/lit/ - Literature

>>9458523
True, historical fiction is pretty kickass. Personally I hope to get a degree in history one of these days just for fun, and will likely put that towards either improving my historical fiction or writing non-fiction about history. Stalingrad: The Infernal Cauldron was quite a good read, and was entirely non-fiction. Loads of statistics, pictures, and the like. In the first 6 months of Operation Barbarossa, basically the second half of 1941, the Soviet Union suffered something like 6,000,000 casualties, 2,000,000 POWs, and over 20,000 tanks or vehicles in general taken out of commission. Inevitably however, the Germans got bogged down, couldn't keep the line well supplied, and so the Russians overpowered them with numbers and ZA STALINA. The renown 6th German Army was given a new General and quickly surrendered because his men were just about run out of food and ammo with no supplies coming and they were literally freezing. Most of the German soldiers died on the way back to Germany, though apparently the German Officers weren't treated too badly. As soon as the USSR was invaded, that was basically the beginning of the end of WWII.

As for historical fiction, Bernard fucking Cornwell. Godly.

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>>9173942
Bernard fucking Cornwell.

>>8815655
There was suddenly a loud crash to the north, and they knew that it couldn't be good. It wasn't dear mum frying up breakfast, or a lovely new companion arrived to aid them in this horrid conflict. No, all faces were silhouetted to the low evening Sun as they gazed north, for the French guns have announced their eager arrival.

Alright, so I added a bit, but I do find Bernard Cornwell tends to enjoy using directions as well as putting fantastic description into large groups. Not to mention, of course, pic related; Sharpe's series.

Grab the nearest book (or if you've got an eReader then open up the book you're reading or last read), open it to page 77, then go down to the 6th line, and type the 6th word. See if we can guess the book.

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Well... that's vague as fuck... any suggestions on how to make this thread NOT suck? Pic is a hint, though doesn't narrow it down much.

>>8689663
... wew boy, maybe I don't belong on /lit/. Let's see, what are 5 book that I REALLY enjoy, possibly even my favourites...

Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Outsiders by (can't remember)