Death of the Leaping Horseman: The 24th Panzer Division in Stalingrad

Once again, not a book for the 'general reader' who wants to know what happened at Stalingrad. However, for the enthusiast who really does want to know what happened to a specific unit at Stalingrad, this book is essential. Jason Mark's celebrated books can be frustratingly elusive to find and this is a great opportunity to add this truly sumptuous edition to your bookshelf at very reasonable cost . It's not so much a narrative as a mass of information, documents, maps, photos, sketches and diary entries - and it is fascinating. Highly recommended for the Estern Front completist.................

At last we can get the book! Now my Jason D Mark book collection is complete. I've read countless books on WW2 esp the East front and I can say with hand on heart Jason's books are the best out there. His research is fantastic and narrative immersive.I recommend all his books. I paid £70 for island of Fire and for me it was worth every penny..thats how good his books are.Two other authors come close and both of those are WW1 authors Jack Sheldon's German Army series and Ralph Whiteheads Otherside of the Wire.Anyway highly recommended and a fantastic price.

Am very interested in WW2 and certainly from the German side of opinion. Am no genius and a bit of a thicket but I really enjoyed it. I like the day to day format but as others have said it does not suit everyone.

A little too focused on the day to day stuff and difficult to follow the general situation and context - the 24th pz had already fought its way down from Voronezh by the time the book opens, and taken substantial casualties. The achievements of the division in July and August are perhaps more interesting.

Excellent book with immense detail and a large number of photos and maps.

A long awaited reprint , good quality photos and well captioned , no rubbish , a great book at a very good price.

specialised and excellent

You can not beat the details in the books from. The leaping horsemen for people. Who are really looking. To get into the war in Russia new readers. Can step up a long way if they buy these books the bestv