Paul Hederer Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Sorry, volume 9. 1915 last six months. I would like the whole of 1915 which is why I am after 7&8. I really must check in future and not rely on a memory as bad as mine. You see the odd-volume of "Der Weltkrieg," sitting forlorn on the shelves of bookstores here. They are usually very cheap. I saw a volume just the other day for 15 euros. I checked out a copy of volume 13 (14?) from the local library that was worth a small fortune, so I was informed via pm here. You'll need volumes 7,8, and 9 if you want all of 1915, I'm afraid. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 You'll need volumes 7,8, and 9 if you want all of 1915, I'm afraid. Paul Hi Paul. Yes, I found that out the hard way. From a British perspective, 9 covers Loos but I need 7 and 8 for Neuve Chapelle to Festubert. I'll keep a weather eye open for them on ABE.DE. I am reading Hindenburg's " From my Life". which I think cost about 8 Euros. When I go blind from reading the Fraktur, I will have saved enough money for a de luxe white cane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Egbert, This I find very interesting. I read it (at least started it) in English. It could well be that the translation is bad. Perhaps I should give it a try in German? My books should be here in a few weeks (hurrah) or I'd quote a few of the passages I found especially bad. Paul Paul how comes your books from Cambridge come with British snail mail? My books from Alabama are already here. I found it much easier to take some pics where you guys can read some of the titles you might be interested in instead of me typing eagle system .... ... ... ... ... ... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halder Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Holy ****. That is one chuffing awesome collection of German WW1 books. I'll be lucky if I have 40 German language books from WW1 (have a few hundred from WW2 though. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Paul how comes your books from Cambridge come with British snail mail? My books from Alabama are already here. I found it much easier to take some pics where you guys can read some of the titles you might be interested in instead of me typing eagle system .... ... ... ... ... ... ... I am extremely impressed. Especially with the Schlachten des Weltkrieges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Hello Paul Guthrieeeeee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Paul how comes your books from Cambridge come with British snail mail? My books from Alabama are already here. I found it much easier to take some pics where you guys can read some of the titles you might be interested in instead of me typing eagle system .... Egbert, My things had to go from England to America to Germany because of problems with my paperwork and the German government. Edit: Ok, Egbert, you've now reached a new status. I see the Luis Trenker books--he is one of my all-time favorite people. I met two guys in Zermatt who had known him, and they said he was a most positive and dynamic man. He's one of my few heroes. I found a picture from Cambridge. This is 1/2 of my books, the other half is out of the picture to the right Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Egbert Very impressive collection, all good quality and clean, properly stored. Nice to know they are where the are appreciated, and will survive. What the book next to the Perone Book? Regards Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halder Posted 16 January , 2007 Share Posted 16 January , 2007 Ettighoffer? Is he rather like Ernst Kabisch as a historian or is he a novellist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Ettighoffer? Is he rather like Ernst Kabisch as a historian or is he a novellist? I'll probably get some FLAK from Egbert, but Ettighoffer's book on Verdun is another of my "not so favorite books." It's just a different style. I remember when he writes about the German initial barrage he starts every paragraph for a few pages with something like, "The guns thundered..." or something, which I found a bit laughable. Kabisch's book on Verdun I liked much more. He provides some interesting insights and the fact that he actually spoke with von Knobelsdorff, who didn't write any memoirs, I found interesting. Not on the same par as Wendt, but again providing his insight as a General officer. I'm just not much for the "Iron youth of the trenches forged in the fires of battle," approach. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Egbert Very impressive collection, all good quality and clean, properly stored. Nice to know they are where the are appreciated, and will survive. What the book next to the Perone Book? Regards Mart Mart its a 1910 world atlas; Halder, Ettighofe is more like the modern war reporters, a mixture of eyewitness accounts and fiction I would say; Paul you are cheating: I see also other than ww1 . Do you still need the yellow Langenscheidt dictionary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Mart its a 1910 world atlas; Halder, Ettighofe is more like the modern war reporters, a mixture of eyewitness accounts and fiction I would say; Paul you are cheating: I see also other than ww1 . Do you still need the yellow Langenschaidt dictionary? Well, the other bookcase is the one full of German books, so that makes it even. You betcha' I need the dictionary, though it never seems to have the words I'm looking for like Postenlöcher in the context of the war. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halder Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 I'll probably get some FLAK from Egbert, but Ettighoffer's book on Verdun is another of my "not so favorite books." It's just a different style. I remember when he writes about the German initial barrage he starts every paragraph for a few pages with something like, "The guns thundered..." or something, which I found a bit laughable. Kabisch's book on Verdun I liked much more. He provides some interesting insights and the fact that he actually spoke with von Knobelsdorff, who didn't write any memoirs, I found interesting. Not on the same par as Wendt, but again providing his insight as a General officer. I'm just not much for the "Iron youth of the trenches forged in the fires of battle," approach. Paul Thanks! Means I can save my money on abebooks by not buying his works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Thanks! Means I can save my money on abebooks by not buying his works! I'll bet you don't. You'll end up buying them to see what is wrong with them. You are hooked my friend. Like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 You betcha' I need the dictionary, Paul Hello One of my most useful books is a French English Dictionary done by the Canadian Official History people. They published many of the OH volumes in both languages, and in doing so they produced internally an extremly good word list/dictionary of military terms which they later published, a big red beast of a book. Are there any similar good german english dictionaries of military terms? Regards Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halder Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 I'll bet you don't. You'll end up buying them to see what is wrong with them. You are hooked my friend. Like me. That's so true. My first love is WW1 yet all my time and financial resources (well most of them) are devoted to WW2 because I, er, got sidetracked. The Polish campaign book so far has been relatively cheap to write. About £3K. Not like the Normandy book. That cost £40K over 14 years. Mind you, the Polish book isn't actually finished yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Halder @ Ettighofer: do not necessarily say the books are waisted money. Personally I don't like the glorifying style of E. but - if you are a person that can distinguish between todays style and PC, and the "artificial" and glorifying language from those days, it is worth a try. Surely you should not quote E. in today's world. But it gives you another sample from the thinking, writing from an epoche long time gone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Halder @ Ettighofer: do not necessarily say the books are waisted money. Personally I don't like the glorifying style of E. but - if you are a person that can distinguish between todays style and PC, and the "artificial" and glorifying language from those days, it is worth a try. Surely you should not quote E. in today's world. But it gives you another sample from the thinking, writing from an epoche long time gone.... I couldn't agree more. I was very surprised at the difference in styles between The Schlachten des Weltkrieges books and the Official Histories by Edmonds. Again, the differences in style of the French memoirs and British. That is, however, why I read them. To try to get some inkling, no matter how faint, of how the other man felt, whether he was an ally or an enemy. This is definitely lost in translation, no matter how good the translator is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1052 Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Do you still need the yellow Langenschaidt dictionary? Why shouldn't an American own a Langenscheidt Worterbuch? I have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Why shouldn't an American own a Langenscheidt Worterbuch? I have one. Because this is the better solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1052 Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Ich war stationiert in Giessen mit U.S. Armee feld artillerie fur drei Jahren aber ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Because this is the better solution! Mine came with a CD which I installed but it's quicker to reach for the book. Quicker than your website too, Egbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1052 Posted 18 January , 2007 Share Posted 18 January , 2007 What does the following mean auf Englisch? Panzer marsch! Drauf--Dran--Durch! Pete Eisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 18 January , 2007 Share Posted 18 January , 2007 Because this is the better solution! Egbert, I'm a big fan of Leos, and have been for years, but I found a site that blows him away, I'm sad to say. I don't have the bookmark on my laptop, but I can get it for you when I get back. It's hands down the better dictionary by far. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halder Posted 18 January , 2007 Share Posted 18 January , 2007 What does the following mean auf Englisch? Panzer marsch! Drauf--Dran--Durch! Pete Eisen Panzer(s) march! at 'em, at 'em, through ['em] Darauf and Daran are almost identical so it's very hard to translate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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