///---Book/Literature---/// ///---Michael Crichton---/// ///---rating: 8/10---/// "Have not read the first book but got this one for cheap at a library sale, good book overall although the plot seems a bit simplistic and smaller-scale compared to the movie but nonetheless a great read"

///---Book/Literature---/// ///---Eugene Sledge---/// ///---rating: 10/10---/// "Very insightful on the atrition involved in combat, particularly the disease and flora that makes fighting in the Pacific that much more hellish. Found difficulty in keeping up with individual names and division, battalion, unit, and company numbers."

///---Book/Literature---/// ///---Antulio J. Echevarria II---/// ///---rating: 10/10---/// "Provides a necessary framework of the fundamental aspects of war, major annotations inclusive of major military strats: Annihilation/Dislocation, Attrition/Exhaustion, Coercion/Deterraence, Terror/Terrorism, and Decapitation/Targeted Killing. All are put into facinating examples from 20th century warfare and are explained in a logical and concise manner. Definitely a necessary read for any in the Poli-Sci/Intelligence field of study."

///---Videogame---/// ///---VOID Interactive---/// ///---rating: 10/10---/// "The most approachable and realistic introduction to Close Quarters Battle (CQB) in a high realism videogame I have seen so far. Sidenote: Trying to complete the "A New America" DLC has geniuenly made me lose my will to live at some points" 10/**/2026 update: I am fucking getting ragebaited trying to get S rank on the 'A New America' map using nonlethals like im actually losing braincells trying to do this.

///---Cinema/Movie---/// ///---Richard Attenborough---/// ///---rating: 10/10---/// "The greatest WW2/war movie to ever exist, literally. My go to favorite war movie of my childhood. Just looked it up, the director, Richard Attenborough is the same guy who played John Hammond in Jurassic Park, thats pretty neat ngl. Have watched this at least a dozen times and still find neat lil references to the actual battle of Operation Market Garden and the battle of Arnhem. The soundtrack also rocks like 'The March of the Paratroopers' and 'Overture' are the best pieces of orchestral soundtrack music ive seen. Beautiful use of practical effects and actual historical weapons, also Robert Redford is also in this movie which is so cool!"

///---Plastic Model---/// ///---Tamiya 1/35 Scale---/// ///---rating: 9/10---/// "Very good classic Tiger Tank model, Tamiya gives a lot of options for piece placement for creation of African theatre Tiger I. Addition of extra props/hull stowage is helpful in adding extra sorta detail and depth. Only particularly difficult part was the assembly of the rubber tracks which needed to be stretched around the chassis and melted into attaching to itself which was awkaward. Unfortunately doesn't come with zimmerit texture on the hull and attempts to use putty to make it were unsuccessful :("