The Eastern Front was the series of conflicts between the European Axis and the Former Soviet Union and it’s allies. The battles of the Eastern Front made up one of the largest military confrontations known in history – full of destruction and massive loss of life.
Learn more about the Operational History of the Eastern Front in the Second World War with this list of the books we’ve found on Amazon.
Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein’s Kharkov Counteroffensive, February-March 1943 (Schiffer Military History Book): George M., Jr. Nipe
Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942 (The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 2) (Modern War Studies) : David M. Glantz, Jonathan House
From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 – August 1943 (Soviet (Russian) Military Experience): David M. Glantz
To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942 (Modern War Studies) : David Glantz, Jonathan M. House
For the Homeland: The 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series): Rudolf Pencz
Croatian Legion The 369th Reinforced (Croatian) Infantry Regiment on the Eastern Front 1941-1943 : Amir Obhodas and Jason Mark
Knight’s Cross Panzers: The German 35th Tank Regiment in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series): Hans Schäufler
Red Storm over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944 (Modern War Studies): David M. Glantz
Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat: The Red Army’s Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 (Modern War Studies): David M. Glantz
Drama Between Budapest and Vienna: The Final Fighting of the 6th Panzer-Armee in the East – 1945 : Georg Maier
Death of the Leaping Horseman: 24 Panzer-Division in Stalingrad 12th August-20th November 1942: Jason D Mark
German Battle Tactics on the Russian Front, 1941-1945: (Schiffer Military Aviation History): Steven Newton
Before Stalingrad: Barbarossa, Hitler’s Invasion of Russia 1941 (Battles & Campaigns): David M. Glantz
Operation Barbarossa and Germany’s Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories): David Stahel
Blood, Steel, and Myth: The II.SS-Panzer-Korps and the Road to Prochorowka: George Nipe Jr.
Hell’s Gate: The Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket, January-February 1944: Douglas E. Nash
The Caucasus and the Oil, The German-Soviet War in the Caucasus 1942/43: Wilhelm Tieke
Beyond Stalingrad: Manstein and the Operations of Army Group Don: Dana V. Sadarananda
Decision in the Ukraine, Summer 1943: II. SS and III. Panzerkorps: Jr. George M. Nipe
Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943: Mark Healy
Ostfront 1944: The German Defensive Battles on the Russian Front 1944: Alex Buchner
Island of Fire: The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad: Jason Mark
The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944 (Modern War Studies): David M. Glantz
The Road to Stalingrad (Cassell Military Paperbacks): John Erickson
The Battle of Kursk: David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
The Retreat: Hitler’s First Defeat: Michael Jones
Battle for the Caucasus: Andrei Grechko
Battle For Moscow: Col. Albert Seaton
East Front Drama 1944: Rolf Hinze
Kharkov 1942 : David Glantz
Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk, 1941. Vol. 1.: David Glanz
Demolishing the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative: Valeriy Zamulin, Stuart Britton
Hitler’s Greatest Defeat: The Collapse Of The Army Group Centre, June 1944 (The World of War): Paul Adair
Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany’s Eastern Front 1944-45 (General Military): Prit Buttar
Crucible of Combat: Germany’s Defensive Battles in the Ukraine 1943-44: Rolf Hinze
Last Laurels: The German Defence of Upper Silesia, January-May 1945: Georg Gunter
Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945: A. Stephan Hamilton
After Stalingrad: The Red Army’s Winter Offensive 1942-1943: David Glantz
Hitler’s Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front: Robert Kirchubel
War Without Garlands: Barbarossa 1941/42: Robert Kershaw
The theatre of the Eastern Front lasted over 3 years, but finally ended the Second World War with a decisive Allied victory and the fall of Nazi Germany. If you’re interested in more on the World Wars, check out Best Memoirs of WW2 Tank Crewmen and Books on the World between the Wars.
