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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1. Verfasser: Tucker-Jones, Anthony (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Pen & Sword Military 2018
Schriftenreihe:Images of war
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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
Beschreibung:x, 126 pages
illustrations, maps, portraits
25 cm
ISBN:1473894921
1-4738-9492-1
9781473894921
978-1-4738-9492-1