I spent most of today doing this not only for me but for other fans of the Eastern Front.

That book has a lot going for it, one look at the index and it's mouth watering stuff. I'm particularly interested in reading his new look at Prokhorovka, and reading his conclusions.

 

Hi L/ Im interested in any ground action that takes place anywhere on the Eastern Front. I hope the Prokhorovka book will be a bit cheaper-mainly because I keep spending all my available funds on more German stuff ;-))

Im also still collecting that Armies fo the Bear OrBat series about the Soviet Rifle Divisions from 1917-to-1957. I only have the first three-and have 17 to go ;-))

 

Does anyone know if the second volume of Glantz's Stalingrad trilogy has been released? It was supposed to be on October 15th.

 

I haven't heard but I can ask a good source if you want me to?

Also, I am now ready to start posting air war and German Language titles-at least 50+++ but the pad I have them written on was "borowed" (pinched) by my Brother and I doubt ill see that pad again. So I will have to start from scratch all over again darn it.

 

Well, yesterday i had a post office notice in my mail box to pick up a volumous package on monday, so it's the book probably... we shall see.

And attempt #5 to buy Decision in the Ukraine is under way

 

Hi L/ Looking froward to reading your opinions of the book ;-))

 

To those interested, Michael Jones new book "The Retreat" is already available

 

So am i C., so am i.

I'm after that book since March/April.

 

Hi L/ thanks for the heads up about that other book listed above. I WANT that one too ;-)) Im currently looking around for that other book.

I also heard something from one of my book dealers that they got wind of some Author (hopefully Jason Mark) that is allegedly going to do a book about the Rolik Group, which Mark gives loads of info on in: Island of Fire. That would make for a great day by day read-and a great movie too-as long as hollywierd doesn't get ite paws on the rights to that story. This would be right yp there with a movie done about Sergeant Pavlov & "his" house. I'd love to see a great book and movie about that fight a well.

 

It is. I have my copy, signed by the author. It's very good. And very gory.

 

Show off!!!

 

How much is Mike Jones's book?

 

I'll probably order mine from this site:

The Retreat: Hitler's First Defeat (Hardback) By (author) Michael Jones ISBN 13: 9780719569524 at The Book Depository

Postage is free, delivery is fast, and according to the site the hardcover is priced at:
€ 14.52
£ 13.12
or
$ 21.41

 

Book Depository are excellent. I just bought the new Tigerabteilung 503 book off them. They only charged £2.75 for postage. The book is the size of a house... q.v. Thema anzeigen - Die "Bibel" der schweren Panzerabteilung 503. - Panzer-Archiv

And, yes, my friend Jan-Hendrik does have a complete set of Vopersal. I am very jealous

 

Thank you L/ Definately affordable. I was afraid it was going to be one of those $100++ titles ;-))

 

It's a great feeling to arrive from work, and find on my desk a brand new copy of Doug Nash's Hell's Gate
No word from Decision in the Ukrayne though....

 

Look at what i just found!!



It's supposed to be released in Jun/Jul 2010.

"At dawn on 10 July 1941, massed tanks and motorized infantry of German Army Group Center's Second and Third Panzer Groups crossed the Dnepr and Western Dvina Rivers, beginning what Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of Germany's Third Reich, and most German officers and soldiers believed would be a triumphal march on Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. Less than three weeks before, on 22 June Hitler had unleashed his Wehrmacht's massive invasion of the Soviet Union code-named Operation Barbarossa, which sought to defeat the Soviet Union's Red Army, conquer the country, and unseat its Communist ruler, Josef Stalin. Between 22 June and 10 July, the Wehrmacht advanced up to 500 kilometers into Soviet territory, killed or captured up to one million Red Army soldiers, and reached the western banks of the Western Dvina and Dnepr Rivers, by doing so satisfying the premier assumption of Plan Barbarossa that the Third Reich would emerge victorious if it could defeat and destroy the bulk of the Red Army before it withdrew to safely behind those two rivers. With the Red Army now shattered, Hitler and most Germans expected total victory in a matter of weeks. The ensuing battles in the Smolensk region frustrated German hopes for quick victory. Once across the Dvina and Dnepr Rivers, a surprised Wehrmacht encountered five fresh Soviet armies. Despite destroying two of these armies outright, severely damaging two others, and encircling the remnants of three of these armies in the Smolensk region, quick victory eluded the Germans. Instead, Soviet forces encircled in Mogilev and Smolensk stubbornly refused to surrender, and while they fought on, during July, August, and into early September, first five and then a total of seven newly-mobilized Soviet armies struck back viciously at the advancing Germans, conducting multiple counterattacks and counterstrokes, capped by two major counteroffensives that sapped German strength and will. Despite immense losses in men and materiel, these desperate Soviet actions derailed Operation Barbarossa. Smarting from countless wounds inflicted on his vaunted Wehrmacht, even before the fighting ended in the Smolensk region, Hitler postponed his march on Moscow and instead turned his forces southward to engage 'softer targets' in the Kiev region. The 'derailment' of the Wehrmacht at Smolensk ultimately became the crucial turning point in Operation Barbarossa. This study exploits a wealth of Soviet and German archival materials, including the combat orders and operational of the German OKW, OKH, army groups, and armies and of the Soviet Stavka, General Staff, Western Direction Command, Western and Central Front's, and their subordinate armies, to present a detailed mosaic and definitive account of what took place, why, and how during the prolonged and complex battles in the Smolensk region from 11 July through early September 1941. Its structure is designed specifically to appeal to both general readers and specialists, by including a detailed chronological narrative of the course of operations, accompanied by an extensive collection of specific orders and reports translated verbatim from German and Russian, which were prepared and issued by German and Soviet headquarters and forces that planned and conducted the operations. Finally, the study includes and extensive collection of archival or archival based maps detailing every stage of the battle."

To those wanting to pre-order it here's the amazon.uk link:

Barbarossa Derailed: The Battles for Smolensk, July-August 1941: Amazon.co.uk: David M. Glantz: Books

 

Hi L/ Excellent!! I want a copy. Thanks for the link as well as the above info on it ;-))

 

Found this future release on amazon.uk:

Festung Posen: Bastion an Der Wache: Journals from a Fortress: Amazon.co.uk: Fredrik Nilsson: Books

To the experts on the Endkampf... is it anything to look forward to?

 

Well the publisher does produce some good books so it's promising. That said, getting the title right might be a good start. Posen sits on the Warthe...

Personally, if I wanted a book on Festung Posen, I would go for the volume produced by the veterans' group about 15 years ago:

http://www.librarything.com/work/6566908/book/38086769