I just picked up a book written by Jack Radey "The Defense of Moscow 1941".
The book is 278 pages long of which 94 pages are of detailed notes including OB's orders from both German and Russian commanders.
One thing i especially like is he does include several web links for various sources.
One of those links is to the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
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Also finished with David Glantz's book.
Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942
Going thru this book there are so many scenario possibilities.
I have read several other glantz's books and this one was a very enjoyable read. He was able to bring to light the intensity of the battles without bogging the book down in details.
After i finish with the Defense of Moscow 1941 i will be reading david glantz book
Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944.
Does anyone else have some suggestions on decent books on the Eastern front.
Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942
Going thru this book there are so many scenario possibilities.
I have read several other glantz's books and this one was a very enjoyable read. He was able to bring to light the intensity of the battles without bogging the book down in details.
After i finish with the Defense of Moscow 1941 i will be reading david glantz book
Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944.
Does anyone else have some suggestions on decent books on the Eastern front.
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I was overlooking some old posts and came across this topic. I have a number of good books to read on the Eastern Front.
Hitler Moves East & Scorched Earth: Both of these were written from a clearly German perspective. The author, Paul Carrell, was the talking head for von Ribbentrop during the war so that explains the bias but still great reading and will give you a definite view of how the Germans saw what was going on. Complete with maps but accuracy sometimes suffers. After all, the first casualty of war is the truth...
von Halder's War Diary (Kriegstagebuch). Originally published in German I have seen English translations over the years. This is the War Diary for the German Army throughout Halder's stint as Commander.
John Erickson did a pair of books on the Eastern Front that pair nicely with the Carrell books above. These are more scholarly and rank with Glantz's works as academic views. Both are outstanding references and will give a very clear understanding of what happened and why.
Available through the U.S. Army Military History Center are a number of works that were translated from German documents at the War's end. These include fighting in extreme weather conditions, fighting Russian Partisans, and the invasion of the Balkans. These were written to teach German Officers how to handle situations or to document actions already taken and are a wealth of information.
The single biggest problem I encountered was finding authoritative works on the subject. They are out there but you're going to have to dig.
P.S. Anything by David Glantz is solid gold and should be treated as accurate since his source is the Russian records from the war.
Hitler Moves East & Scorched Earth: Both of these were written from a clearly German perspective. The author, Paul Carrell, was the talking head for von Ribbentrop during the war so that explains the bias but still great reading and will give you a definite view of how the Germans saw what was going on. Complete with maps but accuracy sometimes suffers. After all, the first casualty of war is the truth...
von Halder's War Diary (Kriegstagebuch). Originally published in German I have seen English translations over the years. This is the War Diary for the German Army throughout Halder's stint as Commander.
John Erickson did a pair of books on the Eastern Front that pair nicely with the Carrell books above. These are more scholarly and rank with Glantz's works as academic views. Both are outstanding references and will give a very clear understanding of what happened and why.
Available through the U.S. Army Military History Center are a number of works that were translated from German documents at the War's end. These include fighting in extreme weather conditions, fighting Russian Partisans, and the invasion of the Balkans. These were written to teach German Officers how to handle situations or to document actions already taken and are a wealth of information.
The single biggest problem I encountered was finding authoritative works on the subject. They are out there but you're going to have to dig.
P.S. Anything by David Glantz is solid gold and should be treated as accurate since his source is the Russian records from the war.