books about: 1941-1944     books:       German Armored Trains on the Russian Front 1941-1944 Wolfgang Sawodny Schiffer Publishing, 2003 This new book is the third by Wolfgang Sawodny on German armored trains in World War II, and presents all new information not previously discussed in his first two highly successful volumes. The main emphasis here is on the operational history of German armored train units on the Russian front, and includes many previously unpublished photographs.             Odyssey of a Philippine Scout: Fighting, Escaping and Evading the Japanese, 1941-19442 reviews Arthur Kendal Whitehead The Aberjona Press, 2006 Escape and Evasion in WWII In a nutshell, this is the story of a young cavalry officer who escapes from captivity shortly after the surrender of US forces to the Japanese, and his trek across the Philippine archipelago returning to US command. Although there are some descriptions of combat, this is not the standard war story. The book is broken down into four parts. These are Before the War, The Japanese Invade, ...             The Military Intervention Corps of the Spanish Blue Division in the German Wehrmacht 1941-1944: ...1 review Jesus Esteban Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008 PRO;related to the famed BLUE div. CON;book on administrative troops go figure my luck....after years of seeking out a comprehensive 'photo' book on this famed spanish unit that fought for hitler in WW2, i end up with a book about the administrative troops (auditors, lawyers etc.) that did the freakin paperwork for the grunts who were doing the fighting at the front. Essentailly it's a book about the pencil pushers behind the scenes...yawwwnn. Anyways the book ...             The War Behind the Eastern Front: Soviet Partisans in North-West Russia, 1941-19442 reviews Alexander Hill Frank Cass, 2005 An effective contribution to an important debate The German-occupied Soviet Union suffered horribly during World War Two. Its population was subjected to the mass murder of Jews, politicals and other groups, to the ruthless exploitation of economic resources for the Nazi war effort, and to often extremely terroristic security measures in the name of "necessary" anti-partisan warfare. Alexander Hill's book seeks to explain the activities of both ...             The Holocaust in Latvia, 1941-1944 : The Missing Center2 reviews Andrew Ezergailis United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1996 A hard but unbiased look-- frank, thorough and surprising Ezergailis' account of holocaust in Latvia is based on his analysis of German, Latvian, and Soviet sources, the latter just made available when he wrote his book. He describes the position of the Jews in pre War Latvia, the attitude of the government toward the Jews, and the rise of antisemitism in certain segments of what was then "a Jewish friendly state." Ezegailis also details the fate ...             Reluctant Axis: The Romanian Army in Russia, 1941-19441 review Mihai Filipescu Privately Published, 2006 Excellent History of the Romanian Army at War This is a wonderful book that fills many of the gaps in the history of WWII, particularly the war in the east as seen from the eyes of Romanian soldiers. It is not as long or detailed as Axworthy's "Third Axis, Fourth Ally" account of the Romanian Army in WWII, but even though it is shorter in length, its description of the fighting at Odessa and in the Crimea is more detailed. The next time you ...             A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-194429 reviews Willy Peter Reese Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 This book was not written for entertainment This was a very interesting book that was written by an average soldier that had an above average intellect. This young man would have been "somebody" if he had survived the war. Unfortunately, he did not and these pages show his view of the war in the East. The book itself does jump around, but this can be understood since it is written by a 20 year old that is trying to understand something ...             The Siege of Leningrad 1941-44: 900 Days of Terror7 reviews David M. Glantz Zenith Press, 2001 Great Introduction to the Seige This book is unlike Glantz's books on Kursk, Kharkov, or Mars in that it is a slim, larger-sized hardback with a lot of photos and color maps. He also doesn't go into a large amount of detail. This scope makes it a lot easier to understand - while I understood battles that Erickson (in "The Road to Stalingrad") describes but I was confused about. Also, it's a good primer before jumping into ...             Guam 1941 & 1944: Loss and Reconquest (Campaign)2 reviews Gordon Rottman Osprey Publishing, 2004 Good Data, No First-Person Accounts The Japanese capture of Guam in December 1941 and the US reconquest of the island are covered by Gordon L Rottman in Osprey's Campaign #139. Although operations on this island in the Second World War normally do not rate much attention, Rottman notes that this was an expensive invasion by 1944 standards. The standard section on opposing forces, plans and commanders are good, if dry. ...             Resistance and Survival: The Jewish Community in Kaunas, Lituania, 1941-19441 review Sara Ginaite-Rubinson Mosaic Press (NY), 2005 amazing Sara is a true hero, a brave and gifted woman, a one in a million who was as fearless as she was strong and determined. She deserves a wider audience and more recognition for her amazing true life tale. One small flaw: at times, there is too much time spent with minute details that interrupt the intensely dramatic flow of the story, but a decent editor could have easily fixed that. ...             Exploitation, Resettlement, Mass Murder: Political And Economic Planning for German Occupation Policy in the ...2 reviews Alex J. Kay Berghahn Books, 2006 Superlative case study of historical German Occupation Policy With this book, Dr. Alex J. Kay has provided students and scholars of German and European history with a superlative and insightful look into German government policy regarding occupational planning during a critical period of World War Two. The topic is both meaningful and timely; in this day and age where superpowers and countries gaining in strength are dealing with issues similar to those ...             Odessa, 1941-1944: A Case Study of Soviet Territory Under Foreign Rule1 review Alexander Dallin Center for Romanian Studies, 1998 Review:Journal of Modern History Odessa, 1941-1944: A Case Study of Soviet Territory under Foreign Rule Review Author: Truman O. Anderson The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 72, No.3. (Sep., 2000), pp. 857-859. Odessa, 1941-1944: A Case Study of Soviet Territory under Foreign Rule. By Alexander Dallin. Foreword by Larry L. Watts. Center for Romanian Studies, 1998. pp. 296. [...] The historical literature dealing ...             The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944 (Modern War Studies)10 reviews David M. Glantz University Press of Kansas, 2002 Highly detailed analysis As with most of the David Glantz's books this is a highly detailed analysis of the situation Leningrad found itself in throughout the Second World War on the Eastern Front. At times day by day accounts of unit movements and operations will make it a bit difficult to follow what was happening but it shouldn't take away from the fact that so much was going on from 1941 when the siege of the city ...             The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-19441 review Lucjan Dobroszycki (ed) Yale University Press, 1984 The Longest-Surviving Ghetto in German-Occupied Poland After the German-Soviet conquest of Poland in September-October 1939, the area around Lodz was directly annexed into the Third Reich and named Wartheland (the land of the Warthe (Warta) River). The city itself was renamed Litzmannstadt (after a WWI German officer then active in the area). Owing to the intensity of German rule imposed upon the population, Poles and Jews were less able to interact ...              search for books 1940-1941, 1941-1944, campaign, chronicle, community, escaping, exploitation, holocaust, inhumanity, insignia, intervention, leningrad, lituania, military, north-west, occupation, organization, organization-uniforms-insignia-documents, partisans, philippine, political, reconquest, reluctant, resettlement, resistance, romanian, stranger, survival, territory, wehrmacht books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Fame we recommend Escape and Evasion in WWII leave a comment home  impressum - about us