Most histories of the northern sector of the Russian front concentrate on the siege of Leningrad, and focus little attention on the heavy fighting during the Wehrmacht's withdrawl into the Baltic countries. Retreat from Leningrad begins where those books
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"Retreat From Leningrad" Overall a Solid Book,
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This review is from: Retreat from Leningrad: Army Group North 1944/1945 (Schiffer Military History Book) (Hardcover)
"Retreat from Leningrad" is an excellent compilation of recollections from German Army staffers associated with Army Group North during the latter stages of the Eastern Front defensive operations. The footnotes and editor's comments provide useful springboards for additional research for readers interested in more information.
The only things that mar this book include sometimes wooden translations from the original German into the book's English text, no photographs, and crude, computer generated maps. Overall, it is still worth buying for anyone who wants details not found elsewhere on this part of the Russian/German epic struggle in WWII.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Very good account of this theater of operations 1944-1945,
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This review is from: Retreat from Leningrad: Army Group North 1944/1945 (Schiffer Military History Book) (Hardcover)
Retreat from Leningrad focuses on Army Group North's operations post 1943. Most books geared towards the activities of Army Group North deal with the siege of Leningrad and not the savage battles in Army Group North's withdrawl. This book focuses on these battles. The majority of information obtained comes from staffers and Officers assigned to the Army Group. The book is filled with general information on every battle in this Army Groups sector 44-45. It provides the eastern front "nut" with new information and opens some fertile territory for additional research. Recomended for any armchair general with a strong intrest in the eastern front.
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This review is from: Retreat from Leningrad: Army Group North 1944/1945 (Schiffer Military History Book) (Hardcover)
If you are a military historian or a student of military tactics this may be the book for you. If you are, as I am, interested in the trials and tribulations of the average German or Russian soldier forget it. Nothing but page after page of tactical material with sparse maps and no photos. Right from the beginning author tends to denigrate the Russian effort and laud the German defense. Good for bedtime reading if you suffer from insomnia. I grugingly gave it three stars because of the effort made by the author to accurately portray the military tactis of the rettreat
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