Previously featured on
The Bargain Bookshelf in 2006
January 2006
WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1941-1945
by
James Lucas
The experiences of German soldiers in the Russian campaign, 1941-1945. The author looks at the infantry, the panzer forces, and artillery, and examines the battles at the front and behind the lines against partisans. The war in the east was amongst the bitterest fighting of WWII. Lucas uses the soldiers' own words to present a vivid picture.
A comprehensive study of Patton's qualities as a leader and a general. Looks at how he created and controlled the armies he commanded in the Mediterranean and European Campaigns, his ability as a planner, field commander and inspirational leader, and the way he organized his units and maintained them in the field.
From the action at Roslisa and the Battle of
Vimero, to the Battle of Toulouse and the Sally from Bayonne. The author took part in many of the battles and so was able to provide first hand accounts. Where this was not the case, he obtained the accounts of those who took part, which he recounts here. He was also able to make use of journals and reports of both British and French commanders, together with Napoleon's notes and instructions. A reprint of the 1855, John Murray original.
