Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1941 - 1942:

Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1941 - 1942: Barbarossa to Moscow (Images of War)

The third volume in Nik Cornishâ€™s photographic history of the Second World War on the Eastern Front records in vivid visual detail the sequence of Red Army offensives that pushed the Wehrmacht back across Russia after the failure of the Operation Citadel, the German attack at Kursk. Previously unpublished images show the epic scale of the build-up to the Kursk battle and the enormous cost in terms of lives and material of the battle itself. They also show that the military initiative was now firmly in Soviet hands, for the balance of power on the Eastern Front had shifted and the Germans were on the defensive and in retreat.

Subsequent chapters chronicle the hard-fought and bloody German withdrawal across western Russia and the Ukraine, recording the Red Armyâ€™s liberation of occupied Soviet territory. Not only do the photographs track the sequence of events on the ground, they also show the equipment and the weapons used by both sides, the living conditions experienced by the troops and the devastation the war left in its wake.
Country USA
Brand PEN AND SWORD MILITARY
Manufacturer Pen and Sword Military
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 175 photographs
ReleaseDate 2016-04-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781783463985

Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1941 - 1942: Barbarossa to Moscow (Images of War)