Poppo
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If we search for books about WW2, we will find many books about Normandy and Bulge battles ( because of the great interest in US and western allies readers); Stalingrad and Kursk( much less) battles.Then, many about the african campaign, a minor one in terms of men, materials and casualties but very exotic and still very read by US, Canada, british and so on readers. Other main battles like Montecassino, who knows why, arouse much less interest.
But, at the time of the landing in Normandy, a even huger event took place in the east: the total collapse of the german central front in Belarus.Even after the defeat at Kursk, The german generals could create a new front ( summer 43), but this time the soviets attacked with hugest forces and destroyed the main german eastern front( "Operation Bagration"summer 1944).Like 290 000 german disappeared and 200 000 russians, a bigger disaster than Stalingrad; the surviving nazi forces were put back in a month from central URSS to the sea of baltic countries.... Well, no books about this main fact!!! {sm2}
So many books were written by US and british historians. Many written about the sovietic historians are unfortunately a ridiculous communist rubbish propaganda and we can' t believe on those ones. Hopefully, many german witnesses , generals and even ex nazi propaganda officers became historians after war, and crossing their books we can rebuild the tragedy which was the eastern front.Most german soldiers didn' t fight neither for the Fuhrer, nor to save their families, but only to live one more day. The choices were 2: surrender to the russians and being shot or slowly die in siberia camps, or desert and being caught by the feldgendarmerie who patrolled and checked each man behind the lines and be shot the day after condemned by travelling court-martials .
But, at the time of the landing in Normandy, a even huger event took place in the east: the total collapse of the german central front in Belarus.Even after the defeat at Kursk, The german generals could create a new front ( summer 43), but this time the soviets attacked with hugest forces and destroyed the main german eastern front( "Operation Bagration"summer 1944).Like 290 000 german disappeared and 200 000 russians, a bigger disaster than Stalingrad; the surviving nazi forces were put back in a month from central URSS to the sea of baltic countries.... Well, no books about this main fact!!! {sm2}
So many books were written by US and british historians. Many written about the sovietic historians are unfortunately a ridiculous communist rubbish propaganda and we can' t believe on those ones. Hopefully, many german witnesses , generals and even ex nazi propaganda officers became historians after war, and crossing their books we can rebuild the tragedy which was the eastern front.Most german soldiers didn' t fight neither for the Fuhrer, nor to save their families, but only to live one more day. The choices were 2: surrender to the russians and being shot or slowly die in siberia camps, or desert and being caught by the feldgendarmerie who patrolled and checked each man behind the lines and be shot the day after condemned by travelling court-martials .
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