Enduring the Whirlwind

The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943

By: Gregory Liedtke

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Despite the best efforts of a number of historians, many aspects of the ferocious struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War remain obscure or shrouded in myth. One of the most persistent of these is the notion - largely created by many former members of its own officer corps in the immediate postwar period - that the German Army was a paragon of military professionalism and operational proficiency whose defeat on the Eastern Front was solely attributable to the amateurish meddling of a crazed former Corporal and the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Red Army.

A key pillar upon which the argument of German numerical-weakness vis-à-vis the Red Army has been constructed is the assertion that Germany was simply incapable of providing its army with the necessary quantities of men and equipment needed to replace its losses. In consequence, as their losses outstripped the availability of replacements, German field formations became progressively weaker until they were incapable of securing their objectives.

This work seeks to address the notion of German numerical-weakness in terms of Germany's ability to replace its losses and regenerate its military strength, and assess just how accurate this argument was during the crucial first half of the Russo-German War.

©2016 Gregory Liedtke (P)2017 Tantor

Nice detail

Good book, nice details, I am not sure I fully agree with the authors interpretation of all of the data however there was a lot of research done.

interesting but not perfect

interesting statistics, but thesis left questionable, overall missing detail. thesis may have been proven with more specific small scale examples and detailed timeline of operations

Long overdue

Some chapters were a bit long.

Overall, a very solid and informative volume of work.

beat audible since David Gland Stalingrad

amazing research had gone into this title. be prepared to rethink and relearn almost everything you thought you knew about the German struggle in the east. kudos to the producers of this selection. Hope for more of the same caliber WW2 east front titles.

excellent! Wonderfully detailed!

This work IS NOT for the Operation Barbarossa beginner! This essential book investigates a crucial but neglected aspect of the war on the Eastern Front.