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The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis (Cass Series on Soviet ...
Leon Grenkevich
Routledge, 1999
In history guerrilla warfare always played an important role whether it was of a large scale or of a limited character fighting. Grenkevich traces its impact on military history in the 18th and 19th century in Europe and North America. He carefully analyses the Russian partisan movement from the first bloody encounters in the 1870s, taking into account the social, economic and political ...
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The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine 30 reviews
Robert Conquest
Oxford University Press, USA, 1987
What Conquest's power is over the unknowing.
+ The Horrors of the Soviet State.
+ One of the more important conservative books of our time
+ Incentives matter
+ Informative, but a bit too academic
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Hitler's Police Battalions: Enforcing Racial War In The East (Modern War Studies)2 reviews
Edward B. Westermann
University Press of Kansas, 2005
Masterfully written as well as the most balanced history of the Police Battalions
+ Review
Over the last 10 or so years since the Publication of Hitler's Willing Executioners reignited the smoldering debate over the role of ideology in the prosecution of a genocidal war there have been many published books on the subject. These have accomplished their stated goals of either minimizing ...
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Ukraine During World War II: History and Its Aftermath (Canadian Library in Ukrainian Studies)
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 1980
The events in Eastern Europe and Ukraine during World War II are generally little known and often misunderstood, even though it was here that the war lasted the longest and caused devastation on an unprecedented scale. Millions either lost their lives or became slave labourers. In some areas, underground resistance to Nazi and later Soviet rule did not subside until the early 1950s. This book ...
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The Ukrainian division "Galicia," 1943-45: A memoir
Wolf-Dietrich Heike
Shevchenko Scientific Society, 1988
As the Division's Chief of Staff from January 1944 until its ultimate surrender in May 1945, the author was in an exceptionally favorable position to observe how a large group of Ukrainians reacted to the impending and politically complex crisis on the Eastern Front. The author describes the Division as it was formed in May 1943 and first saw action in July 1944 at Brody, where the major ...
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The Northern Crusades: Second Edition18 reviews
Eric Christiansen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998
No need to read more....
+ Good source for those who are merely interested in Baltic history, not just Crusades
+ COMPANION TO TEUTONIC ORDER
+ Interesting overview of a relatively unknown period of history
+ History as it should be written!
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White eagle, red star: the Polish-Soviet war, 1919-20;9 reviews
Norman Davies
Macdonald and Co, 1972
Another little known Big Event of the XX Century History
+ Once again, Poland saves Western Europe
+ Polish Heroism That Saved Europe
+ Good History
+ Europe 1918 - 1921 Unknown!
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Slovenian Axis Forces in World War II, 1941-1945 1 review
Antonio J. Munoz
Axis Europa Books, 2002
Unfortunate Review
I'd like to report that Antonio J. Munoz is a respected author. However, he feels and exhibits the need to write unfair, demeaning and unfounded reviews about competitive historical works in order to promote his own. With those kinds of tactics, what credibility and integrity can be invested into ...
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The Vanished Kingdom: Travels Through The History Of Prussia 29 reviews
James Charles Roy
Basic Books, 2000
"All the worst Nazi's came from Prussia"
+ Well-done
+ A good, but somewhat ideological and outdated trip to Preussen
+ Eloquent Book.
+ The Vanished Kingdom
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Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front12 reviews
The Aberjona Press, 2004
A "Must-Have" for the Eastern Front
+ Excellent compact guide to Eastern Front
+ The Eastern Front in a nutshell
Without echoing what others have written, this book is one that will appeal to both the neophytes and the veterans of researching the Eastern Front. It is useful on several levels, and contains a wealth of information that in some cases is newly available in the English language!
While there is ...
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Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi Rule 5 reviews
Karel C. Berkhoff
Belknap Press, 2004
Chilling work
+ Harvest of Despair
I don't know why this book did not get good reviews from our esteemed Amazon customers. This book details the immense hardship in the Reichkommisariat Ukraine ruled by the "brutal dog" Erich Koch. It gives many examples of Ukrainians being executed for the smallest reasons like having a knife or ...
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Werwolf!: The History of the National Socialist Guerrilla Movement, 1944-1946 2 reviews
Perry Biddiscombe
University of Toronto Press, 1998
Kapitulieren? Nein!
+ Nazi Werwolves and Iraq
As WW2 came to a close, the Third Reich established the "Werwolf" guerilla movement for defense against the Allied invasion of Germany. This book discusses the establishment of the Werwolf, and covers a long series of their exploits: sabotage, sniping at allied troops, and leaving behind ...
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Pure Soldiers or Sinister Legion: The Ukrainian 14th Waffen-ss Division 11 reviews
Sol Littman
Black Rose Books, 2003
very objective book on Ukrainian Nationalists' collaboration
+ Fine Fighting Men - Ptooey!
Littman's book is very objective and well-documented. I have read a number of works on Ukrainian nationalism, such as John A. Armstrong's _Ukrainian Nationalism_, another very objective work. Littman's book concentrates on the military collaboration with the Nazis, but is equally objective.
As ...
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Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman's Life in the Ukrainian Underground During and After World War ...6 reviews
Maria Savchyn Pyskir
McFarland & Company, 2001
An Astonishing Story
+ Incredible heroism through and through
+ A story of strength and determination
+ A book about UPA heroine
+ Wonderful memoirs of heroic young woman.
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The Last Knight of Flanders: Remy Schrijnen and His SS-Legion 6 reviews
Allen Brandt
Schiffer Publishing, 1998
For Flanders!
+ The Last Knight of Flanders: Remy Schrijnen and His Ss-Legio
+ Comprehensive study
+ Comprehensive study
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Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, And Atrocity (Modern War Studies)11 reviews
Alexander B. Rossino
University Press of Kansas, 2005
The Nazis Strike Poland
+ Excellent Detail, but Omits German Exterminatory Plans against the Polish People
+ Understanding atrocities
+ Graphic Account of Poland Invasion
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Waffen-SS Encyclopedia13 reviews
Marc Rikmenspoel
The Aberjona Press, 2004
Mostly Excellent but more of a Handbook than an Encyclopedia
+ A Critical Reference for WW2 Junkies, Writers & Historians
+ Excellent un-biased source of Waffen-SS Information
+ Too much info in too little of a space
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Panzer Tactics: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II8 reviews
Wolfgang Schneider
Stackpole Books, 2005
Extremely valuable - material found nowhere else...
+ Excellent review of panzer tactics
+ Indispensable
+ Great Resource
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Galicia Division: The Waffen-SS 14th grenadier Division 1943-194510 reviews
Michael O. Logusz
Schiffer Publishing, 2000
Galicia Division: The Waffen-SS 14th grenadier Division 1943-1945
+ They wanted to fight for their homeland
+ Welcome addition to the literature
Tells about Eastern Europe and the Ukraine. The Divisions fought at odds of 8 to 1. Outstanding book. Well written.
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Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943-194519 reviews
George Lepre
Schiffer Publishing, 2000
Interesting Book on an Obscure Topic
+ Excellent work
+ Great book!
+ Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943-1945
+ Impressive...
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