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NagyGL -> [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/30/2016 8:42:54 AM)

Hi All,

I have read Keegan's The Second World War and Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy on the Western Front. Now, I would like to read a bit more about the Eastern Front and I was wondering what people here on the forum recommend.

As ordering books from the US is quite expensive where I live, I prefer books with e-book versions. Also, the Liberation Trilogy is approximately what I can handle regarding details (i.e. I like books where there is a strategic discussion and a not too overwhelming level of tactical description).

Do you have any recommendations?

I have tried to search for similar topics but with no success, so if there is something like this already up, please feel free to redirect me.



EwaldvonKleist -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/30/2016 8:59:20 AM)

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3976662

Good thread with links toll publications.
If you have problems to access some sites there are Tricks, just ask
I am imterested too in recommendations



demyansk -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/30/2016 9:26:14 AM)

Hi, I have a bunch in my library and the books by David Stahel will give you the most recent versions, plus provide you with the information that flows well. I really like his books and the others are Citino and Glantz but his books are quite tactical in nature.



HermanGraf -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/30/2016 5:10:14 PM)

"The Forgotten Soldier" is a really good one, though its legitimacy as a memoir has been questioned, its still a great book.

I definitely need to check out Glantz and Stahel though. My primary reads have been all about German Uboats and the battle of the atlantic. Now that I am engrossed in WiTE, need to get my eastern facts right!



chemkid -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/30/2016 5:29:19 PM)

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tortugapower -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/30/2016 8:17:28 PM)


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ORIGINAL: chemkid

east front eBooks on my kindle(in no specific order):

The Siege of Brest 1941 - Rostislav Aliev
War Without Garlands - Robert Kershaw
Barbarossa Derailed, Vol 1+2 - David Glantz
Ostkrieg - Stephan G. Fritz
Stalingrad to Berlin - Earl F. Ziemke
Lost Victories - Erich von Manstein
Op. Barbarossa 2nd Panzergruppe in Russia - Heinz Guderian

cheers!
chem!



But we want them in a particular order... best first [:D]



NagyGL -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/31/2016 6:30:45 AM)

Thank you all for the answers and for the free links!

Finding the proper order (and time) now seems to be another challenge :)

I have checked out the books you have recommended and I am inclined to start with Fritz or Stahel for an overview and then move on to some of the more specific or personal books and free content...



chemkid -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/31/2016 11:13:55 AM)

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No idea -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/31/2016 11:18:17 AM)

I think two great books (not autobiographic) are Tank Warfare in the Eastern Front: Schwerpunkt and Tank Warfare in the Eastern Front: Red Steamroller, both by Robert Forczyk who is an ex cavalry officer. The first deals with 41-42, the second book with 43-45. Great analysis of tank warfare and all the major ops.



topeverest -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (12/31/2016 5:52:46 PM)

Forgotton soldier is my favorite soldier memoir across all wars. A must read.

Since I don't read German or Russian, I am reading (in English) 'the russo-german war 1941-45' by albert seaton. It reads very much like a phd thesis and is at army level and above. Still I am impressed with the work. Not a Coddington 'Gettysburg a study in command' but darn good.



Searry -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (1/2/2017 8:46:52 PM)

Antony Beevor's Stalingrad and Berlin. Gives good insight to the insanity of the German command system and the suffering of the war.



EwaldvonKleist -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (1/3/2017 12:48:46 AM)

Yes the German high/strategic command was very bad. The Germans probably had the best tactical and operational leades/training, but no joint high command. On the side of the allies it was often reverse...



Searry -> RE: [Off-topic] Recommended Eastern Front e-books? (1/3/2017 5:42:06 AM)

And especially Hitler's incessant meddling in the minutest details of planning and strategic moves.



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