Description
| Product ID: | 9781472805836 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Campaign |
| Title: | The Caucasus 1942–43 |
| Subtitle: | Kleist’s race for oil |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Forczyk, Steve Noon |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Battles and campaigns, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, Eastern Europe, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Provides the story of Fall Blau (Case Blue). This book features full-colour artwork, archival photos, and detailed analysis. It follows fighting that characterised one of the most important campaigns of World War II. Much has been written of the titanic clashes between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army at Stalingrad, but this volume tells the other, equally important half of the story of Fall Blau (Case Blue). Learning from their experiences during the sweeping advances of Operation Barbarossa a year before, Wehrmacht commanders knew that Nazi Germany''s lack of oil was a huge strategic problem. Seizure of the Caucasus oilfields, which were responsible for 82% of the Soviet Union''s crude oil, would simultaneously alleviate the German army''s oil shortages whilst denying vital fuel resources to the Red Army. Whilst Army Group B advanced along the Volga towards Stalingrad, Army Group A, spearheaded by Ewald von Kleist''s elite Panzerarmee 1 was to advance into the Caucasus to seize the oilfields of Maikop, Grozny and Baku. Featuring full-colour artwork, archival photos and detailed analysis, this book follows the vicious, intense fighting that characterised one of the most important campaigns of World War II. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-05-20 |
