German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman

Barbarossa 1941

Combat 7

Author: David Campbell
Illustrator: Johnny Shumate
Short code: CBT 7
Publication Date: 20 Jul 2014
Number of Pages: 80

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The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin's forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Fighting alongside the spearhead Panzer divisions were Germany's highly skilled and veteran motorized infantrymen - including the German Army's premier unit, Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Großdeutschland. Opposing these German mobile forces, the Soviets deployed the often ill-trained and poorly equipped men of the rifle regiments, who fought tenaciously and with the threat of savage reprisals from their own side. In this book three bruising clashes during the first seven weeks of the campaign are assessed - a bloody encounter battle at Zhlobin, the struggle for the destroyed city of Smolensk and then a prolonged clash along a dangerously stretched German defensive perimeter at Vas'kovo-Voroshilovo.

Biographical Note

David Campbell has worked as a freelance new media producer and content specialist for many years, including roles at IBM, the BBC, various internet consultancies and the civil service. He has a broad range of interests in literature and history, including the Middle Ages, the Napoleonic era, naval warfare, and the genesis of the ‘military revolution' to name a few. He is the co-author of Men-at-Arms 476 Napoleon's Swiss Troops.Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.

Introduction
The opposing sides
Zhlobin: 6 July 1941
Smolensk: 15-23 July 1941
Vas'kovo-Voroshilovo: 23-27 July 1941
Analysis
Aftermath
Unit organizations
Bibliography
Index