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BOOK REVIEWS<br />
Source: wikipedia<br />
Coastal position of Soviet troops, Battle of Sevastopol<br />
Forczyk is no stranger to the subject of war on the Eastern Front, having published numerous<br />
books in the various Osprey series and with Pen and Sword Books. With a PhD in international<br />
relations and a combined total of eighteen years as an Army and National Guard armour and<br />
intelligence officer, Forczyk demonstrates a flare for analyzing the significance of the action<br />
throughout the campaign. Forczyk gives an outstanding account of the operations by both<br />
German and Soviet forces, mainly at the battalion/regimental level, with sufficient maps<br />
included for the reader to visualize the ebb and flow of the campaign. Indeed, there is quite a<br />
bit of detail here and those unfamiliar with the campaign or used to reading military history<br />
through a wider aperture may not want to make this their first read on the subject. That said,<br />
the more initiated will find this an excellent source that utilizes newly available archives and<br />
contains additional appendixes that include a biographical outline of the key commanders on<br />
each side and useful orders of battle. There are also two sections of photographs that really give<br />
a sense of both the equipment employed and the landscape upon which the forces fought.<br />
Overall, Forczyk’s Where the Iron Crosses Grow is a timely, detailed and well-constructed<br />
account of this critical campaign on the Eastern Front.<br />
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