Scorched Earth: Hitler's War on Russia, Vol. 2 [Hardcover]

Paul Carell (Author)

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 556 pages
• Publisher: G. G. Harrap; First English Edition edition (1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0245594876
• ISBN-13: 978-0245594878
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A view of the Russian Front from a front-line perspective, July 16, 1999

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This review is from: Scorched Earth: Hitler's War on Russia, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)

Paul Carrell's book covers the war in Russia from the end of 1942 (post-Stalingrad)to the collapse of Army Group Center in mid-1944. The book is written from the German perspective but is intermixed with Soviet history sources and accounts. The book deals with important battles and retreats of the German armies from an individual perspective. Reading the book will make the reader truly visualize what the landsehr and the panzer forces of the German armies dealt with in trying to resist the great Soviet juggernaut. While the book may ignore attrocities and other low points of the Great War now amply covered elsewhere, it gives the reader a fascinating perspective on the war in Russia, where contrary to popular belief in the U.S., WW II was really fought. An excellent read all in all.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scorched Earth The Russian-German War 1943-1944, February 12, 2000

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Bob Carpenter (Helena, Montana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scorched Earth: Hitler's War on Russia, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)

This has to be one of the best books ever written on the Russian-German War. Paul Carell has a way of making you feel like you were there with the troops. Very hard to put down. I have read this book twice, and will read it somemore

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as Hitler Moves east but still nice, May 15, 2000

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Carlos E. Silva (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scorched Earth: Hitler's War on Russia, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)

Tells the odissey of the 2nd phase of the invasion of Russia, and, altough not as interesting as the 1rst phase (the invasion and the failure at Moscow), the Germans keep giving the Russians a hard time, untill their horrendous defeat at Kursk. The very best on both books is the soldier's letters and comments, that places you right in the front.