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Example of play featuring various game mechanics, as the Axis drive on Rostov.
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Lets you place units and stack them in the Kiev area.
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author: John Erickson
In this first volume of John Erickson`s monumental history of the grueling Soviet-German war of 1941-1945, the author takes us from the pre-invasion Soviet Union, with its inept command structures and strategic delusions, to the humiliating retreats of Soviet armies before the Barbarossa onslaught, to the climactic, grinding battle for Stalingrad that left the Red Army poised for its majestic counteroffensive.
(Warning: no maps. You'll need a separate map reference nearby.)
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author: David M. Glantz
Operation Barbarossa—as this campaign is famously called—was arguably the greatest land campaign mankind has ever fought. Hitler named his assault after the twelfth–century Frederick I Barbarossa, an emperor of the First Reich. Although he succeeded in capturing almost 40 per cent of European Russia, Hitler was defeated there. Exploiting newly available Soviet archives, David M Glantz challenges the time–honored explanation that poor weather, bad terrain and Hitler’s faulty strategic judgement produced the German defeat. He reveals how and why the Red Army thwarted Hitler’s seemingly inexorable progress.
(Warning: only a few maps are in the book. You'll need a separate map reference nearby to keep track of everything mentioned in the book.)
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authors: Christer Bergstrom and Andrey Mikhailov
The first in a series of 8 books on the air war in the East in WW2. Co-authored by British aviation historian
Christer Bergstrom and Soviet aviation historian Andrey Mikhailov, this book is a deep, "up close and personal",
treatment of the air war
in 1941, with a focus on particular battles, tactical operations, pilots and their planes. It has been criticized
for not being a good "general" overview of the air war in the East, but perhaps that was not the goal. It does cover
strategic goals and doctrines, but it is mainly a more tactical view of air operations, and in this aspect
the book is ground breaking.
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authors: Christer Bergstrom and Andrey Mikhailov
The second in the series looks at air operations in the battle for Moscow, the Crimea, the Demyansk pocket, the battle of Kharkov, the airstrikes on Russian ships in the Baltic,
and many other operations.
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authors: Christer Bergstrom and Andrey Mikhailov
Covers the air battles over Stalingrad, the fierce air battles over Voronezh, Rostov, and the Caucasus,
the Luftwaffe's onslaught on Convoy PQ-17, and the hard air war over the Central and Northern combat zones, when the Soviets launched their relief
offensives in the summer and fall of 1942.
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author: Robert Kirchubel
Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s surprise assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than the complete destruction of Communist Russia. This book focuses on Field Marshal von Rundstedt and Army Group South, tasked with the capture of the Ukraine and Crimea. Von Rundstedt’s 46 divisions and single Panzer Group faced fierce resistance from the best equipped, trained and commanded units in the Red Army, but ultimately succeeded in destroying the Soviet 6th and 12th Armies at Uman before inflicting a further 600,000 casualties at Kiev. Here, von Rundstedt’s five-month advance to Rostov is examined in detail.
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author: Robert Kirchubel
Of the German Army Groups that attacked Soviet Russia, Von Leeb's Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States and Leningrad, was the smallest and weakest. General Kuznetzov's Northwestern Front, however, was in an even weaker state. Despite brave counterattacks and defense by the Soviet forces, the Germans smashed through the Dvina Line, then the Stalin Line, flooded into Latvia and pressed on to encircle Leningrad. This book examines the German offensive and also the courageous Soviet attempts to halt the German spearhead, defending every possible line against overwhelming odds.
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A major documentary produced by Public Television. Looks at the German/Soviet war from many perspectives, but a major focus is on Stalin's behavior and actions.
Draws heavily on Soviet sources and survivors. 10 episodes, produced only on VHS, but currently sold out from PBS. As can be imagined,
this documentary has alot of footage of the war.
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Although not about operation Barbarossa, it gives a good look at early Soviet tactics. Despite some level of nationalistic propaganda/moralizing and a dull romance scene,
the battle scenes are very intense and gives a good look at what it's like to be frontally attacked by hordes of Russians (not that I ever have).
Reportedly, the vehicles and uniforms are historically accurate, and the attacking Russians are actually Russians.
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An excellent series, this episode covers 1941 on the Eastern Front. This is the blurb on Amazon.com:
Barbarossa--June-December 1941 Germany, master now of all Europe, including the Balkans, turns against Russia. The early stages are composed of devastating German victories as the Panzers sweep with appalling speed deep into Russia. But the German high Command delays, fatally, and the advance is held a few kilometers from Moscow when the mud and then the fierce cold takes a grip. Writer Laurence Thompson. Producer and director David Elstein.
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Three part series that I haven't seen, but is highly rated. Here's the Amazon.com blurb:
The Russian-German War is a rare look at one of the worst horror stories in the long infamous history of warfare. For decades the Cold War prevented us from looking closely at what really happened between the Russians and the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War II. More than a struggle between nations, it pitted maniacal tyrant against maniacal tyrant, evil ideology against evil ideology. The lives of tens of millions of human beings were consumed by its raging hatreds and appalling indignities. One in every ten Russians died. One in every four Poles died. Whole divisions of Italians, Rumanians, Hungarians disappeared with barely a trace. An average of 17,800 people died on every single day - and this, the war on the Russian German Front, lasted for 1,400 days. The series is narrated with chilling precision by actor Douglas Rain. The script, by producer Jerry Lawton, is dark and powerful. The music, by composer Rick Hyslop, captures every nuance of tragedy with discordant clarity. The series features captured German and Russian film footage, much of which has never been seen in the United States.
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I haven't seen this. Here's the Amazon.com blurb:
Available on video for the first time, Professor John Erickson, award-winning author of the 'Road to Stalingrad' and 'Road to Berlin', re-assesses the titanic struggle between Hitler and Stalin on the Eastern Front. Featured Programmes: Barbarossa - Hitler Turns East Turning Point Stalingrad From Stalingrad to Kursk The Battles for Berlin Featuring • Rare archive footage from Russian and German sources • Informative graphics and maps • Incisive commentary and analysis by Professor John Erickson |
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I haven't seen this. Here's the allegro-music.com blurb:
The Eastern Front was the most brutal theater of World War II. It lasted four years, claimed 28 million lives and changed the face of Europe for half a century. In this program, The Road to Stalingrad, we follow Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union over its first two years. Based on previously classified Soviet film archives, incredible and harrowing footage illustrates the battles, the military decisions, and the atrocities as the invasion grinds on towards the turning point of Stalingrad. |
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