The eastern front was much larger and thus did not result in the trench warfare seen in the west. Well, im going to give you 3 books i recommend you read first in the video, and another list of recommended books will. Feb 01, 2010 eastern front is a army handbook for the flames of war game system. These fronts, which grew as the war advanced, were hot spots of bitter and prolonged fighting. Within months, europes political borders were redrawn along hostile war fronts the eastern front and the western front see the map at the end of this worksheet. It involved most of the worlds countries, was fought in three separate continents, and directly affected about 100 million people. It tells of the horror experienced by the people on the russian front who found themselves sandwiched between the two greatest ar.
John ericksons the road to stalingrad and the road to berlin are worth reading too imho. Buy books about world war 2 eastern front from boffins books. This meant that very few reinforcements were being sent to stop the advance of the western allies. List of books and articles about world war ii eastern front online. During the course of the fighting, the eastern front claimed 10. They should be comprehensive and full of details, without being dry and boring. Hello pzjgr, your text fits very well into any account given by a former wehrmacht soldier. In red sky at noon, a western on the eastern front. Although the majority of german military deaths occurred on the eastern front, german losses on the western front were almost irreplaceable, because most of germanys resources were being allocated to the eastern front. Rotterdam after the blitz, german heinkel he 111 planes during the battle of britain, allied paratroopers during operation market garden, american troops running through wernberg, germany, siege of bastogne, american troops landing at omaha beach during operation overlord. Tmp recommendations for novels based on the eastern. The spine was solid with no tell tale white creasing. Instead, the fighting was much more traditional and deadly due to advances in technology. The western front was a military theatre of world war ii encompassing denmark, norway.
For the british, sir douglas haigs 1st army, between armentieres and lens, tried a new experiment at neuvechapelle on march 10, when its artillery opened an. People literally freezing in the streets, and melting the glue off of book spines to eat it like candy bars for precious protein, or kidnapping and butchering children for food, or hell, the main plot itself. Learn western front and eastern front of world war 1 with free interactive flashcards. Online shopping for eastern front from a great selection at books store. The complete wwii diary and history of the sturmgeschutz brigade 236. Tmp recommendations for novels based on the eastern front. Sweden river marsh city capital estonia 1st ukrainian. Originally written only for his daughter, armin schedierbauers adventures in my youth chronicles his time.
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. The western front was a military theatre of world war ii encompassing denmark, norway, luxembourg, belgium, the netherlands, the united kingdom, france, italy, and germany. Oct 01, 2017 with 30 million soldiers and civilians killed, the eastern front proved to be world war iis bloodiest conflict. The nazisoviet war in american popular culture is a 2008 book by the american historians ronald smelser and edward j. Which books should you read first if youre new to the eastern front of ww2. The personal memoir of a nazi soldier, from joining the german army in 1941 through his time as a panzer on the eastern front. War on the eastern front 194145 by james lucas is midweight investigation into the experiences of german soldiers on the eastern front during wwii. The western front of the european theatre of world war ii encompassed denmark, norway, luxembourg, belgium, the netherlands, the united kingdom, france, italy, and western germany. The fateful siege, 19421943 by antony beevor, hitler moves east 19411943 by paul carell, battleground. Featuring expert analysis and an array of specially commissioned fullcolor artwork, this engaging study explains the.
And a lot of it came out of the fact of who was fighting it and especially how big the actual fronts were. His thesis is that the wehrmacht was worn out after 8 weeks of operation barbarossa by dust in their engines, terrible roads, unsuitable t. Glantzs books can be a bit dry, if you want more readable histories then have a look out for. Oct 06, 2009 yes, there arent many eastern front novels, sajers forgotten soldier does seem to be autobiographical, but it is possible he served with the ss rather than gd. Home browse history military history wars, battles, and military interventions world war ii world war ii eastern front. Jan 02, 2009 the best book i ever read on this sector of the war is called the forgotten soldier about a frenchman who had a german father and got inducted into the german army after the occupation of france, went to the russian campaign and survived the war there only to be drafted into the french army after the defeat of hitler. Just before hitlers invasion of the soviet union the leadership of the red air force was decimated by stalin in. Although it was a major aspect of the struggle on the eastern front, aerial combat has long been neglected, and anthony tuckerjoness photographic history is a vivid introduction to it. To play the game you need the core rules, minatures and a gaming board. Unlike other ww2 books such as, the forgotten soldier, there is no question i my mind that bidermann was there on the eastern front and served in the german army in ww2. Front during world war ii has witnessed a steady stream of books on the. Over the course of four years, more than 400 red army. World war i the western and eastern fronts, 1915 britannica. Eastern front plays greater role than dday in german.
The book is a little apologetic and reflects cold war sensibilities pros. 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. World war i world war i the western and eastern fronts, 1915. May 18, 2017 i just read operation barbarossa and germanys defeat in the east by david stahel, which i highly recommend. I am looking for a good book on the russian front of wwii. Eastern front world war ii news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2011 learn. My father or relatives and friends always used to say, we could set adjust our watches accoring to the american attacks meaning e. Sep 18, 2011 the war on the eastern front, known to russians as the great patriotic war, was the scene of the largest military confrontation in history. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. The eastern front the national wwii museum new orleans. The epic siege of world war ii, 19411944 hardcover by anna reid.
List of books and articles about world war ii eastern front. The eastern front of that great war had a profound impact on the remainder of the 20th century, even though the western front with its british, french and american combatants achieved somewhat greater fame. Eastern front world war ii books casemate publishers. I just read operation barbarossa and germanys defeat in the east by david stahel, which i highly recommend. Hitlers russian war in photographs presents a unique and visually outstanding account of one of historys most ferocious campaigns, telling the story from the perspective of ordinary. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. A conflict of staggering magnitude it is wellknown that world war ii was the largest and most widespread war in all of human history. More than probably any other book, this one captures the raw horror of war. Looking for an indepth documentary on the eastern front. On june 6, 1944, the allies landed in france, opening the western front of world war ii in europe. A journey through the jewish pale of settlement during world war i. It discusses perceptions of the eastern front of world war ii in the united. Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii eastern front from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more.
From actionpacked eyewitness accounts such as guadalcanal diary to devastating holocaust memoirs like the diary of anne frank and night to the thrilling espionage tale of operation mincemeat, world war ii is the subject of some of the most fascinating and influential nonfiction books ever written each year, seemingly dozens of new titles emerge to offer fresh perspectives and uncover. How was fighting different on the western and eastern. World war ii military engagements in southern europe and elsewhere are generally considered under separate headings. This is the horror of world war ii on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged german soldier. Davies became a devotee, with hundreds of books on the eastern front in his. A surrender document that had been signed on april 29 while hitler was still alive finally brought the fighting to a. Wwii east front book recommendation wargames boardgamegeek.
Ppd40, the russian ppd40, ppsh41, and pps family of smgs were a key part of soviet infantry assault doctrine in world war ii and beyond. An untold story of world war ii 01 by plokhy, serhii isbn. The german armed forces suffered 80% of its military deaths in the eastern front. Coming ashore in normandy, allied forces broke out of their beachhead and. What was the significance of having a western front in. Results in books history military history world war ii 19391945 eastern front. There was, however, one dog eared page which was easy to smooth. Choose from 500 different sets of western front and eastern front of world war 1 flashcards on quizlet. So the western front, which was generally this region right over here, was a much smaller front than the eastern front. On june 22, 1941, hitler launched a massive threepronged attack on the soviet union, and in days his troops were within reach of moscow. The german collapse, spring 1945 from kesselrings command to the western front, and in april the thin german defenses in italy were broken by an allied attack.
Books on the eastern front of ww2 showing 150 of 707 goodreads. He has appeared on the history channel as a featured expert. In deadly combat is one of the best first person books on ww2, and i have read a lot of them. Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii eastern front from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Contact info casemate publishers 1950 lawrence road havertown pa 19083 t. Repeated french attacks in februarymarch 1915 on the germans trench barrier in champagne won only 500 yards 460 metres of ground at a cost of 50,000 men. The western front was marked by two phases of largescale combat operations. The epic siege of world war ii, 19411944 by anna reid, stalingrad. The eastern front was the largest and bloodiest theatre of world war ii. It involved more land combat than all other world war ii theatres combined. Wwii and the epic battles on the western front from the 1970s and hosted by burt lancaster is worth getting, let me know. It is generally accepted as being the deadliest conflict in human history, with over 30 million killed as a result. His description of the weapons and the action is vivid and believable.
The author pulls no punches and this adds to the vivid detail and takes the reader into the heart of the red army. The battle for the baltics in world war ii general military. The us involvement in the european theater of operations was mainly confined to western europe and italy. A groundbreaking historical study, norman stones the eastern front 19141917 was the very first authoritative account of the russian front in the first world war to be published in the west in this nowclassic history he dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively littleknown aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to russias desperate privations. A novel of the eastern front, 1942 was also included on my daughters wish list. For six months in 1919, after the end of the war to end all wars, the big threepresident woodrow wilson, british prime minister david lloyd george, and french premier georges clemenceaumet in paris to shape a lasting peace. Written by a member of the red army infantry, the reader gets a boots on the group d experience of the battle and afterwards.
Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. The eastern front of world war ii was a theatre of conflict between the european axis powers and cobelligerent finland against the soviet union ussr, poland and other allies, which encompassed central europe, eastern europe, northeast europe, and southeast europe from 22 june 1941 to 9 may 1945. 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. The eastern and western fronts, even though they were fronts of the same war, were very different in character. Fritz, a professor of history at east tennessee state university, shows the eastern front from the german perspective.
Ansky, the influential jewishrussian journalist, playwright, and politician, received a commission. Flames of war imo is the best minature wargame today, well supported and set in world war 2. The tragic first ten days of world war ii on the eastern front. Drawing on rare photographs from the ukrainian state archive, eastern front in world war ii. The western front separated germany from france to the west, and the eastern front from russia to the east. Eastern front, world war ii november 30, 1943 pripet marshes sea of azov black sea baltic sea italy memel 23 german army soviet army group. In his new history of world war ii, norman davies argues for a shift in. The battles fought on the eastern front were decisive to the course of the first world war.
The germans cut the wire network in all soviet western military districts to undermine red armys communications. Simon sebag montefiores new novel, set during world war ii, follows a jewish political prisoner whos pressed into a battalion of convicts and. Media in category maps of the eastern front in world war ii the following 200 files are in this category, out of 205 total. What are the best books about the eastern front during ww2.
As had so often happened on the eastern front hitler refused to allow a strategic withdrawal until it was too late. The eastern front of world war ii was a theatre of conflict between the european axis powers. The story of the appalling suffering endured by the common people who were caught up in the midst of world war ii. May 29, 2019 the eastern front of world war ii was the largest single front in the history of warfare both in terms of size and soldiers involved. The beginning of american involvement in world war ii 9. From the same author are many more books published about the eastern front. Mar 31, 2020 kennedy hickman is a historian, museum director, and curator who specializes in military and naval history.
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