Russo German War, 1941-45

This is military history at its finest, a brilliant narrative of the German war in the East. Yes, it is told mainly from the German point of view but nothing that has come out from the new school of pro-Communist studies has invalidated what is written here. It is entertaining, enlightening, and a forthright study of the clash between the two greatest tyrannies of of the 20th century.

30 odd years after its initial publication, Col Albert Seaton's book remains the pre-eminent study of the Russian-German conflict on the Eastern Front. His use of primary and secondary sources across the spectrum illuminate his clear and concise writing style. Seaton made extensive use of the available Soviet histories and personal journals, but at the time of writing did not have access to the vast amount of material in the archives that today's scholars have. Seaton makes every effort to cross-reference sourcing and always notes where Soviet sources conflict with other source material or when Soviet censorship may have altered the research. Seaton, along with Glantz, bring life to a long forgotten aspect of World War II history. If you are the kind of person that enjoys the nuts and bolts, the movements of divisions and regiments as well as Army Groups, and wants to learn as much as possible about the Front as a whole, this is the place to start. This is on a broad brush scale, ranging from the Balti to the Caspian, so much fine detail is understandably left out. For more detail about individual battles, Glantz or Antony Beever are two good authors. One Note: The Footnotes contained in Seaton's book are almost of as much as value as the book itself. The footnotes flesh out and enrich the detail of the work as a whole. The footnotes are primarily quoted in German, with English follow-up, so a German-English dictionary would be helpful.

I found albert Seaton's book, The Russo-German War 1941-45 to be well researched and well written. Anyone interested in the largely unknown war between Germany and Russia, the strategies, the victories and the defeats should read this book. I found that I could not put it down.

I found this book to be a very good detailed study of the Eastern Front from 1941-45, especially in terms of describing unit operations. I also found the detailing of German and Soviet economic factors rather interesting.I agree with another review that the author more than willing to state Soviet atrocities whilst German atrocities were barely mentioned. If anything, German atrocities were the equal of, if not worse, than Soviet atrocities, so I think author should have either mentioned the Nazi barbarities in more detailed or simply mentioned both in passing seeing how this was more of a military study.

All in all a wonderful book that goes into great detail on the German and Russian side of WW2. This is a misunderstood area of the war by many Westerns, and this book was very educational. Great details and behind the scences information.