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From Stalingrad to Berlin: The Illustrated Edition Kindle Edition

by Earl Zeimke (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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With scarcely an interlude, the German-Soviet conflict in World War II lasted for 3 years, 10 months, and 16 days. The conflict seesawed across eastern and central Europe between the Elbe and the Volga, the Alps, and the Caucasus. The total number of troops continuously engaged averaged between 8 and 9 million, and the losses were appalling. Wehrmacht losses numbered between 3 and 3.5 million. Deaths on the Soviet side reached more than 12 million, about 47 percent of the grand total of soldiers of all nations killed in World War II. The war and the occupation cost theSoviet Union some 7 million civilians and Germany about 1.5 million. The losses, civilian and military, of Finland, the Baltic States, and eastern and southeastern European countries added millions more.The great struggle completely unhinged the traditional European balance of power. The war consolidated the Soviet regime in Russia, and enabled it to impose the Communist system on its neighbours, Finland excepted, and on the Soviet occupation zone in Germany. The victory made the Soviet Union the second-ranking world power.This book follows the conflict from Stalingrad to Berlin. Topics include strategy and tactics, partisan and psychological warfare, coalition warfare, and manpower and production problems faced by both countries, but by the Germans in particular.With a new introduction by Emmy AwardTM winning historian Bob Carruthers and numerous rare illustrations this powerful book makes for a welcome addition to any Second World War library.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00SGC4W0S
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military; Illustrated edition (February 4, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 63790 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 706 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Kabelek
5.0 out of 5 stars very good!
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013
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My favorite subject for last several years is II WW and this book very interesting shows many ilustrations related what i read ,...recommended.
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Helga Fiedler-Boehme
4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable - but with some technical problems.
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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I got the Kindle version only because I had difficulties in securing the printed version in Australia.
When I found the maps to be illegible on the Kindle, I also bought the Kindle version of the ,Green Book' (i.e. the non-illustrated) version.
Even so: It is hard work, because the text comes pouring out of my Kindle without sufficient breaks or paragraphs. One soon gets lost in the torrent of facts - unless one takes pen-and-paper notes while reading; Kindle-highlighting is too cumbersome. I resorted to actually keeping a table which I fill as I read: Date - Area - Belligerent - Action. But, come to think of it, I would probably do the same even if I had the paper book!

The key value of this work is hinted at in the sub-title '. . . from primary sources'. Even though further details have become public since the writing, this account represents a comprehensive, factual, blow-by-blow, day-by-day account of the war in the East covering both sides and all areas involved in the struggle.

Thankfully, value-judgmental discourse is absent, except for the occasional, ironic barb we could have done without.

A certain lack of discipline and structure in the language mars this otherwise invaluable account.
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J. Hauck (Guerrilla Reader)
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Overview on The WWII Battles Collectively Known as the German Eastern Front - A Tour De Force!
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2016
Review of: "From Stalingrad to Berlin, " Paperback – May 3, 2014 by Earl Zeimke (Author).

This is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to understand the breadth and scope of the Nazi Germans' war with the Soviet Union during WWII. To encompass the true dimensions of what has colloquially become known as "The Eastern Front" during World War II, I will take an excerpt from the author's Chapter 22 entitled "Conclusion": "The most striking aspect of the German-Soviet conflict in World War II was the vastness of its dimensions. With scarcely an interlude, the fighting lasted for 3 years, 10 months, and 16 days. From autumn 1941 to autumn 1943 the length of the front was never less than 2,400 miles and for a time late in 1942 it reached 3,060 miles. The conflict seasawed across eastern and central Europe between the Elbe and the Vulga, the Alps, and the Caucasus. The German armies thrust 1,200 miles into the Soviet Union and Soviet troops countermarched 1,500 miles to Berlin. The total number of troops continuously engaged averaged between 8 and 9 million, and the losses were appalling. The Wehrmacht dead from all causes apparently numbered between 3 and 3.5 million. The military service deaths on the Soviet side reached more than 12 million, about 47 percent of the grand total (26.8 million) of soldiers of all nations killed in World War II. The war and the occupation cost the Soviet Union some 7 million civilians and Germany about 1.5 million. The losses, civilian and military, of Finland, the Baltic States, and eastern and southeastern European countries added millions more (p. 625)."

At a concise 650 pages this comprehensive text discusses the preparation for and the execution of Adolph Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. It does not end until the Soviets are on the perpetual offensive and seize the German Capital City of Berlin and the culminating surrender of the Germans to the Allied forces. The author includes appendices, notes on sources, glossary, and code names so as to further educate the reader and add the necessary detail to the magnitude of the dimension that he so well covers. My one disappointment was that the author could not go into more detail describing the Battle of Kursk fought during Operation Zitadelle (Citadel) as it proved to be the watershed mark and turning point on the Eastern Front. Other than that, this tour-de-force text covers the the German-Soviet conflict in a fluid style that is sure to engage the reader and make understandable the magnitude and importance of the entire range of operations, attacks, and counterattacks from both belligerents and their respective allies. Well done at five stars.
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gpinaz
2.0 out of 5 stars Not very illustrated
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2013
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I wasn't impressed with the photos or the book. I don't mind reading but was actually looking for more original photos then what was presented in the book.
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MICKYB
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2015
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excellent book very easy to read does not digress .
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