Dan’s research and book list:
The Forgotten Soldier
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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies)
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Blood, Tears, and Folly: An Objective Look at World War ll – A Balanced History of Hitler’s Failures and Warnings That Still Plague Our World
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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
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The Second World War: The Nobel Prize-Winning History of World War II
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Mein Kampf
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Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
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Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941-45
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
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1812: Napoleon’s Russian Campaign
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Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier’s War on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945 (Modern War Studies)
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Russia’s War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945
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Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler’s Most Brilliant General
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II: Over 200 First-Hand Accounts from the Six Years That Tore the World Apart (Mammoth Books)
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War of Extermination: The German Military in World War II (War and Genocide, 3)
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The Great Terror: A Reassessment
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Inside the Third Reich
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Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare–The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat
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Stalin: Breaker of Nations
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Hitler’s World View: A Blueprint for Power
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National Socialism and the Religion of Nature
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Ivan’s War
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The German Army and Genocide: Crimes Against War Prisoners, Jews, and Other Civilians in the East, 1939-1944
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Panzer Leader
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II
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1. Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
2. Berezina by Ira Meistrich from The Experience of War
5cott –
Spooky, unsettling, compelling, addictive.
Matthew –
This entire series is about the unnerving and horrific experiences during the Eastern front. It is utterly fascinating… I was at the edge of my seat the whole time. Great movies like ‘Downfall’ and ‘Enemy at the Gates’ have nothing on this. Perfectly expressed with Dan Carlin’s typical absorption in the ‘what-if’ and details of war waged through Stalinism and Hiterlism… In this conflict there are no winners-
sgrogan –
Just bought this podcast today! I’m about 40 minutes in and I’m hooked. Thanks Dan!
mikepsk –
GO GHOSTS!!
Onat –
Was on the edge of my seat and had nightmares for days on end after finishing this series. Unbelievable what we humans can move on from. No good guys, no bad guys in this story — only hysteria and psychosis. Just one huge tragedy none of us as humans should ever forget. Thank you Dan! That was a very worthy purchase.