Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945 (Modern Wars)
"Thunder in the East is now the state-of-the art general history of the Eastern front."—James V. Koch, Old Dominion University"Mawdsley is a Russian specialist, and much of his research is based on thousands of documents from the Soviet military archives published in the 1990s. These enable him, first, to avoid ovverreliance on self-serving Soviet military memoirs; second to provide an in-depth analysis of the Red Army's development into a highly effective military machine; and, third, to illuminate many neglected phases and episodes of the military campaign."—Geoffrey Roberts,The Times Higher Education Supplement "Here at last is a concise and clearly written account of what happened on both sides of the hill that provides excellent comparisons of equipment, leadership, doctrine, organization, and personnel."—The International History Review"This is a substantial contribution to the literature on the Soviet-German war....Mawdsley knows the material intimately. This is a high-class offering."—Robert Service, Historian