looking for a Battle of Berlin book

[FranzJon]

So I finished Tieke and the short portion of his book (Tragedy of the Faithful) covering the final battle of Berlin. So next I read Beevor's Berlin book. I found it to be a "lightweight" book after reading Tieke.

I want better detail of the battle with more individual stories. For example I want to know HOW MANY SS-Charlemagne we in the old bank on Friedrichstrasse... I want to hear about using Panzerfaust to blow thru walls... I want a blow by blow recount of crossing the Wiedendammer Bridge at 2AM.

I want DETAILS!!

Got a good book for me? Is there an English version of Tieke's Berlin book?

[Woolgar]

You found Beevors book lightweight ??

Cant help you mate

Nick

[MarcRikmenspoel]

Check out For Europe, by Robert Forbes, for exhaustive detail on the French Waffen-SS in Berlin.

[FranzJon]

Check out For Europe, by Robert Forbes, for exhaustive detail on the French Waffen-SS in Berlin.

just ordered it, thank you!

[Robert Shoaf]

I thought Beevor's book was very good, and Cornelius Ryan's "The Last Battle" still holds up well, IMHO.

Bob Shoaf

[David C]

I thought Beevor's book was very good, and Cornelius Ryan's "The Last Battle" still holds up well, IMHO.

Me too.

just ordered it, thank you!

Me too

[pasoleati]

FranzJon is absolutely correct, Beevor's work is lightweight plus purely politically motivated. One well known Eastern Front histprian called Beevor's Stalingrad book social history, not military history. I'd say he was spot on, as one may expect more from a career military officer.

I haven't seen it but I wonder if Tony LeTissier's Berlin Then and Now has detailed material?

[hucks216]

Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault On Berlin 1945 by Stephen Hamilton, as well as his The Oder Front: Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici, Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Germany's Final Defense in the East, 20 March-4 May 1945.

[chrischa]

Check out For Europe, by Robert Forbes, for exhaustive detail on the French Waffen-SS in Berlin.

This was recommended to me and is great for a Battle of Berlin read.

There is also a book I can't remember the name of and I'm at work so can't check about a swedish W-SS man in Berlin.

Anyone?

[MarcRikmenspoel]

The Swedish book is probably Erik Wallin's Twilight of the Gods, about his time with SS-Panzeraufklärungs Abteilung 11 during 1945.

[chrischa]

That's it, thanks.

A good book as well albeit more a personal account and from his experiences. How he was helped to freedom was interesting.

Chris.

[Waffe]

The Fall of Berlin, by Anthony Read and David Fisher.

Regards,
Kent G.

[FranzJon]

The Fall of Berlin, by Anthony Read and David Fisher.

Regards,
Kent G.

I will try that too, I just picked up leTissier's "Race for the Reichstag"

[FranzJon]

I will try that too, I just picked up leTissier's "Race for the Reichstag"

By the way... "Race for the Reichstag" is amazing... it appears le Tissier is the master of the Battle of Berlin.

[Paolo]

Miguel Ezquerra "Berlin a vida o muerte" is what you're looking for.
Also Saint-Paulain "dead Lions" is a good reading
Spanish and French waffen SS volunteers accounts

Paolo