[Fred Mertz]

"Cross of Iron" is one of my favorite war flicks. Nobody else thinks so though; besides you that is.

[Travis McGee]

Cross of Iron is also an excellent novel with a slightly different ending.

Another great "Russian Front" novel is "The Black March" about Waffen SS in Ukraine then almost to Stalingrad.

[junta]

Best novel on WWII is "Forgotten Soldier" written by a young man from Aslace France and because of him having a German mother was able to participate with the losers. He first tries to join Rudel's Stutka squadron but flunks their test so he is assigned to a supply unit and then in a youthful indiscretion (looking for valor) joins the Grosse Deutschland division as a leg with his good buddy. It proves two things that stand out at this early hour, one that literature is the highest art form from France and secondly what they went thru is nearly incomprehensible to try and fathom. I highly recommend this book.