Hello All
The other day I was browsing the stacks in Powell's Book WWII section had a rather nice find, a new Soviet WWII Order of Battle Book.
The title is:
Order of Battle The Red Army WWII by David Porter and published by Amber Books out of the UK.
I highly recommend it. It's a slim volume, only a 192 pages but is packed with maps, a brief overview of the major battles, graphically representations of tank and rifle units and the best part; what I'll call branching tree charts of the various Armies and Fronts.
As a badge collector it's been invaluable to be able find where a particular units fits into the big picture.
As example: I have a 69th Guards Rifle Division and a quick glance I can tell
that it was part of XXI Guards Rifle Corps commanded by Maj-Gen P I Fomenko which was part of the 4th Guards Army commanded by Lt-Gen I V Galanin which was part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in August 1944.
It probably isn't the most comprehensive guide out there. For shear amount of information you can't beat Charles Sharps guides, which I have. But for ease of use you can't beat it and I'll turn to it first and often.
The other day I was browsing the stacks in Powell's Book WWII section had a rather nice find, a new Soviet WWII Order of Battle Book.
The title is:
Order of Battle The Red Army WWII by David Porter and published by Amber Books out of the UK.
I highly recommend it. It's a slim volume, only a 192 pages but is packed with maps, a brief overview of the major battles, graphically representations of tank and rifle units and the best part; what I'll call branching tree charts of the various Armies and Fronts.
As a badge collector it's been invaluable to be able find where a particular units fits into the big picture.
As example: I have a 69th Guards Rifle Division and a quick glance I can tell
that it was part of XXI Guards Rifle Corps commanded by Maj-Gen P I Fomenko which was part of the 4th Guards Army commanded by Lt-Gen I V Galanin which was part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in August 1944.
It probably isn't the most comprehensive guide out there. For shear amount of information you can't beat Charles Sharps guides, which I have. But for ease of use you can't beat it and I'll turn to it first and often.
