Best WWII Eastern Front PC Games - Sims, Tactics, Strategy

[Father Ted]

The Pirahana  Brothers would have sorted it - vicious but fair

[Gusington]

Great post sandman. A new book on relations between Germany and Russia from 1939 to 1941 was just released...I'm on my phone so I can't link it...but I wonder if this new book's thesis is similar to what you said above.

[bob48]

The Pirahana  Brothers would have sorted it - vicious but fair

Now we'll see who really knows their Monty Python, Ted. ;)

[Staggerwing]

Sarcasm: worse than foot-nailing.

[bob48]

^LMAO

[Boggit]

Stay away from Glantzs book on Leningrad though. Lots if info, vetty detailed and possibly the worst written book I've ever read.  I think its unique in that ita the only book I can think of that I never finished and didnt want to.

I have his "Before Stalingrad" - fantastic research, but a dull read IMHO. As a historian, Glantz' research is superlative - 10/10, but as a writer he needs to develop a style that will engage his reader rather than boring them to sleep. It kind of undermines his outstanding research when you appreciate the facts but you find yourself glazing over at the presentation of them.

[bob48]

I really thought that Antony Beevor's Stalingrad book was very good - quite harrowing in parts.

[sandman2575]

I really thought that Antony Beevor's Stalingrad book was very good - quite harrowing in parts.

+1 -- Beevor's a terrific writer, as is Hastings.

[bob48]

His book on the Spanish Civil War is an incredible piece of work - highly recommended.

[Boggit]

@Gus :)

You could try John Tiller's Campaign series published by Matrix, or Panzer battles Kursk for combat at the platoon level (each unit is a platoon). If you want to go even further back to the East Front, Revolution under Siege by AGEOD is interesting (Russian Civil War 1918-23).

BTW a really good Eastern Front read is Penalty Strike: The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander, 1943-45 (Stackpole Military History Series) by Alexander V. Ply'cyn. It's a good read despite the title, which sounds like something out of a soccer game... ;)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Penalty-Strike-Commander-Stackpole-Military/dp/0811735990

[Gusington]

^Thank you, Sir.

[Father Ted]

If we're talking books...

Vasily Grossman's "Life and Fate" and Guy Sajer's "The Forgotten Soldier" should be on your list

[GDS_Starfury]

while not strictly Eastern Front I highly recommend Hans Von Luck's Panzer Commander.
possibly one of the best WW2 reads ever.

[TacticalWargames]

All of Jason D Marks books are must reads\owns.

[GDS_Starfury]

gonna have to pick this one up:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1906033897/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d3_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-2&pf_rd_r=0HF9E5GFPX092D9SE118&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970566762&pf_rd_i=desktop