Ww2?

[everbloom]

I am not sure if this right place to post, if not I apologize.

I am in need of help with facts and what-not on WW2 for a story I am writing. I have tried many places online, like wikipedia, though they never help with explaining things on Russia's side of it. Or do they help explain culture that was happening during that time.

Is there anyone who could help?

Thanks, Anna.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Your question is vague and I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for. If I'm reading this right you are interested in WWII from the Russian perspective. There are a large number of history books written about the war that are readily available. Unless you can be more specific, I cannot give you a specific answer.

 

[CopperSkink]

Try reading "All Quiet on the Western Front." Is that supposed to be underlined, or in italics?

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Try reading "All Quiet on the Western Front." Is that supposed to be underlined, or in italics?

The period belongs after the end quotation marks. Just me.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Try reading "All Quiet on the Western Front." Is that supposed to be underlined, or in italics?

By the way, CS has the wrong war. I'm impressed CS could even associate a title with a war, but in this case, "All Quiet On the Western Front" is actually about WW I

Here is a link to what I am led to believe are actual Russian WWII stories.

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/24285

 

[_Lynn_]

Try reading "All Quiet on the Western Front." Is that supposed to be underlined, or in italics?

The period belongs after the end quotation marks. Just me.

You're right, AS. The quotation mark belongs to the title with the period following it.

 

[CopperSkink]

It's a novel, so it doesn't belong in quotations in the first place if anybody cares to check, and it's about Germans rather than Russians as long as we're being picky.

The idea behind reading the book isn't so much about historical content as it is literary style. In this case, the book details a rather surprising story about soldiers to whom the political ideas of their leaders aren't really that important and that they have more common ground with their enemies at gunpoint.

The bottom line is that people are still just people, never wanting to believe they're fighting for nothing, no matter what side of the fight they're on.

 

[teknight]

I used to...

...be a huge WW2 nut. What do you need? I might be able to help you out.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

You're right, AS. The quotation mark belongs to the title with the period following it.

Woo-hoo. Nice to be right once in a while.

 

[PerilEyes]

The historian in me has to correct you, everbloom. WWII is the correct way of writing it.

 

[ravi64]

I am not sure if this right place to post, if not I apologize.

I am in need of help with facts and what-not on WW2 for a story I am writing. I have tried many places online, like wikipedia, though they never help with explaining things on Russia's side of it. Or do they help explain culture that was happening during that time.

Is there anyone who could help?

Thanks, Anna.

ask specific questions and they will be answered even if i have to research them

 

[AsylumSeeker]

It was ugly, involved a lot of death. Removed the "glory" of it. The Jews and Soviets bore the brunt of it based on what I've read. Not that the good ole U.S. wasn't a victim.

Stiill unsure what you're looking for. There are many stories, horrid as they are, to be looked at. Good luck at turning this into a romance or erotic story.

 

[sr71plt]

Try reading "All Quiet on the Western Front." Is that supposed to be underlined, or in italics?

It's italicized (book title)--and, sorry to disappoint, but in the American system, the period still comes inside the quote mark if a quoted title comes at the end of a sentence.

If it came within a quote, though, it would be different: "Has anyone here heard the song 'Gersplat Went My Iddy Biddy Heart'?" Clarence asked.

 

[driphoney]

Part of your online search problem might be the fact that you're using "Russia". At that time, Russia was part of the Soviet Union. The Germans were fighting the Soviet Union. Well, attempting it.

The Wiki on it is actually not too bad:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)

Be sure to explore the links near the bottom under "See Also".

But your best bet for info is probably going to be your local library or campus library, if you have access. Books are going to be the best source. To start, you might want to look over the bibliography section of the Wiki which is located just above the "See Also". When at the library, use your librarian and be specific on what you want.

I would also read novels set in that situation. Probably going to be some dark reading though. You might want to watch Enemy at the Gates about the Battle of Stalingrad and based on this guy.

If you're portraying it from the Russian mindset . . . wow. Might need to read some Russian biographies, maybe Dostoevsky, Tolstoy. (Or just watch the movies! )

Good luck!

 

[Sanichi]

WWII is the correct way of writing it.

Although "from Russia's side of it" the correct term will be Great Patriotic War.

I'm curious as others to learn more about what you are looking for. Is the story set in Russia?

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Although "from Russia's side of it" the correct term will be Great Patriotic War.

I'm curious as others to learn more about what you are looking for. Is the story set in Russia?

Yes, still seeking motive.

 

[CopperSkink]

That was indeed one of my many banes in writing. Unfortunately I have a few thousand pages to sort through to streamline them all now.

 

[grey228]

If you want a movie of the Russia-Germany WW2 thing, start with ''Enemy At the Gates.''

 

[Man_in_Chester]

I am not sure if this right place to post, if not I apologize.

I am in need of help with facts and what-not on WW2 for a story I am writing. I have tried many places online, like wikipedia, though they never help with explaining things on Russia's side of it. Or do they help explain culture that was happening during that time.

Is there anyone who could help?

Thanks, Anna.

An eye-witness of the dogfights over London told me she could see the 'vapour trails'. These were all piston engined propeller driven aircraft and a commercial pilot told me that they would not have occurred. But how does theory compare with a woman on the ground looking up into a clear sky and seeing them. She lived long enough to see plenty vapour trails from jetliners.

 

[mark197205]

An eye-witness of the dogfights over London told me she could see the 'vapour trails'. These were all piston engined propeller driven aircraft and a commercial pilot told me that they would not have occurred. But how does theory compare with a woman on the ground looking up into a clear sky and seeing them. She lived long enough to see plenty vapour trails from jetliners.

The pilot is talking rubbish, I have seen a good many period photographs taken on bombing raids over germany and every B-17 was creating vapour trails from its propellers, as the following pic shows.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg

 

[driphoney]

If you want a movie of the Russia-Germany WW2 thing, start with ''Enemy At the Gates.''

Why am I thinking some folks don't read the thread?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

The pilot is talking rubbish, I have seen a good many period photographs taken on bombing raids over germany and every B-17 was creating vapour trails from its propellers, as the following pic shows.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg

The prop planes did create exhaust trails from their internal combustion engines, and at higher altitudes these would have crystalized, as in your photo. Dogfights were at lower altitudes, and these likely would have been exhaust emissions. (By the way, not from the propellers, but from the exhaust manifold; the backwash of the props gave the trails their spiral shape).

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Why am I thinking some folks don't read the thread?

Sure, DP, stir the pot.

 

[driphoney]

Sure, DP, stir the pot.

This thread's pretty derailed anyway.

So, if a tree falls in the thread and nobody reads it, are they still words?

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Good point... I guess.