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Death of the Leaping Horseman: 24. Panzer-Division in Stalingrad, 12th August-20th November 1942. By Jason D. Mark. Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2003. ISBN 0-9751076-0-7. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Glossary. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 541. $80.00 Australian (paper).
Island of Fire: The Battle of the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943. By Jason D. Mark. Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2006. ISBN 0-9751076-3-1. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Glossary. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 641. $100.00 Australian (hardcover).
An Infantryman in Stalingrad: From 24 September 1942 to 2 February 1943. By Adelbert Holl. Translation by Jason D. Mark and Neil Page. Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2005. ISBN 0-9751076-1-5. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Appendix. Notes. Index. Pp. xi, 249. $50.00 Australian (hardcover).
An Artilleryman in Stalingrad: Memoirs of a Participant in the Battle. By Dr. Wigand Wüster. Translation by Torben Laursen, Jason D. Mark, and Harold Steinmüller. Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9751076-5-2. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Appendixes. Index. Pp.vi,255. $50.00 Australian (hardcover).
Over sixty years have passed since the end of World War II, arguably the twentieth century's most terrible of wars. During the ensuing half century, hundreds of historians representing every nation that took part in the struggle have striven mightily to describe accurately the causes, course, and outcome of the war as a whole, as well as its conduct in its many theaters of military operations. Nowhere has this process of identification and analysis been more difficult than when studying the war on Germany's Eastern Front, the Soviet-German War (1941-1945), or, as Soviets and Russians have styled it, their Great Patriotic War. Despite decades of intensive and careful study, the absence of extensive and credible archival materials, particularly on the Soviet side, has prevented comprehensive description and analysis of the war's countless battles and military operations.
In the case of the Soviet Union and, to a far lesser extent, its successor Russian Federation, the sad reality has been that, for political, ideological, and military reasons, if not pride alone, the official historical "establishment" and its constituent historians have frequently ignored or deliberately concealed the most unpleasant or unseemly aspects of their nation's wartime military record. Applicable to numerous battles that have been totally or partially "forgotten," this blanket statement also pertains...