To the Bitter End: The Final Battles of Army Groups North Ukraine, A, Centre, Eastern Front, 1944-45 [Hardcover]

Rolf Hinze (Author), Frederick P. Steinhardt (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1874622361 | ISBN-13: 978-1874622369 | Publication Date: April 2010

This is a penetrating and detailed account of the climactic battles of the German forces in Slovakia, the Carpathians, parts of Poland, Silesia and Saxony, from autumn 1944 until the end of the war. The author provides excellent detail on the movements and actions of numerous German units, and the text covers all major actions including the battle for the Vistula bridgeheads, the epic siege of Breslau, and the final desperate actions around Bautzen and Dresden. Appendices include comprehensive orders-of-battle. A large number of detailed battle maps are also included.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 207 pages
• Publisher: Helion & Company (April 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1874622361
• ISBN-13: 978-1874622369
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,709,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Account of Neglected Campaigns, January 24, 2006

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B. Fairbank (Madison WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To the Bitter End: The Final Battles of Army Groups North Ukraine, A, Centre, Eastern Front, 1944-45 (Hardcover)

The scope of this book is very wide, and includes the Soviet offensive in the Carpathians, the Slovakian uprising, the massive Vistula Oder offensive of January 1945, the Red Army's pushed into Silesian, and the final battles in Saxony. Throughout, the author writes factually and clearly.

The coverage of this book is a major plus, as the majority of these campaigns have never been covered before in the English language. The translator has done an excellent job, and added numerous footnotes which clarify and expand on the text. A comprehensive bibliography is attached.

This is a very nicely produced book, I disagree with a previous reviewer that there is a profusion of typos, quite the opposite. It is also worth mentioning that the book includes 30 maps, all of them clearly reproduced. A lack of maps frequently lets down a well written book, and I'm pleased to report that this is not the case for this book.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A military analysis of strategy, events, leadership, March 12, 2006

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D. Donovan, Editor/Sr. Reviewer "California B... (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To the Bitter End: The Final Battles of Army Groups North Ukraine, A, Centre, Eastern Front, 1944-45 (Hardcover)

TO THE BITTER END: THE FINAL BATTLES OF ARMY GROUPS NORTH UKRAINE, A, CENTRE, EASTERN FRONT 1944-45 is a specialty item no military library should be without: the author was born in 1922 in Eastern Germany and joined in 1939, following the Campaign in the West in 1940 and attending military academy. He served in Russia and spent much of the war as a forward observation officer, participating in the advances of 1942 and 42. His account isn't an autobiography, as one might expect, but a detailed military analysis of strategy, events, and leadership, including maps and discussions of Soviet advances. An outstanding, in-depth and very particular history evolves.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare information on overlooked battles, June 27, 2006

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Jackson Branch (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To the Bitter End: The Final Battles of Army Groups North Ukraine, A, Centre, Eastern Front, 1944-45 (Hardcover)

Considering how little is published English on this phase of the war, the publishers really should be congratulated for doing a superb job! There is loads of detail covering these rare battles, and it really is nitpicking from another reviewer to give the book only two stars for not including personal accounts. Personal accounts on these battles are not easy to come by at all, and I understand the author died some years ago, so the publishers were unable to revise this English edition. As it stands, it provides a lot of information completely unavailable elsewhere, and is recommended to those who are interested in researching some of the less well-known aspects of the War on the Eastern Front in World War II.