When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped HitlerBy the time Pearl Harbor had ripped apart America's peacetime pretensions, the German blitzkrieg had already blasted the Red Army back to the gates of Moscow. Yet, less than four years later, the Soviet hammer and sickle flew above the ruins of Berlin, stark symbol of a miraculous comeback that destroyed the German army and shattered Hitler's imperial designs. Told in swift stirring prose, When Titans Clashed provides the first full account of this epic struggle from the Soviet perspective. David Glantz, one of the world's foremost authorities on the Soviet military, and Jonathan House present a fundamentally new interpretation of what the Russians called the "Great Patriotic War". Based on unprecedented access to formerly classified Soviet sources, they counter the German perspective that has dominated previous accounts and radically revise our understanding of the Soviet experience during World War II. |
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User Review - ScoutJ - LibraryThingReally well-researched and detailed account of the Soviet side of the Eastern Front. Could have done with a scorecard, or at least a few more maps. Names and units were flying fast and it was difficult to keep up at times. Overall, a terrific addition to this field. Read full review
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User Review - jcbrunner - LibraryThingViewing the English language literature about WWII, the Americans do not leave much room both to the crucial British and Soviet contribution to victory. Great Britain for holding out single-handed in ... Read full review
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| Title | When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler Modern war studies |
| Authors | David M. Glantz, Jonathan Mallory House |
| Illustrated by | Darin Grauberger, George F. McCleary |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University Press of Kansas, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 19, 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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