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Miracle at the Litza. Hitler's First Defeat on the Eastern Front

Door Alf R. Jacobsen

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#229653
Titel	Miracle at the Litza. Hitler's First Defeat on the Eastern Front
Auteur	Jacobsen, Alf R.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Oxford/Philadelphia, Casemate Publishers
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	1612005063
ISBN13	9781612005065
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	In the early summer of 1941 German rock hunters under the command of General Eduard Dietl set out in northern Norway up through Finland to the Russian border. Operation Silberfuchs was underway. The northernmost section of the eastern front would ensure Hitler supplies of nickel from Finnish mines, and bring the strategically important port city of Murmansk under German control. The roadless quagmire terrain created major challenges for the German troop movements. Despite this Dietl's men made quick gains on his Russian foe, and they came closer Murmansk. Despite repeated warnings of a German attack, Stalin had failed to mobilize, and the British hesitated to come to the rescue of the Red Army. But while the weather conditions steadily worsened, the Russians' resistance increased. Three bl... (Lees verder)oody efforts to force the river Litza were repulsed, and resulted in warfare by riverbeds. The offensive would develop into a nightmare for those inadequately equipped German soldiers, who soon were in the minority on the Litzafronten. In an exciting and authoritative narrative based on hitherto unknown material Alf Reidar Jacobsen tells about the prelude and the heavy fighting that would lead to Hitler's first defeat on the Eastern Front. With firsthand accounts of the fighting on the front line,this is a dramatic new account of a forgotten but bloody episode of World War II.
Pagina's	190
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 15,00

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