Thanks Erich--ill look to buy from JJF in about 2 months or so--I have to wait for the finances to catch up a bit.
I hope that 2 book set isnt as much as the last 2 book set I bought of Mark Yerger--at $130.00 plus taxes--great books but--a bit too expensive--unless one is rich. [img]smile.gif[/img] Maiers book is somthing that I have a great interest in as well.
Wilconqr--dont take Enemy At the Gates as a good book on Stalingrad--I highly recommend Beevors book Stalingrad. His book is much much more factual and was so good that once started--cannot be put down.
Dont get me wrong--I like EATG as a movie but--the book really reeked. Also--there was no "sniper duel" between Vasily Zaitsev and a "Maj Konigs"--the "Major" never existed. This is just that author trying to change history to suit his taste--like many authours used to call General Friedrich Paulus--General Friedrich von Paulus--he was not a
von. This is also like that famous pic of Waffen SS at a crossroads sign that says Malmedy on it. For years and years--every author said that the German in the Crusher Peaked Visored Cap was Joachim Peiper--when that man was not Peiper. If you look at the collar of the man with the peaked visor--you can clearly see that he is clearly a Waffen SS Sergeant--ot an Officer.
Finally in the recent past--finally authors are correcting that error
Berlin by Beevor is good and im almost finished with it.