"Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II" Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Nov 2015 9:58 p.m. PST |
"The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war's most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. Combining new archival research and numerous first-hand accounts, this is a magisterial description of conquest and exploitation, of death and deportation and the fight for survival both by countries and individuals…"
See here link Anyone have read this book? If the answer is yes… comments please? Thanks in advance for your guidance. Amicalement Armand |
KniazSuvorov | 14 Feb 2016 12:22 a.m. PST |
Very late reply, but I did read this one. The book details the political history of the three Baltic States during the period, as well as providing decent operational-level descriptions of the various military actions fought in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Covered are the Interbellum; the first Soviet occupation; the 'liberation' by the Nazis (and, as the book points out, partisan politics were so rampant in some areas that both occupations had wide support from some segments of the population); the formation and combat histories of the Baltic States' SS formations; the participation of their security forces in the Holocaust; the second Soviet invasion in 1944-45 (including a long description of the fighting in the Courland pocket); the postwar order and anti-Soviet partisan activity. If you're looking for a purely military history, this isn't it. It's probably 50% military history, 30% political history, and 20% "moral" history. Like several other nations in Eastern Europe, the Baltic States threw in their lot with Nazi Germany, persecuted segments of their own society (plus actively participated in the invasion and exploitation of the USSR), and then became double victims when Stalin & company came back to stay. Fascinating reading. |
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