The battle for the Caucasus, 1942-1943 rare photographs from wartime archives
"In mid-1942 Hitler's forces advanced deep into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forgotten - it is overshadowed by the disastrous German attack on Stalingrad which took place a...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Pen & Sword Military
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Images of war
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "In mid-1942 Hitler's forces advanced deep into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forgotten - it is overshadowed by the disastrous German attack on Stalingrad which took place at the same time. Using over 150 wartime photographs, Anthony Tucker-Jones gives the reader a graphic, concise introduction to this remarkable but neglected campaign on the Eastern Front. Operation Edelweiss was designed to seize the oilfields of Maikop, Baku and Grozny. Seen by some as a wholly unnecessary diversion of resources from the critical confrontation at Stalingrad, the assault on the Caucasus aimed to secure oil supplies for the Germans and deny them to the Soviets"--Back cover Introduction: Edelweiss -- 1. Stalin's lifeblood -- 2. The Stalingrad flank -- 3. Operation Edelweiss -- 4. Road to Grozny -- 6. Luftwaffe air offensive -- 7. Defeat in the Taman -- 8. The aftermath |
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| Beschreibung: | x, 126 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 1473894921 1-4738-9492-1 9781473894921 978-1-4738-9492-1 |