Interest in WW2 and history

I like history. I've always found it interesting in one way or another. I have a lot of books to do with history and at one point considered going in to history but things didn't work out the way I hoped.

I will mos def look these shows up. Black Sails sounds familiar..Just looked at the IMDB for it. I did see it but 8 years ago so it's worth a review. will do, and the book you mentioned!

I recently enjoyed "Our Flag Means Death" but it got, sadly, canceled. I didnt expect it ot reflect reality too much but I do enjoy the genre.

I also love ships and go to the harbor to listen to the ropes groan against their moorings, the prow's bump against old tires, and the salty breeze, the percussive 'blang' of the ropes beating against the poles.. I would love to live on a boat for a bit.  

I read a good book recently called The Pirates Code, by, Rebecca Simon, its about both individual pirates and life on a pirate ship and the rules by which they lived.

Anyone ever watched Black Sails?

Yeah, I have the occasional hyperfixation on it. The Cold War aswell. 

That's right. He is mentioned as such in "Neurotribes" and this new books a few of us here on the forum are reading at the moment: "Unmasking Autism." Both are essential reading IMEO.

thanks. I can't sit still for a pod cast, unfortunately. I like the template of a book or essay style writing.

Fav pirate? I can't think of one now but the one that stands out  at the moment is the pirate Avery (one of my actual antecedents) who was true to his men. They got marooned on Madagascar and had a hard time of it (no spoilers for you!).

As for the Danes who went viking (as a verb), I Igor the Boneless - just for the name. That's today, on the fly off the top of my head... oh, and their Icelandic, Greenland and north American journeys and genetic contributions.

My head and hands are full of folding paper into polyhedrons at the moment and the pirates will have to get in line!

Let's start the trivia ;)  Start with an easy one. What is the month/year in American history that will live in infamy forever?  :-)

That's interesting. I've always found pirate history fascinating myself, I like ships and anything to do with maritime history, war and ordinary history. I always found the HMHS Britannic's story fascinating. It was the sister ship of the RMS Titanic and also sank.

Who was your favourite pirate that you found the most interesting?

Have you heard The Pirate History Podcast? It's awesome. If you haven't heard it I suggest it strongly I think you'd like it, if you have the time to listen at some point.

If i focus on wars at all it's the sea faring Danes and their pirating exploits. I was SO one of them in another life! I like pirates and their lore as per Daniel Defoe's book about Pirates. And the novels re. same.

I do have a bit of an interest in history in general. I’ve been a Titanic fanatic since the third grade. As for WW2 there’s a bit of Autistic history, though not very flattering, in WW2 due to Hans Asperger.