The Fall of Berlin, 1945

Antony Beevor

2002

Chronicles the horror of Berlin's fall to the Soviets in 1945, recalling the starvation, exposure, artillery fire, rape, and mass destruction that marked the Red Army's final push on Germany's capital...

The Fall of Berlin 1945

Antony Beevor

2003

"A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Th...

Operation Barbarossa

David M Glantz

2011

On 22 June 1941 Hitler unleashed his forces on the Soviet Union. Spearheaded by four powerful Panzer groups and protected by an impenetrable curtain of air support, the seemingly invincible Wehrmacht ...

Barbarossa Derailed

David Glantz

2014

The supplemental companion to a two-part study on Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's plan to invade Soviet Russia during World War II. Volume three, the Documentary Companion to Barbarossa Derailed, conta...

Barbarossa Derailed: the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941

David M. Glantz

2016

This groundbreaking new study, now significantly expanded, exploits a wealth of Soviet and German archival materials, including the combat orders and operational of the German OKW, OKH, army groups, a...

Panzer Battles

F. W. von Mellenthin

1956

Memoir of a senior German staff officer covering tank operations on all fronts, with detailed analysis of armored doctrine and tactics.

Enemy at the Gates

William Craig

1973

The definitive account of the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides.

Kursk 1943

Dennis Showalter

2013

Authoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.

Stalingrad

Antony Beevor

1998

This gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II, conveying the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought in inhuman conditions, and of civ...

The battle for Stalingrad

V. I. Chuĭkov

1964

Written by the commander of the 62nd (siberian) Army, the man responsible for Stalingrad's defense, this dramatic record of the single most important battle of World War II is presented with an introd...

Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War

Chris Bellamy

2007

Comprehensive history of the Soviet-German war drawing on newly opened Russian archives. Covers the full sweep from Barbarossa to Berlin.

Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941–45

Alan Clark

1965

Gripping operational narrative of the Eastern Front campaign from the 1941 invasion to Germany's defeat. A foundational text of Eastern Front history.

The Road to Stalingrad

John Erickson

1975

First volume of Erickson's monumental two-volume history of the Soviet-German war, covering the catastrophic opening campaigns through the winter of 1942.

The Battle of Kursk

David M. Glantz & Jonathan House

1999

The definitive operational history of Kursk — the largest tank battle ever fought — drawing on Soviet and German archives to provide a day-by-day account of the fighting.

Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed

Michael Jones

2007

Account of Stalingrad focusing on the Soviet soldiers and civilians who endured the fighting, drawing on diaries and letters from Russian archives.

Armageddon in Stalingrad

David M. Glantz, Jonathan Mallory House

2009

The world's foremost authority on the Soviet Army in World War II offers the second installment of his pathbreakinbg trilogy on the epic clash at Stalingrad. The definitive account of the battle that ...

After Stalingrad

David M. Glantz

2009

In the wake of the Red Army's signal victory at Stalingrad, which began when its surprise counteroffensive encircled German Sixth Army in Stalingrad region in mid-November 1942 and ended when its forc...

To the Gates of Stalingrad

David M. Glantz, Jonathan Mallory House

2009

The world's foremost authority on the Soviet-German clash draws upon previously unseen, underused, and neglected Soviet and German sources to provide the definitive account of the major turning point ...

Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad

David M. Glantz

2014

In Endgame at Stalingrad, the final volume of his acclaimed Stalingrad Trilogy, David Glantz completes his definitive account of one of World War II’s most infamous confrontations, the campaign that m...

Kursk

M. K. Barbier

2013

In July 1943, the German Army launched what proved to be its last great offensive on the Eastern Front. Kursk is a comprehensive history of the last time that Germany held the strategic initiative in ...

Berlin '85: The Enemy at the Gates

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1980

Designed by Jim Dunnigan

Race for Berlin: The Final Struggle

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

Designed by François-Xavier Euzet

Berlin: Red Victory

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2006

Fortress Berlin

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2004

Road to Berlin: Platoon Level Combat in World War II – A Panzer Grenadier Game

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2005

Race to Berlin

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2015

Stalingrad '42

GMT Games

2019

Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.

Kursk: The Southern Front

MMP

2010

Part of the Operational Combat Series covering the southern pincer at Kursk.

Barbarossa: Army Group South

GMT Games

2001

Part of the Barbarossa series. Covers the Wehrmacht's drive into Ukraine in 1941.

A Bridge Too Far

Avalon Hill

1977

Classic simulation of Operation Market Garden, the Allied airborne operation of 1944.

D-Day at Omaha Beach

Decision Games

2009

Solitaire game covering the first critical hours of the Omaha Beach landing.

The Longest Day

Avalon Hill

1980

Classic monster wargame covering the entire Normandy campaign at regimental scale.

Battle of the Bulge 1944

GMT Games

2024

Detailed operational treatment of the Ardennes offensive using the ZOC Bond system.

Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

Enemy Coast Ahead: The Dambuster Raid

GMT Games

2019

Solitaire game recreating the famous 617 Squadron bouncing-bomb raid on the Ruhr dams.

Ardennes '44

GMT Games

2003

Acclaimed operational simulation of the Battle of the Bulge.

Overlord: Normandy 1944

Decision Games

2021

Strategic-level game of the Normandy invasion and campaign.

DAK2

GMT Games

2006

Comprehensive operational simulation of the entire North Africa campaign.

Rommel in the Desert

Columbia Games

1982

Card-driven block game of the North Africa campaign. Fast and elegant.

Coral Sea

Avalon Hill

1979

Classic carrier battle game simulating the first fleet engagement fought entirely by aircraft.