A book about glider pilots at Arnhem
After that, The drinking Den by Emile Zola.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:01, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Never read any Zola.
Do let me know if I should, please.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:03, Reply)

If you like the idea of the french suffering, then yes.
Germinal, The debacle, the earth. All brilliant.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:05, Reply)

Ta

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:07, Reply)

I think my granddad flew into Arnhem in a glider during the war

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:03, Reply)

He must have been a tough bastard then..
Charging at a tank armed only with a machine gun is not for wimps.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:06, Reply)

He looked like Monty
The WWII one, not the haggard one
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:08, Reply)

I always assumed they were one and the same.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:10, Reply)

If our Monty commanded Allied forces during WWII we'd be speaking German now

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:14, Reply)

I'm telling you, the wrong side won.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:37, Reply)

HE FELL OUT OF A GUARD'S TOWER!!!!!!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:06, Reply)

Lol Lol Lol

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:08, Reply)

I went to Arnhem this year specifically to tour
Market Garden sites. Well worth your time if you're interested.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:20, Reply)

My Dad took him to Pegasus Bridge and all round there before he died

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Pegasus was part of Operation Tonga
and not Market Garden. Did he land on D-Day or did he do both?

If so, what a champ!
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:27, Reply)

I think he did both
He was a sapper. My Dad has all his war diaries and he always intended to write a book from them, but never got round to it.

Hmm, maybe I could?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:30, Reply)

I would LOVE to read them
there are too far few Infantry accounts of War. It was rare to get educated men as grunts.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:35, Reply)

My grandfather wrote an espionage guide that was still in use by the 50s.
I have some superb heirlooms coming my way - some amazing shit like a bloodstained parachute silk map of the Rhineland with his escape route drawn on it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:37, Reply)

Brilliant! Compass button too?
My next Eurotrip is to Colditz and then off to where they filmed Where Eagles Dare. Bosh.

Sadly my only military heirlooms are a few pictures. I've got one of my Grandad looking like a boss in front of a 1000lb bomb.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:41, Reply)

Have you seen that one in my sitting-room?
My grandfather taking a ride sat on the back of an armoured car in some European forest. Pretty cool shit.

Shame he was such a fucking wanker really. Still, nice guys don't make good generals I suppose.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:45, Reply)

I'll see if my Dad can dig them out

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Ewwww.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:45, Reply)

Jimbo.
I'm getting a six-DVD Box set of Hitler discs for Xmas, you are welcome to come over for wine, cheese and Nazilolz in the festive break should this appeal?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Sounds exellent
I'll bring the Orange Jews.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:38, Reply)

I GET THIS!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:40, Reply)

Euphemism of the week

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:31, Reply)

You want a euphemism?
I'll give you one
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:45, Reply)