Waffen Ss Armour On The Eastern Front 1941 1945

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399090046
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waffen-SS Armour on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 written by Ian Baxter and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Nazi Germany’s Panzer units along the Eastern Front during World War II. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, codename Operation Barbarossa, was arguably the pivotal moment of the Second World War. Initially the onslaught was staggeringly successful with, as the superb contemporary images in this book show, Waffen-SS armored divisions leading the charge. But the Nazis had underestimated the Russians’ determination to defend their homeland and the logistical problems compounded by the extreme winter weather conditions. After early victories such as the recapture of Kharkov in early 1943 and the Kursk offensive, commanders and crews of armored vehicles such as Pz.Kpfw.I, II, III, IV, Panther, Tiger, King Tiger, assault and self-propelled guns had to adapt their tactics and equipment to what became a desperate defensive withdrawal eventually back across a scarred and devastated Eastern Front. Even during the last months of the war as the Panzers withdrew through Poland and into the Reich, these exhausted elite units, broken down into small battle groups or Kampfgruppen, fought to the bitter end. With authoritative text supported by a plethora of rare fully captioned photographs, this classic Images of War book informs and inspires the reader revealing the key role played by Waffen-SS Panzer units in this most bitter campaign.

Author : Velimir Vukšić
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780921991861
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SS Armor on the Eastern Front written by Velimir Vukšić and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Ailsby
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SS: Hell on the Eastern Front written by Christopher Ailsby and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives an account of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, its battles, organisation, tactics and equipment.

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526768089
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nazis' Winter Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 written by Ian Baxter and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphically describes the appalling hardships faced by German troops on the Eastern Front 1941-1945. Hitler’s shock decision to launch the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was arguably the turning point of the Second World War. Spectacular early victories saw the Nazis close in on Moscow but the Soviet 1941/42 winter counter offensive changed the odds entirely. Without doubt Russian winter conditions were a major factor compounded by the Germans’ woeful lack of preparedness. As this fascinating book reveals, Wehrmacht and SS units only began to be issued with winter clothing in late 1941 and many had to improvise well into 1942. In an attempt to restore morale adversely affected by the harsh conditions and military reversals ‘The Winter Warfare Handbook’ (Winter Buch) was produced in 1942 and extracts are quoted in this work. Commanders had to adapt to the snow, freezing conditions and, almost worse, the impassable roads during the melt. With customary thoroughness and drastic measures the Germans largely mastered the climatic challenges but nothing could mask the reality of the ruthless and numerically superior enemy that they faced.

Author : James Lucas
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945 written by James Lucas and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1982 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photos record the conditions and experiences of German soldiers on the battle front with Russia.

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781591865
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1941-1945 written by Ian Baxter and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. With extensive text and in-depth captions with many rare and unpublished photographs it is an absorbing analysis of the part they played on the Eastern Front. It reveals in detail how this elite band of men fought during the opening phase of Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, how it supported and took part in the victory at Kharkov, Demyansk and other battles in the Soviet Union. The book reveals the Waffen-SS's role at Kursk and how it was forced to withdraw in the face of overwhelming enemy superiority and were rushed from one danger zone to another to plug gaps in the front. Often these troops faced an enemy ten-times their strength and it was for this reason they were feared and respected by their enemy. Although by early May 1945, the Waffen-SS was all but destroyed, having battled across half Russia and gone on to protect the withdrawals of the rest of the German Army to the very gates of Berlin.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897471428
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eastern Front written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by . This book was released on 1983-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Lucas
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1473841224
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War on the Eastern Front written by James Lucas and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic WWII history presents a comprehensive yet vividly detailed account of the Third Reich’s epic and bitter clash with the Red Army. The opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa began on June 22nd, 1941, as German forces stormed into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle. A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second World War was rightly regarded with dread by the German soldiers. They faced the unremitting hostility of the climate, the people and even, at times, their own leadership. There were epic conflicts, such as the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk. But surrounding these famous events was a daily war of attrition which ultimately ground Hitler’s war machine to a halt. In this classic account, military historian James Lucas examines the Eastern Front from trench warfare to a bicycle-mounted antitank unit fighting against the oncoming Russian hordes. Told through the experiences of the German soldiers who endured these nightmarish years of warfare, War on the Eastern Front is a unique record of this cataclysmic campaign.

Author : Christopher Ailsby
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1782744134
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SS: Hell on the Eastern Front written by Christopher Ailsby and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 100 photographs, SS: Hell on the Eastern Front is a detailed account of every aspect of the Waffen-SS’s war on the Eastern Front – its battles (against the Red Army and Soviet partisans), its organisation, its recruitment of non-Germans, its tactics and equipment, orders of battle and its mentality.

Author : Hendrick C. Verton
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 081175054X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Fire of the Eastern Front written by Hendrick C. Verton and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary story of a Dutch volunteer in the Waffen-SS. Vivid details on SS training and combat on the Eastern Front. Account of the little-known siege of Breslau in early 1945.