Campaign in the Caucasus 1942-1943 - book recommendations?

[sultanbev]

Hi there, can the collective hive mind recommend any English language books on the campaigns in the Caucasus 1942-1943, especially from the Soviet side?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

[fred]

I presume you have the Erickson books (which cover much more than just the Caucasus)

[cuprum]

Russian film - reconstruction of events (with English subtitles):

[sultanbev]

I presume you have the Erickson books (which cover much more than just the Caucasus)

Hiya, thanks for the reply.
Not heard of them, I can find a John Erickson with two books The Road to Berlin and The Road to Stalingrad, are these the ones you mean?

[Etranger]

They'd be the ones. Probably the standard modern works on the Russian war since Erikson gained access to the Russian archives during Glasnost.

[sultanbev]

Russian film - reconstruction of events (with English subtitles):

Thanks for the reply, have ordered the Statiev book. I have just received the Images of War book, not had a chance to read it yet.

[fred]

They'd be the ones. Probably the standard modern works on the Russian war since Erikson gained access to the Russian archives during Glasnost.

Yes those are they, they are very dense in information, and could do with more maps, and as Etranger says where the first English works with access to the Russian archives.

[7dot62mm]

If you want the big and surely totally unbiased view, Helion & Co. sell (both in hardback and in ebook format) the book Rollback - The Red Army's Winter Offensive Along the Southwestern Strategic Direction 1942-43, written by the Soviet General Staff. Here is a quote:

"The Soviet forces’ crushing attacks in the Northern Caucasus,
along the Rostov and Voroshilovgrad axes, and around Leningrad
tied down the German-Fascist army’s forces, distracted to
themselves the Hitlerite command’s reserves, deprived him of the
opportunity to reinforce his Ostrogozhsk—Rossosh’ group of forces,
and thus created very favorable conditions for the Voronezh Front’s
conduct of the offensive operation."

[TheDilfy]

Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941-44 Robert Forczyk
Operation Don's Left Wing: The Trans-Caucasus Front's Pursuit of the First Panzer Army, November 1942-February 1943 (Modern War Studies) Glantz, David M.
The Caucasus 1942–43: Kleist’s race for oil: 281 (Campaign) by Robert Forczyk
The Kuban 1943: The Wehrmacht's last stand in the Caucasus: 318 (Campaign) by Robert Forczyk
Prelude to Stalingrad: The Red Army's Attempt to Derail the German Drive to the Caucasus in World War II by Igor Sdvizhkov
Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 Robert M. Citino
German Campaign in Russia: Planning and Operations (1940-1942): WW2: Strategic & Operational Planning: Directive Barbarossa, The Initial Operations, ... in the Caucasus & Battle for Stalingrad US Defence Dept.

starter for ten if include the other excellent books above as well.