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: Confronting Case Blue: Briansk Front's Attempt To Derail The German Drive To The Caucasus, July 1942 Author: Igor' Sdvizhkov (Author), Stuart Britton (Translator) Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 424 This is an excellent account of a little-covered battle in the summer of 1942, on the periphery
Title: WARSAW 2: THE BATTLE FOR PRAGA: July - September 1944 (Operations: East Front 1944) (v. 2) Author: Norbert Bacyk Genre: Military History Publisher: Leandoer and Ekholm Release Date: 2009 Format: Hardcover Pages: 272 This is an interesting book about the battles east of Warsaw from August-October 1944. Although the book is rather short (159
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: T-34: The Red Army's Legendary Medium Tank Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 This book is a good, quick read about the T-34--its design, manufacturer, evolution, variants (SUs, etc.) use in combat, etc, with plenty of good pictures. At least for the
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: Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Hans von Luck Author: Hans von Luck Genre: Military History Publisher: Frontline Books Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 279 I can't add very much to the other reviews of this book, but did want to contribute a five star rating and add a few comments. This book is
Title: Red Army Armour in Combat Author: Bob Carruthers Genre: Military History Publisher: Coda Books Ltd Release Date: 2012 Format: Kindle Pages: 176 In a book entitled "Red Army Amour in Combat", I expected to read accounts of combat by Soviet tank veterans, but this was not the case. In fact, this book contains thirteen
Title: Panzer Warfare on the Eastern Front Author: Stackpole Books Genre: Military History Publisher: Stackpole Books Release Date: 2012 Format: Kindle Pages: 357 I had fairly low expectations about this book, but ended up really enjoying it. I can't add much to the other reviews, but wanted to contribute a five-star rating and a few
Title: The Devil's General: The Life of Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz - The "Panzer Graf" Author: Raymond Bagdonas Genre: Military History Publisher: Casemate; Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 376 This book has some redeeming qualities, but generally it is not a good work of history. The main issue is that the author feels free to
Title: Order in Chaos: The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck Series: Foreign Military Studies Author: Hermann Balck Genre: Military History Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 578 I haven't read a German general's memoirs in quite a while--after a while all of them started to sound
Title: Kursk 1943: The Northern Front Series: Osprey Campaign Author: Robert Forczyk Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 96 I bought this book because it covers the northern face of the Kursk salient, while most books on the battle focus almost exclusively on the southern face. As mentioned by
Title: Panzer Destroyer: Memoirs of a Red Army Tank Commander Author: Vasiliy Krysov Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen & Sword Release Date: 2010 Format: Kindle Pages: 224 Overall, a very good book about Soviet self-propelled assault guns in WWII; in fact, the only one that I'm aware of in English. The author is a decent
Title: Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II Author: Dennis E. Showalter Genre: Military History Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 368 I'd read some favorable reviews of this book and ended up disappointed for the following reasons: 1). I've read a couple of books
Title: The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941 Author: Victor Kamenir Genre: Military History Publisher: Zenith Press Release Date: 2009 Format: Kindle Pages: 338 I just finished this book and was torn being giving it three or four stars, so gave it 3.5... Frankly, the book is not very
Title: Hell's Gate: The Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket, January-February 1944 Author: Douglas E. Nash Genre: Military History Publisher: Rzm Imports Inc Release Date: 2002 Format: Hardcover Pages: 417 Excellent book, with loads of anecdotes and personal accounts, at least for the German side. The book would have been even better if the author could
Title: Tank Rider: Into the Reich with the Red Army Author: Evgeni Bessonov Genre: Military History Publisher: Greenhill Books Release Date: 2006 Format: Hardcover Pages: 256 I just finished this book and found it to be one of the most interesting WWII memoirs that I've read. Here's what I liked about it: 1) This is
Title: Panzer Aces I: German Tank Commanders of WWII Series: Stackpole Military History Series Author: Franz Kurowski Publisher: Stackpole Books Release Date: 2004 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 I enjoyed this book quite a bit--it has loads of heavy tank fighting, mainly on the Eastern front. The book is full of accounts of chatter in the
