It’s too bad both sides in that conflict didn’t lose.
Because every child needs to know the grisly facts behind millions of men turning each other into ground chuck.
Thank you very much for this, C19fan...I am extremely interested in this period of history. I’m not sure you are aware of a statistic I heard once (not sure if it is literally true or not) that 90% of all the combat in WWII was between the Bolsheviks and the Nazis. Even if not true it was war on a stupendous scale. Add in the unbelievable brutality on both sides and you have an arresting historical situation. I know lots of people aren’t interested in this but I find it fascinating. I’ve read many first-hand accounts (mostly from the German side) of participants, but it never gets old for me. I will definitely get some of these for my Kindle!
thanks always looking to increase my World War Two library on line.
Thanks for posting! In return, here’s a free multiformat download of “Tigers In The Mud The Combat Career Of Otto Carius”, an Eastern Front Tank Ace (got 4.3 stars on Amazon).
https://archive.org/details/TigersInTheMudTheCombatCareerOfOttoCarius
archve.org has a lot of interesting things if you spend some time poking around.
Glantz’ is unmatched in detail concerning the Eastern front, but reading that stuff is a _lot_ of detail.
That said, thanks for the tip!
Sorry, kindle ... already read books in their original print and language.
Read ‘Voyna EE Myr’ in high school. (War and peace)
Ping for later - thanks!
The hard covers are so big and heavy they are hard to read in bed.
Bfl
I will probably spend the rest of my days making up for the gaps left in my learning by public education and the gutters of what passes for popular culture.
Again, great stuff, and I appreciate it.
A related title: Savage Continent. Treats the aftermath of WWII.
thanks. picked up both Tank Warfare books and After Stalingrad for a grand total of $5.50. i am teaching (facilitating) a class on The Eastern Front in the spring for Osher Live Long Learning Institute(OLLI DU South)
Thank you for this!