Operation Barbarossa 1941 (1)

Army Group South

Operation Barbarossa 1941 (1) cover

Operation Barbarossa 1941 (1)

Army Group South

Description

This book focuses on Field Marshal von Rundstedt and Army Group South, tasked with the capture of the Ukraine and Crimea.

Operation Barbarossa, Germany's surprise assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than the complete destruction of Communist Russia.

Von Rundstedt's 46 divisions and single Panzer Group faced fierce resistance from the best equipped, trained and commanded units in the Red Army, but ultimately succeeded in destroying the Soviet 6th and 12th Armies at Uman before inflicting a further 600,000 casualties at Kiev.

Here, von Rundstedt's five-month advance to Rostov is examined in detail.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology

Opposing Plans
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
The frontier battles
Uman and Odessa
The Kiev Pocket
The Crimea
Donets Basin and Rostov

Aftermath
The Battlefields Today
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published 20 Sep 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782004257
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 68 b/w; 12 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 129
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Robert Kirchubel

Robert Kirchubel has had a keen interest in the Ea…

Illustrator

Howard Gerrard

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of A…

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