Good books about the eastern front

Fritz, a professor of history at east tennessee state university, shows the eastern front from the german perspective. The eastern front memoir of general raus, 1941 1945 by general erhard raus 11 panzer battles by maj. The personal memoir of a nazi soldier, from joining the german army in 1941 through his time as a panzer on the eastern front. How the red army stopped hitler by david glantz and jonathan house and russias war. What is a good book about the eastern front in wwi answers. What is a good book about the eastern front in wwi. Atlas of the eastern front 194145 robert kirchubel.

Eastern front world war ii books casemate publishers. My war memories 19141918 by erich ludendorff, the white war. Tmp recommendations for novels based on the eastern. After being blinded, a young soldier becomes a human listening post in this absorbing but quirky. What are the best books about the eastern front during ww2. On 22 june 1941, the german wehrmacht launched an offensive into russia with 9 divisions across an 1,800mile front. It is not a concise dictionary on fighting on the eastern front, but rather contains reports on different topics written by german generals after the war. The epic siege of world war ii, 19411944 by anna reid. A novel of the eastern front, 1942 by schneider, russ from amazons fiction books store. The eastern front is a very good initial reference for understanding germanys failure and the soviet unions triumph during this world war ii campaign.

Following the 1943 battle of kursk, the russians regained the initiative on the eastern front for good. Siege a novel of the eastern front 1942 russ schneider. Sniper on the eastern front by albrecht wacker 2016. Without question one of the classics of postwar historical scholarship, stones boldly conceived and brilliantly executed book opened the eyes of a generation of young british historians raised on tales of the western trenches to the crucial importance of the eastern front in the first world war niall ferguson scholarly, lucid, entertaining, based on a thorough knowledge of austrian and. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. But my sense is that there is still a very strong sentiment against that viewpoint and will probably remain there for some time to come. If you are english or french, eastern front was in france against the germans if you are german, eastern front was in russia against russia. Best books about the eastern front 0 the initial period of war on the eastern front, 22 june august 1941. The tale of one of germanys greatest snipers and a riveting if slightly short read.

It would be great if they also contained plenty of personal accounts, reports, anecdotes etc from people especially soldiers who were involved in the fighting rather than just describing battle after. At first an exciting adventure, guy sajers war becomes, as the german invasion falters in the icy vastness of the ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all, the. I have a big hospital stay ahead of me and rather than be bummed out and have nothing to do. The memoirs of a german soldier on the eastern front by gunter k. The massive offensives on the eastern front during 1915 are often overshadowed by the events in western europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between imperial germany, hapsburg austriahungary and tsarist russia were greater than anything seen on the western front and ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war. Fighting the first world war by william philpott overlook, 2014. Any good books to recommend on eastern front during ww2.

Which books should you read first if youre new to the eastern front of ww2. Wardas brother, william, moved to philadelphia and provided english translations for two books about the german experience on the eastern front, operation barbarossa in photographs and. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. It discusses perceptions of the eastern front of world war ii in the united states in the context of historical revisionism. It is nicely illustrated with period photographs, but the vast majority are of german forces, not fully illustrating the soviet side of the war. I have read extensively on world war ii and have recently been reading on the eastern and western front very good book i recommend it to anyone requiring. This is the horror of world war ii on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged german soldier. Well, im going to give you 3 books i recommend you read first in. Most of the maps in books can most charitably described as sketches, but they do give a rough idea. His thesis is that the wehrmacht was worn out after 8 weeks of operation barbarossa by dust in their engines, terrible roads, unsuitable t. July 28, 2017 atlas of the eastern front is a valuable contribution to the study of world war ii. Millett has fairly good coverage of the eastern front. The myth of the eastern front has been listed as one of the history good articles under the good article criteria.

The fateful siege, 19421943 by antony beevor, the battle of kursk by david m. Most americans know very little about the eastern front. The book traces the foundation of the postwar myth of the clean wehrmacht, its. German army veteran of world war ii remembers the eastern. Heres a list of the books in english or translated into english that i have read and found to be good. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. Eastern front in ww2 rtg sunderland message boards. Originally written only for his daughter, armin schedierbauers adventures in my youth chronicles his time. The nazisoviet war in american popular culture is a 2008 book by the american historians ronald smelser and edward j. Antony beevor shelved 5 times as wwiieasternfront avg rating 4. Life and death on the italian front 1915 1919 by mark. The war on the eastern front, known to russians as the great patriotic war, was the scene of the largest military confrontation in history. These twentyone classics cover the war from the eastern front to the south pacific, and investigate its murky origins and complex legacies. Popular wwii eastern front books showing 150 of 197 stalingrad.

Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Operation barbarossa was the largest military offensive in human history. The memoirs of 3 12 years of combat on the eastern front, followed by over 1,000 days as a soviet pow can not be described in any other words except by a man that survived the ordeal. What are some of the best books on the eastern front. The eastern front goodreads meet your next favorite book. Contact info casemate publishers 1950 lawrence road havertown pa 19083 t. Robert kirchubel has assembled some of the maps from older osprey books, updated many, and added numerous new maps to provide a great visual representation of the conflict. They should be comprehensive and full of details, without being dry and boring. The way these are written convey the cold reality of war, as well as the pride of the authors in the quality of german armed forces.

If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Myth of the eastern front in american popular culture. Online shopping for eastern front from a great selection at books store. The memoirs of sepp allerberger, knights cross by albrecht wacker. Glantzs books can be a bit dry, if you want more readable histories then have a look out for. Each year, seemingly dozens of new titles emerge to offer fresh perspectives and uncover fascinating details about the deadliest conflict in human history. What are some good books about the eastern front in wwii. Reexamines the causes and lingering effects of the war, drawing on experiences of frontline soldiers, munitions workers, politicians and diplomats, and shows how u. Hardback book the fast at the best online prices at ebay.

Proceedings fo the fourth art of war symposium, garmisch, october, 1987 soviet russian military experience. Also, a war to be won by williamson murray and allan r. Though it ended months before the atomic age began, the russogerman portion of world war ii was in almost every way a conflict. I just read operation barbarossa and germanys defeat in the east by david stahel, which i highly recommend.

Operation barbarossa robert kershaw, war without garlands siege of leningrad harrison e. Having read them i can say that they have serious mistakes since they rely on soviet sources for information on german strength and loss statistics. Asked in world war 1, germany in ww2, ww1 allied forces. Overall, siege is one of the mustread books about the eastern front in world war 2 and even though it is fiction, readers will come away with some great insight into what the war was like for the average german soldier in russia. Unfortunately good maps are a bit of a stumbling block, certainly for divisional sized ww2 eastern front actions. It has been more than 60 years since the end of the second world war, a conflict that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. On the eastern front appears in john greenings newlypublished collection to the war poets, an interesting fusion of original poems, including a series of verseletters to assorted britsh first.