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The Drive on Moscow, 1941: Operation Taifun and Germany's First Great Crisis of World War II
Niklas Zetterling
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Description for The Drive on Moscow, 1941: Operation Taifun and Germany's First Great Crisis of World War II
hardcover. 288 pages, 16 pages of photos. A thorough exploration of the desperate fight for Moscow in 1941 including numerous archival records, personal diaries and letters. The battle, not fought in isolation, had a crucial role in the overall German strategy in the East, and its outcome reveals why the failure of the German assault may well have been true turning point of the war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight: 656.
At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders. German panzer spearheads cut through enemy defences and thrust deeply to encircle most of the Soviet soldiers on the approaches to Moscow. Within a ... Read more
At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders. German panzer spearheads cut through enemy defences and thrust deeply to encircle most of the Soviet soldiers on the approaches to Moscow. Within a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Ipm
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612001203
SKU
V9781612001203
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About Niklas Zetterling
Niklas Zetterling, a researcher at the Swedish Defense College, is most recently co-author of The Korsun Pocket: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944. Together with Michael Tamelander, a part-time military author, they have written books about the battleship Tirpitz, the D-Day landings and the 1940 campaign in Norway.
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