03-23-2014, 01:16 PM
The book is expensive (I paid $100) and covers the see-saw fighting in the area, not particularly in Budapest itself.
According to the book's back summary, it is a translation from a book by Georg Maier (former Deputy CoS of the 6. (SS)-Panzer-Armee) with 488 text pages (including 130 appendices), nearly 1000 footnotes, 16 pages of photographs, and a separate 32-page, full-color map book.
So the book itself is obviously written from a German point of view and the Soviet order of battle isn't really detailed since at the time the Germans didn't know it. I will also criticize the color plates since they are direct photos from German operational maps and often times the little details (like names of villages) get lost since they are mostly illegible. If you are looking for "human interest stories," this book is not it. It is a very clinical, though detailed description of German combat units' actions. Detailed, but dry. Again, great for pinpointing activities from citations, but not nail-biting drama or "character development.";)
I did read a really good book on the battle of Budapest, but it's in storage so I can't help you with the info - The Siege of Budapest, maybe(?).
According to the book's back summary, it is a translation from a book by Georg Maier (former Deputy CoS of the 6. (SS)-Panzer-Armee) with 488 text pages (including 130 appendices), nearly 1000 footnotes, 16 pages of photographs, and a separate 32-page, full-color map book.
So the book itself is obviously written from a German point of view and the Soviet order of battle isn't really detailed since at the time the Germans didn't know it. I will also criticize the color plates since they are direct photos from German operational maps and often times the little details (like names of villages) get lost since they are mostly illegible. If you are looking for "human interest stories," this book is not it. It is a very clinical, though detailed description of German combat units' actions. Detailed, but dry. Again, great for pinpointing activities from citations, but not nail-biting drama or "character development.";)
I did read a really good book on the battle of Budapest, but it's in storage so I can't help you with the info - The Siege of Budapest, maybe(?).
