It might not be his thing -and historically speaking needs to be taken with a ~~~pinch~~~ sack or three of salt- but when I was a young man I used to *love* the books of an author named Sven Hassel. They’re ostensibly autobiographical (to a degree lol) but they’re brilliantly entertaining. And brutal.
They tell the story of a unit of renegade soldiers in the German Army during WW2 who were released from prison to fight on the Russian Front in the ‘27th Penal Battalion’. (after the success of these he suddenly remembered all the other fronts he fought on and wrote books about them too😂)
To get your boyfriend started I can thoroughly recommend *Comrades of War*, *Wheels of Terror* & *March Battalion*.
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* *The Valley of the Shadow* by Leib
* *Target: Nimitz*
* *Private Owens: A George Owens Novel*
I got nonfiction too if you want.
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**The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean.**
I read it as a kid and remember it being just like *A Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*—a WWII setting, a special forces team on a sabotage mission. But with no comedic elements, if I remember correctly.
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Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall
It might not be his thing -and historically speaking needs to be taken with a ~~~pinch~~~ sack or three of salt- but when I was a young man I used to *love* the books of an author named Sven Hassel. They’re ostensibly autobiographical (to a degree lol) but they’re brilliantly entertaining. And brutal.
They tell the story of a unit of renegade soldiers in the German Army during WW2 who were released from prison to fight on the Russian Front in the ‘27th Penal Battalion’. (after the success of these he suddenly remembered all the other fronts he fought on and wrote books about them too😂)
To get your boyfriend started I can thoroughly recommend *Comrades of War*, *Wheels of Terror* & *March Battalion*.
* *The Valley of the Shadow* by Leib
* *Target: Nimitz*
* *Private Owens: A George Owens Novel*
I got nonfiction too if you want.
**The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean.**
I read it as a kid and remember it being just like *A Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*—a WWII setting, a special forces team on a sabotage mission. But with no comedic elements, if I remember correctly.