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Deadlock Before Moscow: (Schiffer Military History)
Franz Kurowski
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2004
Save your money!
The author basically spits out fragments of various divisional histories of units involved in the battle, with absolutely no analysis. There is no coverage of Russian units, the writing style is exceedingly poor, and the maps (all three of them) are horrible. One of the worst books I ever ...
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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies)
David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
University Press of Kansas, 1998
Basic Eastern Front Primer
+ A good resource for history buffs
+ Recommended
This book should be the first book those interested in WW2 history should pick up. The very basic truths of the war are clearly presented: 1.The Soviets beat the Germans basically- the Western Allies fought about 1/4 of the war in Europe; 2. the Soviets learned as the war dragged on- staring from a ...
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From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 - August 1943 (Soviet Military ...
David M. Glantz
Routledge, 1991
A balance of detail and readability unsurpassed
+ A very good and detailed account of Russian Front operations
Glantz draws extensively, but not exclusively on Soviet sources, and gives detailed strategic and operational overview of the fighting in the Don area after Stalingrad. What I appreciated most was the detail in the perspective of situations facing the Germans and Russians, and where their planning ...
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Hitlers Last Bastion: The Final Battles for the Reich 1944-1945
Franz Kurowski
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2004
Excellent account . . .
+ Hitler's Last Bastion
+ Hitler's Last Bastion by Franz Kurowski
Excellent book. Easy to read account of the final months of the Third Reich and the desperate battles fought to stave off defeat.
The unfolding events described are interspersed with personal accounts by the combatants and civilians, which adds additional and welcome detail to the book.
The book ...
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
Antony Beevor
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
Great In-depth Analysis
+ Very accessible history
+ First Rate Analysis
+ How totalitarian dictatorships mishandle leadership
+ Historical
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Assault on Moscow 1941: The Offensive, the Battle, the Set-Back
Werner Haupt
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2000
Propaganda Disguised as History
Assault on Moscow 1941 was published in Germany in 1986 and then translated into English ten years later. Superficially, the book is attractive and appears loaded with interesting photographs, maps and appendices. However readers should regard Werner Haupt's account with a large grain of salt, ...
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
Antony Beevor
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
brutal end to a brutal war
+ A well written history book
This is a story of epic violence, the final act of staggering and extended violence of the Second World War in Europe, the campaign for, envelopment and destruction of Berlin and a good share of its population, by the Red Army. Beevor's book is riveting, well written, engrossing, and emotionally ...
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The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front, 22 June - August 1941: Proceedings Fo the Fourth Art of War ...
Colonel Glantz
Routledge, 1997
Very detailed refernce
+ The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front
+ Great source for the first few weeks of the German Invasion
+ For the seriously interested only - but then a must read
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The Evolution of Soviet Operational Art, 1927-1991: the Documentary Basis: The Documentary Basis: 1965-1991 ...
Routledge, 1995
The Soviet military concept of operational art and the associated theories such as "war of annihilations", "deep battle", and "deep operations" have been observed by the West since World War II. The Soviet government hid their military-theoretical work behind a veil of secrecy. Here, the Soviet theories are revealed in the words of those who created them in peacetime and applied them in war. This ...
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The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944 (Modern War Studies)
David M. Glantz
University Press of Kansas, 2002
Highly detailed analysis
+ A Trailblazing Book, but not the Final Word
+ best book on this conflict written
+ Superb. I enjoyed every bit of it.
+ Detailed, strategic level study of the fighting between the Soviets and Army Group North around Leningrad
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Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive - February-March 1943
George M. Nipe
Schiffer Publishing, 2000
What a wonderful publication!
+ Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive - February-March 1943
+ Detailed account of battle of Kharkov
+ 3rd battle of Kharkov
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Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 (Modern War Studies)
David M. Glantz
University Press of Kansas, 1999
Thank Goodness for David Glantz !
+ Demolishes Zhukov's reputation as a Soviet military hero
+ Detailed account of the (virtually unknown) Rzhev operation
For those who forget the past are condemned to relive it. The supression of knowledge of Operation MARS as military history because of its failure can be dangerous. Failure can be just as instructive as success if not more so. With the addition of this book, we can place the Eastern Front in the ...
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The Battle of Kursk (Modern War Studies)
David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
University Press of Kansas, 1999
Kursk ..... finally explained
+ outstanding study of complex battle
+ Great, detailed account
+ Glantz finest work to date
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Ostfront 1944: The German Defensive Battles on the Russian Front 1944 (Schiffer Military History)
Alex Buchner
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1991
Other Side of the Coin
+ Good Coverage Of An Area Not Well Covered In The West
+ Excellent blend of tactics with personal accounts
This is a very interesting book because if one thinks of it, the reverse of everything that is discussed in this book about the Germans in 1944, the encircliments, the retreats and above all the dispair of the poor soldiers could have been written about the RUSSIANs in 1941-42. This book though, ...
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Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)
Colonel Glantz
Frank Cass, 2004
This book is an edited translation of the Soviet Staff study of the Red Army's Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, which was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences. The Soviet Stavka had planned a campaign consisting of a series of massive operations spanning the entire Soviet-German front. Four powerful fronts (army groups) operated under close Stavka ...
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