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: Prelude to Berlin: The Red Army's Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945 Author: Richard W. Harrison Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 636 Overall I would rate this book at three and a half stars; it has some good features but also some pretty significant
Title: The Fall of Berlin 1945 Author: Antony Beevor Genre: Military History Publisher: Viking Release Date: 2002 Format: Hardcover Pages: 490 This is a very good, readable book about the fall of Berlin, with lots of personal anecdotes but also a decent description of the military maneuvers. Potential readers should be aware of a couple
Title: Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945 Author: Christopher Duffy Genre: Military History Publisher: Booksales Release Date: 2002 Format: Hardcover Pages: 403 The first 2/3 of this book is very good--a good description of the fighting in East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, etc. from January-May 1945. The text focuses on Zhukov's
Title: Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 Author: Max Hastings Genre: Military History Publisher: Knopf Release Date: 2004 Format: Hardcover Pages: 640 I probably can't add much to the existing 200 reviews for this book, but did want to add a high rating. The author does a good job covering all of the relevant sides
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: 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
Title: Prussian Apocalypse: The Fall of Danzig 1945 Author: Egbert Kieser Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Release Date: 2012 Format: Kindle Pages: 240
