Operation Barbarossa 1941 (2)

Army Group North

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Description

Osprey's second title examining the events of Operation Barbarossa. Of the German Army Groups that attacked Soviet Russia, Von Leeb's Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States and Leningrad, was the smallest and weakest. General Kuznetzov's Northwestern Front, however, was in an even weaker state. Despite brave counterattacks and defense by the Soviet forces, the Germans smashed through the Dvina Line, then the Stalin Line, flooded into Latvia and pressed on to encircle Leningrad. This book examines the German offensive and also the courageous Soviet attempts to halt the German spearhead, defending every possible line against overwhelming odds.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Campaign/Chronology/Opposing Plans/Opposing Commanders/Opposing Armies/Frontier Battles/The Drive North/The Arctic Front/Breaking the Luga River Line/Leningrad/Aftermath/The Battlefield Today/Bibliography/Index

Product details

Published Mar 20 2005
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841768571
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 54 b/w
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 148
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Robert Kirchubel

Robert Kirchubel has had a keen interest in the Ea…

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Howard Gerrard

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Peter Dennis

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