VIRIATO
Command Sergeant Major
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Hi,
I have just finished reading «Armageddon,The battle for Germany 1944-45», from Sir Max Hastings. It is a very interesting book which focuses on the final allied attack on Germany, both from the Western Front and the Eastern one. The Battle of The Bulge, Arnhem ( the bridge too far ), the fall of Berlin but also less known episodes like the massive fleeing from the Red Army in Eastern Germany or the Hunger Winter in Holland in 1944. Interesting comparison on the war efforts on the Western front and on the Eastern front, paying deserved recognition to the Red Army's role in defeating Germany and acknowledging the harsher, absolutely ruthless fighting on the East, backed by devastating numbers, while also respecting and very well depicting what went on in the West. Also good analysis on Monty, Patton, Ike, Rokossovsky, Zhukov, Konev, their best and their worse, the Germans and the military tactics, equipment, merits and demerits from all sides. Special attention to witnesses that were lucky to survive to tell the story. A very complete portrait of the period. I believe this is a real must read for anyone interested in WWII history. From here I shall probably go to Overlord from the same author.
Happy reading/collecting,
Paulo
I have just finished reading «Armageddon,The battle for Germany 1944-45», from Sir Max Hastings. It is a very interesting book which focuses on the final allied attack on Germany, both from the Western Front and the Eastern one. The Battle of The Bulge, Arnhem ( the bridge too far ), the fall of Berlin but also less known episodes like the massive fleeing from the Red Army in Eastern Germany or the Hunger Winter in Holland in 1944. Interesting comparison on the war efforts on the Western front and on the Eastern front, paying deserved recognition to the Red Army's role in defeating Germany and acknowledging the harsher, absolutely ruthless fighting on the East, backed by devastating numbers, while also respecting and very well depicting what went on in the West. Also good analysis on Monty, Patton, Ike, Rokossovsky, Zhukov, Konev, their best and their worse, the Germans and the military tactics, equipment, merits and demerits from all sides. Special attention to witnesses that were lucky to survive to tell the story. A very complete portrait of the period. I believe this is a real must read for anyone interested in WWII history. From here I shall probably go to Overlord from the same author.
Happy reading/collecting,
Paulo
