When Titans Clashed

How the Red Army Stopped Hitler

By: David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House

Narrated by: James Romick

Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.

In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions, the German blitzkrieg had already blasted the Red Army back to Moscow. Yet, less than four years later, the Soviet hammer-and-sickle flew above the ruins of Berlin, stark symbol of a miraculous comeback that destroyed the Germany Army and put an end to Hitler's imperial designs. Drawing on the massive and unprecedented release of Soviet archival documents, David Glantz and noted military historian Jonathan House expand and elaborate our picture of the Soviet war effort.

Rafts of newly available official directives, orders, and reports reveal the true nature and extraordinary scale of Soviet military operations as they swept across the 1,000 miles from Moscow to Berlin, featuring stubborn defenses and monumental offensives and counteroffensives and ultimately costing the two sides combined a staggering 20 million casualties.

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Excellent

Very thorough and balanced. A history all Americans need to become aware of before we go to war with these people.

Decent

Bizarre that narrator mispronounced German and even English words but still a great read, highly recommended objective piece of history

Great narrative on a complex subject.

The authors did a great job in covering a topic as complex as this. Their military background was evident in their descriptions of the combatants organization, equipment and operational concepts. What this audio production lacked was an accompanying set of maps to graphically depict what the narrative explained. Incorporation of materials from Soviet archives provided a more balanced description than near post war western books. Some of the narrator’s pronunciations were unconventional but this did not detract from understanding what was said.

Good history lesson.

I believe the narrator butchered every single German and Russian word. Like Panzerkampfwagen "V" one, instead of 6.

The largest conflict in human history

If you separate the German Russian war or Eastern front of 41-45 of WW2 it would be larger than all other theatres combined and taken alone the largest war in terms of casualties and sheer size and numbers of forces involved in human history. To cover this expansive conflict in a single volume seems a Herculean task, but the author manages to do it In a way that the reader with a reasonable working knowledge of the major players and locations of the leaders battles and fronts will be able to Follow without being drowned in the details. I suggest purchasing the book to be able to Look at the maps as the constant references to battle divisions armies and movements requires some visuals for most. I thought it was an excellent history and will likely listen again int he future as I don’t think one listen through was enough

Good, very detailed operational overview

This Glantz/House volume is typical of their extremely detailed orders of battle and unit movement and participation in WWII theaters. Great use of source material to provide a narrative summary of the German-Soviet theater during WWII. Provides a good chronology for those new to this aspect of WWII. Best to follow the narrative with maps -- lots of maps -- to best understand the many moving parts of the four-year struggle on this sprawling front.

best eastern front account

perhaps the best account of the eastern front I have seen so far on audible

best single volume history of the eastern front

Per title, this book is unmatched in clarity and conciseness of its topic. it is not the most in depth or the most technical but by far the best balanced. you should walk away with a clear understanding of the hows/why's of the Eastern Front in WW2.

Wikipedia Deluxe Narrated Terribly

I understand the eastern front of WWII is an absolute beast to cover but I found this book an absolute chore to get through. Despite that, it was very high level and read just like a Wikipedia article. No anecdotes, quotes, nothing, just facts thrown at you constantly.
What was worse was the narration. The reader seemed to be extremely proud of himself and his ability to sound intelligent. Be ready for him to overenunciate the last syllable of every sentence. "Januaryuhhhhhhh", "armyeeeeeeyuh", "Carpathianuuuuuhhhhhh", and the like. I had to put the speed at 1.2x to try to minimize it.

Obnoxious enunciations are obnoxious

Waited a month to spend a credit on this and the natator is very unenjoyable, comical actually, which is not good for the serious work he's butchering with overenunciations, unusual enunciations, and breathing noises. Do not recommended if looking for a serious reading.