Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
If anyone has recommendations on a book about Operation Barbarossa or the Eastern Front of WW2 as a whole, I'm all ears
Haven't picked them up yet, but I heard they were all good. All German perspectives;
The Forgotten Soldier
Blood Red Snow
Until the Eyes Shut
Adventures in my Youth
Tigers in the Mud
Panzer Ace
And one I did read, that was a little dry, Fighting in Hell.
Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
And yeah I've also learned that there's a big difference in the material out there about the USSR pre and post dissolution. Once the archives were opened to everyone we learned some nasty stuff that everyone suspected but we just couldn't speak of with absolute certainty.
Tangent, and not so much about nasty stuff, but to pre/post archive. They myth that the T-34 was the "best tank" of WW2, when it was later revealed that it was actually WASN'T all that. Just a crap ton of those things produced......
Though, that goes down the broader picture of "needs", capabilities of production, overall design philosophy/intent of execution, etc etc etc.