Title: Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919–1939 Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Author: Mary R. Habeck Genre: Military History Publisher: Cornell University Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 336 This is an incredibly-detailed account of the evolution of pre-war armored doctrine in Germany and
Title: Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIA Series: Operation Barbarossa Author: Nigel Askey Genre: Military History Publisher: lulu.com Release Date: 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 772 This is an excellent review of the weapons and TO&E of the Germany Army during Operation Barbarossa. The first part of the book
Title: Retreat From Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942 Author: David Stahel Genre: Military History Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 2019 Format: Kindle Pages: 562 This is a pretty good new book about the Russian counter-offensive at Moscow in late 1941 and early 1942. The conventional wisdom for this campaign
Title: Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy Author: Richard Freiherr von Rosen Genre: Military History Publisher: Greenhill Books Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 408 This is an excellent book by a German officer that stayed at the company level of a panzer unit for virtually the
Title: Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943 Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies Author: Gregory Liedtke Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 248
Title: Panzers on the Vistula Author: Hans Schäufler Genre: Memoir Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 This is an excellent, short book detailing the experiences of a German soldier in a panzer unit in the Danzig area during the closing months of World War II. The author does an
Title: War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945 Author: James Lucas Genre: Military History Publisher: Frontline Books Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 224 This is not a bad book about the experience of German soldiers on the Eastern Front, although it also doesn't add much to the literature. The book
Title: Once I Had a Comrade: Karl Roth and the Combat History of the 36th Panzer Regiment 1939-45 Author: R.W. Byrd Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2006 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 This is an OK little book--only 160 pages--written by an American about the experiences of his German father-in-law (Karl Roth)
Title: A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944 Author: Willy Peter Reese Genre: Memoir Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 2005 Format: Hardcover Pages: 208 This is a short book, but nonetheless rather difficult to read. Why? The book is a rather tedious memoir by a young German infantryman in WWII,
Title: Shades of Gray: Memoirs of a Prussian Saint on the Eastern Front Author: Michael S. Eldredge Genre: Memoir Publisher: Mill Creek Press Release Date: 2004 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Not a bad memoir by a young German soldier from Germany's eastern frontier (Tilsit), who happened to be a Mormon. As usual with such memoirs,
Title: Germany and the Second World War: Volume IV: The Attack on the Soviet Union Series: Germany and the Second World War Author: Horst Boog, et al Genre: Military History Publisher: Clarendon Press Release Date: 2015 Format: Paperback Pages: 1456 This volume (actually "Volume IV" consists of two volumes, Volume IV/1 and Volume IV/2) is
Title: Adventures in my Youth: A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45 Author: Armin Scheiderbauer Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 225
Title: Hitler’s Heavy Panzers 1943-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Author: Ian Baxter Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 176 Not a bad book if you are looking for a cheap kindle book with lots of photos of panzers, but there is not much meat here...lots of
Title: Objective Ponyri! The Defeat of XXXXI. Panzerkorps at Ponyri Train Station Author: Martin Nevshemal Genre: Military History Publisher: Leaping Horseman Books Release Date: 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 204
Title: Iron Cross Brigade - The Story of Werner Gösel and Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244 Author: Werner Gösel (Author), Christian Bauermeister (Editor), Jason Mark (Editor) Genre: Military History Publisher: Leaping Horseman Books Release Date: 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 492 This is another excellent book from Leaping Horseman Books. This review is not a "verified purchase" because I
Title: The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 Author: Ian Kershaw Genre: General History Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: 2011 Format: Kindle Pages: 596 After reading a few other books about the end of WWII in Europe, I was looking forward to this author's exploration of what made Germany and its people
Title: The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy Author: Adam Tooze Genre: General History Publisher: Adam Tooze Release Date: 2008 Format: Kindle Pages: 829 I can't contribute much to the 90 other reviews (as of the time of this review), but did want to add my five star rating for
Title: Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2012 Format: Paperback Pages: 482 This is an excellent, detailed account of the fighting in East Prussia, mainly involving Rokossovky's 2nd Belorussian Front, but also Chenyakosvky's and Bagramian's fronts to some extent. The book
Title: Hitler's Wave-Breaker Concept: An Analysis of the German End Game in the Baltic Author: Henrik Lunde Genre: Military History Publisher: Casemate Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 289 This is a pretty decent, well-written account of the northern sector of the war in the East in late 1944-1945, but I agree with other reviewers
