Description
| Product ID: | 9781472807748 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Atlas of the Eastern Front |
| Subtitle: | 1941–45 |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Kirchubel |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, War and defence operations, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, War & defence operations, Europe, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the Red Army in a campaign of unmatched intensity. With detailed pieces of cartography, this book explains the fighting and physical challenges faced by Axis and Soviet forces alike. The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II.Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the Red Army in a campaign of unmatched intensity. From Operation Barbarossa in 1941 through to the final fall of Berlin in 1945, German and Soviet soldiers fought across the breadth and depth of the Eastern Front, a staggering 1,600 miles, from the Arctic north through the dense forests and marshes of Belorussia, over the broad Ukraine and arid steppe to the rugged mountains of the Caucasus.The 128 detailed pieces of cartography in this impressive atlas help to explain the fighting and physical challenges faced by Axis and Soviet forces alike. The complex combat and movement, thrust and parry, brilliance and folly are all explained by these maps and their accompanying text, providing clear historical and geographical understanding of the brutal and titanic conflict. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-01-20 |
