the persons who defined the events in the Pacific. A MUST READ!
The Kindly Ones...
A great book by Jonathan Littell. Here's a review by The New Yorker:
Littell opens his Second World War novel, told through the recollections of a German officer named Max Aue, with a breakdown of how many Germans, Soviets, and Jews died, minute by minute, in the conflict. As Aue travels to Stalingrad, Auschwitz, and Hungary to report on morale and efficiency, long sections of bureaucratic analysis alternate with moments of mind-numbing sadism. Aue, a caricature of moral failure (he fantasizes at length about sodomizing his twin sister), encounters a cast of unintentionally comic characters, such as an obese and flatulent proponent of the Final Solution, who surrounds himself with Teutonic beauties. The Holocaust is recast as an extended bout of office politics, with German officials quarrelling over who is responsible for prisoners hygiene. As the novel draws to a violent close, its story seems nearly as senseless as the horrors it depicts.
Littell opens his Second World War novel, told through the recollections of a German officer named Max Aue, with a breakdown of how many Germans, Soviets, and Jews died, minute by minute, in the conflict. As Aue travels to Stalingrad, Auschwitz, and Hungary to report on morale and efficiency, long sections of bureaucratic analysis alternate with moments of mind-numbing sadism. Aue, a caricature of moral failure (he fantasizes at length about sodomizing his twin sister), encounters a cast of unintentionally comic characters, such as an obese and flatulent proponent of the Final Solution, who surrounds himself with Teutonic beauties. The Holocaust is recast as an extended bout of office politics, with German officials quarrelling over who is responsible for prisoners hygiene. As the novel draws to a violent close, its story seems nearly as senseless as the horrors it depicts.
01 April 2010
WinSPMBT Patch 5.0
The patch has been released! Go here:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Patches/PD_MBT.html
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Patches/PD_MBT.html
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