Greats And The Happenings, The - Post War Years

Advantages: * Gritty, exciting story * Same excellent multiplayer system
Disadvantages: * Familiar setting * Familiar game mechanics

...Call of Duty: World at War has arrived just over one year from its earlier game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as released, Modern Warfare met with outstanding critical playing and World at War is likey to receive similar attention because it is very similar, in one sence this is a good thing, World at War reserves a lot of element that made Modern Warfare great, to weapons, mature fast pase action and deep engaging multiplayer system. In another sense this feel on simulatity works against World of War, though the new WWII error campaign is emotional and exiting,there's no getting away from the fact this is formilure territory for anyone who's played first person shooters before, another of a few noble weapons, the flame thrower, and the bayenette. Most of the other weapons (been there done that) feel, while World at War is refined... Read review

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Advantages: interesting
Disadvantages: none

...My mother born in 1920 was a young woman in the Second World War years. She worked "in service" for a family cleaning fetching carrying she worked in the kitchen helping the cook. She also drove a large milk truck which picked up milk from the farms. . Sadly she died 43 years ago. My Father died just after Christmas this year and while clearing their house I found a book of my mothers Post war kitchen by Marguerite Patten O B E. This book was published in 2001. I expect it was bought for her as a present .The food and facts in it are post war from 1945 -1954. She was nostalgic for those times when she was a young wife and mothers my sister born 1950 myself 1954. Marguerite Pattern for those young things who have only heard of cooks such as Delia Smith and Jamie Oliver was more than just a cook. Marguerite Pattern worked... Read review

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Advantages: Very emotional and truthful book - with accounts, extra context and pictures
Disadvantages: Can get very emotipanl and rather painful to read at times - the truth can hurt

...the tone of the quotes as you go through the years as hope and excitement begins to vanish and the soldiers seem to lose all hope and vitality. One of my favourite sections is the bit which talks about the Christmas of 1914 and what happened: One soldier talked about meeting the German soldiers in no man's land: "we laughed at each other and i gave them some tobacco and they gave me some German - i forget what it was...we shook hands and wished each other luck" It is amazing how at the beginning of the war the soldiers were very much related and understood each other - and both knew a lot about each other's country. It seemed that it was merely a battle of two nations and a load of men who were stuck in the middle just following orders. I found this book very good to read and really enlightening - yet very emotional and the truth... Read review

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