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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 355 EAN: 9780971765092 ISBN: 097176509X Label: The Aberjona Press Manufacturer: The Aberjona Press Number Of Pages: 520 Publication Date: November 07, 2004 Publisher: The Aberjona Press Studio: The Aberjona Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In terms of sheer numbers of soldiers, armored vehicles, guns, and the scale of destruction and casualties, the Eastern Front was the most active and decisive theater of war during the 20th century. For four years, the armies and air forces of the world's two most powerful and brutal dictators savaged each other over terrain that stretched from the Arctic to the Middle East. The map of Europe was changed forever by the fighting on this front, and even today, the world reverberates with the echoes of that fighting, in places like Chechenya and the Balkans. Despite the enormous importance of the fighting that occurred between Nazi Germany and her allies and the Soviet Empire, we are still uncovering vastly important and long concealed facts about the war. For almost 50 years, the world had to depend largely on captured German records for its understanding of the Eastern Front, since almost all information made available by the Soviets was propaganda or even disinformation. Over the last decade, following the fall of the Communism in Europe in general, and Russia in particular, long-sealed archives have begun to open, and the truth about the Soviet side of the war is finally being discovered. In this concise, yet highly comprehensive, volume, readers can begin to gain access to the more accurate and complete information that is now becoming available. Through the diligence and expertise of a team of highly capable and experienced military researchers and historians, including David Glantz, the widely-acknowledged foremost Soviet military historian in America, new information has been synthesized with the best of long-available data. The result is Slaughterhouse, the single most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind. Slaughterhouse includes the following features: Two chapters by famed Sovietologist David Glantz: "Chronology of the War on the Eastern Front" (with nine detailed maps) and "Forgotten Battles" of the Eastern Front. The German armed forces and their allies: Thumbnail histories of 487 army groups, armies, corps, and divisions that saw combat on the Eastern Front. The Soviet armed forces: Thumbnail histories of 881 directions, fronts, armies, corps, and divisions. Biographical sketches of 57 key Axis and Soviet wartime personalities. Highly-detailed organizational diagrams of 55 types of Axis and Red Army divisions that served on the Eastern Front. Comprehensive, meticulously researched performance data comparisons of hundreds of Axis and Red Army weapons, including small arms, mortars, artillery, tanks, assault guns, combat aircraft, and more. 520 pages, supported by 88 photos; 9 maps; notes; and extensive 16 page bibliography. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front I am not a WWII history pro. This book is mostly an exhaustive order of battle for the Easstern front. There is a brief outline of the chronology of the Eastern Front at the beginning. There are neat biographies of the generals on both sides. The weapons section at the end needs production numbers to get an idea what was actually used on the battle field. Rating:  - Eastern front for dummiesBoth of my grandparents fought in WWII on the soviet side, so I'm pretty comfortable with the subject. I've read alot of good stuff about Mr. David Glantz from american, german and russian sources(check out battlefield.ru, choose english language option at the top left, awesome site with lots of info on the subject as well as overview of Mr.Glantz books). In any case this effort by Mr.Glantz is not a book and this is surely can't be called an encyclopedia of Eastern front. This is nothing shourt ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent compact guide to Eastern FrontThe brilliant work, Slaugterhouse, by David Glantz is a one of its kind to give the Russians their rightful due in the Second World War. As Mr. Glantz points out in the book, had it not been for the Eastern Front where the Russians took most of the thrust of the Wehrmacht, the war most likely taken a different course. This hand book is a useful guide to anyone wishing to understand this very most important theater. It took many nations to team together to defeat Germany, Italy and Japan. The Allied ... Read More Rating: - A "Must-Have" for the Eastern FrontWithout echoing what others have written, this book is one that will appeal to both the neophytes and the veterans of researching the Eastern Front. It is useful on several levels, and contains a wealth of information that in some cases is newly available in the English language! While there is a considerable amount of information in the book, it really is presented in such a logical fashion that it's quite simple to find what is needed. For example, unlike some presentations, the unit ... Read More Rating: - The Eastern Front in a nutshellThe Eastern Front is a huge subject which cannot be covered in any detail in one single book. Someone considering buying this work should understand what it is and what it isn't. This book is not for anyone looking for detailed accounts of individual battles and campaigns. Nor is it for anyone wanting detailed orders of battle or biographies of the main commanders involved on both sides and it's not for anyone wanting detailed information on the weapons and equipment used. What it is, is a 'one ... Read More 
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