Red Storm On The Reich: The Soviet March On Germany, 194511 reviews Christopher Duffy Da Capo Press, 1993 Essential WWII Reading + Interesting Look at the final days of the 1000 Year Reich + An indispensable account of the Eastern Front battles Ah, what a pleasure to read such a skilled work of narrative-military history. Professor Duffy wrote this after delving into the Soviet records that opened up after the USSR split open, and the book is a delight to read. Duffy takes the emphasis off the drive to Berlin, and turns instead to the ...             Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad88 reviews William Craig Konecky & Konecky, 2001 The was fasincating read! + Accessible war history, keenly told + Everyone should read this book. + As told by those who were there!             Moscow to Stalingrad: Decision in the East (Army Historical Series)3 reviews Earl F. Ziemke, Magna E. Bauer Hippocrene Books, 1989 The definitive study of the Russian War from German records + Great Overview + A Solid Operational-Level History of the Russo-German War Excellent operational study of the Russian war from German records. This was the classic way of westerners studying the conflict as the Russian archives had been sealed for decades. This book should be studied with Erickson's work (the Russian side) for a more balanced study.             Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland54 reviews Christopher R. Browning Harper Perennial, 1993 Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach! + Ordinary Men is a grisly look at a German killing squad implementing the Final Solution in Poland + Frightfully banal + Excellent             Hitler's Generals13 reviews Grove Press, 2003 Excellent biographical essays on top German commanders + Hitler's Generals: A mixed lot + An extraordinary collection of biographical sketches Hitler's Generals is a collection of biographical essays on 26 of German top military commanders during the Third Reich. They ranged from political generals like Keital to one of the Great Captains of history, von Manstein. Each biographical essay was written by different author who appears to have ...             Soldiers of Destruction18 reviews Charles W. Sydnor Jr. Princeton University Press, 1990 Academically honest insight in to the Totenkopf and Eicke + classic study + Not Bad. + Getting at the truth of the Totenkpfdivision actions + A fine study of an elite formation             Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 (Modern War Studies)17 reviews Robert M. Citino University Press of Kansas, 2007 A Great Addition to WWII Literature + Conciso repaso a la Wehrmacht en 1942. + A great lesson to learn + Top notch, but read the sister volume first...             STALINGRAD: How the Red Army Survived the German Onslaught8 reviews Michael Jones Casemate, 2007 The Story from the Russian Side -- Unique, Unvarnished & Accurate + A good read + This book earned my respect... + Interesting and informative + Purely STALINGRAD!!!!             Ostfront 1944: The German Defensive Battles on the Russian Front 1944 (Schiffer Military History)4 reviews Alex Buchner Schiffer Publishing, 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, ...             Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, And Atrocity (Modern War Studies)11 reviews Alexander B. Rossino University Press of Kansas, 2005 The Nazis Strike Poland + Excellent Detail, but Omits German Exterminatory Plans against the Polish People + Understanding atrocities + Graphic Account of Poland Invasion             Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire40 reviews Richard B. Frank Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 Excellent in-depth defense of why the atomic bomb was needed + The Best Book I've Found On the End of the Pacific War + Finally, Truth Instead of Myth + Exceptionally well researched + Yet more praise             An Infantryman in Stalingrad: From 24 September 1942 to 2 February 194310 reviews Adelbert Holl Leaping Horseman Books, 2005 A soldier's tale + Exceptional piece of history - a Real Gem + Daily log. + Excellent + A Soldier's Story             Slaughter at Halbe: Hitler's Ninth Army in the Spreewald Pocket, April 194513 reviews Tony Le Tissier The History Press, 2005 Another excellent effort by Le Tissier + Simply Outstanding, Buy It! Add this work to his others that cover this period of WW II history and you will have a complete and accurate telling.             Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi Rule5 reviews Karel C. Berkhoff Belknap Press, 2008 Chilling work + Harvest of Despair I don't know why this book did not get good reviews from our esteemed Amazon customers. This book details the immense hardship in the Reichkommisariat Ukraine ruled by the "brutal dog" Erich Koch. It gives many examples of Ukrainians being executed for the smallest reasons like having a knife or ...             In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front (Modern War Studies (Paper))55 reviews Gottlob Herbert Bidermann University Press of Kansas, 2001 Excellent account of hardship, interesting perspective + Another clear look into the Geman's soldiers life on the Russian Front + Very realistic, moving and, at times, hard hitting! + Excellent Read - With One Exception             Barbarossa45 reviews Alan Clark Harper Perennial, 1985 A Fantastic Achievement + Antedote to Complaining + Old School Classic + Barbarrosa             The Sergeant in the Snow6 reviews Mario Rigoni Stern Marlboro Press, 1998 A Heart Wrenching Odysee + Great Book + Surviving the Eastern Front + just so true + "Sergeant-major, shall we ever get home?"             The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders19 reviews William S. Konecky Associates, 1996 Hard read. Well written/researched. + Good Times, Bad Times: The Universality of Evil + A Difficult Read, But Necessary to Understand the Holocaust When Hannah Arendt coined the phrase "banality of evil," she was writing about Eichmann.But after reading this compilation of personal stories,she could have been writing about anyone and everyone who bowed to worship hitler,and blithely went on about their lives,pre-war,when they knew full well ...             The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin`s War with Germany, Volume One (Erickson, John, Stalin's War With Germany, V. ...22 reviews John Erickson Yale University Press, 1999 Easily the best book on the topic + Very good detail of the Soviet side + lacks maps + It really is a masterpiece! + Colossal conflict             Katyn: The Untold Story of Stalin's Polish Massacre3 reviews Allen Paul Scribner Book Company, 1991 A Chilling Indictment + A Solid, Detailed History of Events Surrounding the Katyn Massacre + moving, emotional, striking images Fifty eight years after the end of WWII, the holocaust remains under constant public scrutiny while most other of the almost innumerable atrocities of that great conflict continue to be either ignored or pooh-poohed by those who continue to rationalize them for personal political reasons. Because ...