Panzer Killers: Anti-tank Warfare on the Eastern Front by Artem Drabkin and...
Similar to the other volumes published by Artem Drabkin and translated by Stuart Britton, 'Panzer Killers' offers readers a glimpse into the everyday life of Soviet combat veterans that served in the...
View ArticleBlitzkrieg: From the Ground Up by Niklas Zetterling
That the idea of “Blitzkrieg” – a term hardly ever employed by the Germans – continues to dominate thinking about the Second World War means the term and concept are still in need of a better grounding...
View ArticleHitler's First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First...
Thomas Weber's addition to literature on Hitler attempts to address numerous myths while simultaneously answering and posing new historically relevant questions. Hitler's time in the German Army...
View ArticleThe Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich has a specific style that she replicates throughout her volumes. She gives voice to women who have lived in “interesting” times. Whether it is war or the breakup of the Soviet...
View ArticleConfronting Case Blue: Briansk Front's Attempt To Derail The German Drive To...
Igor’ Sdvizhkov’s look at a minor Red Army offensive (Army size) that took place in the latter part of July 1942 is an important contribution to our understanding of the war between Germany and the...
View ArticleFor The Motherland! For Stalin!: A Red Army Officer's Memoir of the Eastern...
Boris Bogachev's memoirs give readers a glimpse of frontline life for a Red Army officer who went through the majority of the war serving as a platoon commander. Bogachev might not have found luck in...
View ArticleOperation Bagration, 23 June-29 August 1944: The Rout Of The German Forces In...
The Soviet General Staff Study on Operation Bagration is divided into two parts, preparation and conduct. Similar to the other titles in this General Staff series, this is a text best suited for those...
View ArticleFrom Warsaw to Rome: General Anders' Exiled Polish Army in the Second World...
The Polish struggle in the Second World War was one of the first and the failure of the Western Allies to support Poland resulted in another partition and the fracturing of Polish efforts to continue...
View ArticleBlood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket...
I'm always interested in diving into historic accounts that try their best to tell a story few are familiar with or will ever discover without having in-depth knowledge of specific events, people,...
View ArticleThe Price of Victory: The Red Army’s Casualties in the Great Patriotic War by...
As with so many recent volumes published in Russia/by Russians, ‘The Price of Victory’ offers a mixed bag for readers. Those familiar with western academic studies might come away perplexed by this...
View ArticleDubno 1941: The Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World War by Aleksei Isaev
This rather slim volume - even though it is an oversized hardcover - was written by Aleksei Isaev. I can only imagine that he based the majority of this work on his previously published "Ot Dubno do...
View ArticleThe Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 by Robert M. Citino
For what it's worth, "Death of the Wehrmacht" I found an enjoyable read that helped put German operations on various fronts into a greater context and offered an analysis that at the time seemed...
View ArticleAmerican Oligarchy: The Permanent Political Class by Ron Formisano
Without a doubt this is one of the most informative if depressing books I've read on the state of the United States in recent history. There's no surprise in the fact that corruption exists throughout...
View ArticleVitebsk: The Fight and Destruction of Third Panzer Army by Otto Heidkämper...
Otto Heidkämper, chief of staff of Third Panzer Army, wrote a report of the numerous offensives undertaken by the Red Army in and around Vitebsk in 1943 leading up to Operation Bagration in the summer...
View ArticleMarshal Malinovskii: Hero of the Soviet Union: Architect of the Modern Soviet...
One of the great wartime commanders to come out of the Second World War was Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovskii. He had the added benefit of serving in France during the First World War...
View ArticleA Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator -...
Susan Ronald's "A Dangerous Woman" sets out to document the life of Florence Gould. From a young age, Florence seemingly already knew what she wanted out of life - a relationship with a wealthy suitor...
View ArticleThe Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
Continuing revelations about Russian interference in American and European elections have become routine, almost banal. Timothy Snyder, a historian who achieved some popularity after his previous...
View ArticleIn Broad Daylight: The Secret Procedures behind the Holocaust by Bullets by...
Father Patrick Desbois is partly responsible for our understanding of "The Holocaust by Bullets," the mass murder of millions of Jews throughout Eastern Europe that is often overshadowed by the...
View ArticleThe Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Strauss-Schom
"The Shadow Emperor" by Alan Strauss-Schom aims to offer a readable historical account of the life and times of Napoleon III, one of Napoleon Bonaparte's nephews. From his early life and childhood,...
View ArticleThe Tanks of Operation Barbarossa: Soviet versus German Armour on the...
It's not easy to write an original monograph on the Red Army and Wehrmacht's tanks during Operation Barbarossa. This is a topic that many historians, scholars, and researchers touch on when discussing...
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