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Under Himmler's Command addresses two areas of WWII hitherto neglected - Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. The author, Hans-Georg Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue. Full of fascinating detail he recounts the disturbing and sometimes bizarre atmosphere that pervaded the German high command in the East during the final months of the war. Much light is thereby thrown on Himmler the military commander, and on the final climactic battles fought on the Eastern Front during 1945. About the Author Expertly translated, edited and annotated by Fred Steinhardt, editor of Panzer Lehr Division (Helion, 2007).

Aside from being a very detailed chronology of the entire, largely unknown history of Army Group Vistula, this stellar work provides unequalled thumbnail portraits of Hitler, Göring, Himmler, Dönitz, Heinrici and many others as well. Once I started to read it, I hated to put it down ... Thus, this book fills in a hole that has existed in our knowledge for years. There may be other books surfacing on this period in coming years, but I doubt they'll be better than this one. In summation, if you read but one book on the era this year, make it this one! --The Military Advisor Spring 2010