ArmorFiend!

just found this thread. when you say mil non-fic, u mean in novel form, or military history books (as in large size ones)? because i read both, especially military history books.

been looking for someone who reads books like these for ages; its tough having a passion i dare say that no one else finds interesting.

i have a pretty good sized collections of books on the subject. wont say extensive as 1) good ones are particularly hard to find 2) cost is always an issue

here are some i can name at the drop of a hat that i own:
World at Arms: Readers Digest Illustrated History of World War II (excellent all-round introduction book to ww2)
Modern Battlefield Warplanes - David Donald
Aces Against Japan: The American Aces Speak - Eric Hammel
The Tunnels of Cu Chi: A Harrowing Account of America's "Tunnel Rats" in the Underground Battlefields of Vietnam - Tom Mangold
The Forgotten Soldier - Guy Sajer
Samurai! - Saburo Sakai (engrossing read of the last remaining surviving Japanese ace post-ww2; now deceased RIP)
One Day in a Very Long War: Wednesday 25th October 1944 - John Ellis (absolutely depressing but absorbing read)
The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe - John Toland
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 - Max Hastings
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two - Peter Chamberlain & Hilary L. Doyle 1st ed (the mother lode of german armor - chock full of pics, one can spend the entire time just reading up the pix captions alone for a wealth of information)
The Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939-45 - George H. Stein
Waffen-SS Uniforms In Color Photographs: Europa Militaria Series #6 - Steven Amodio
Men-at-Arms 401: The Waffen-SS (1) 1. to 5. Divisions - Gordon Williamson and Stephen Andrew
The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror - Gordon Williamson
The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS - Heinz Zollin Höhne and Richard Barry (exhausting read but has terrifying parallels with todays politics)
When all our brothers are silent; the book of photographs of the Waffen-SS/Wenn alle Brüder schweigen; Grosser Bildband über die Waffen-SS. by Association of Soldiers of the Former Waffen-SS (the mother lode of waffen ss pixs)

these are one's i've read but dont have:
Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War - Ed Kugler (a interesting & often funny look at marine snipers in vietnam)
Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War - John Ellis

& these are ones i'm looking for:
The Blond Knight of Germany: A biography of Erich Hartmann - Raymond Toliver and Trevor Constable
In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front - Gottlob Herbert Bidermann, Derek S. Zumbro, and Dennis Showalter
retribution - max hastings