WW2: Sources, References and Resources
Web Sites
Blue Division Web Sites most with great photos:
http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/heer-infanterie-div-250.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2286/index2.html [Spanish]
http://www.lanzadera.com/divisionazul/ [Spanish]
http://www.nuevorden.org/Div-azul.htm [Spanish]
http://www.feldgrau.com/spain.html
The Ghost Battalion: Spaniards in the Waffen-SS, 1944-1945.
Wargaming
Books
Bessonov, E. (2003). Tank Rider: Into the Reich with the Red Army. London: Greenhill.
Evgeni Bessonov was a young Russian officer in a Tank Rider unit. In two years of fighting he led his unit from the Orel Offensive (Aug 1943) to Berlin. This is his own account of those years, an account I found quite interesting.
Erickson, J. (1993). The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's war with Germany: Volume One. London: Weidenfeld.
An exhaustive account of the Russo-German War from the German invasion to the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.
Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944. University Press of Kansas.
Glantz, David M. (2001). The Siege of Leningrad 1941-44: 900 Days of Terror. Cassell.
Kurlansky, M. (1999). The Basque History of the World. Canada: Alfred A. Knopf.
Not a military history book, but interesting none the less. It does mention Basque involvement in WWII.
Raymond L. Proctor. (1974). Agony of a Neutral: Spanish-German wartime relations and "The blue Division". Idaho research foundation inc.
Richard Baber, who originally mentioned this reference to me, describes it as "An excellent book giving very good background to Franco's sending volunteers to Russia. to be honest the combat history is sparse, although more interesting to read than the "Men-at-Arms" book.
There are some extracts from unit diaries and comments from veterans.
But the maps at the back are very good: the area around Novogorod, both tactical and strategic are probably worth it in themselves to us wargamers also tactical maps for the battles for Garodok railyards and Krasnibor both show directional attack arrows and unit positions.
In my limited opinion a very useful and good read."
Rommel, E. (1995). Infantry Attacks. London: Greenhill Books.
Strictly speaking it isn't WWII, as this is the great man talking about his experiences as a young infantry officer in WWI. Excellent. Great insight into small unit infantry tactics.
Scurr, J. (1980). Germany's Spanish Volunteers 1941-45. Osprey.
My main source on the Blue Division. Very good.
Books I've heard about but haven't seen
Bueno Carrera, Jose Maria (1991). The Blue Division and Squadron: Its Organization and Uniforms. Madrid: Aldaba.
Ezquerra, Miguel (2004). Berlín a vida o muerte. Ritter.
Kleinfeld, Gerald, R. and Lewis, A. Tambs. (1979). Hitler's Spanish Legion : The Blue Division In Russia. Southern Illinois University Press.
Roig, Pedro. (1976). Spanish Soldiers in Russia. Miami: Universal.
Vadillo, Fernando (1991). Orillas del Voljov (I).
Volume one of two volumes on the battle of Volkhov. I think this may be a historical novel.
Vadillo, Fernando (1992). Orillas del Voljov ( II).
Vadillo, Fernando. (1992). Arrabales de Leningrado (I).
Vadillo, Fernando. (1993). Arrabales de Leningrado (II).
Vadillo, Fernando. (1994). Lucharon en Krasny Bor (I).
Vadillo, Fernando. (1994). Lucharon en Krasny Bor (II).