Description
| Product ID: | 9781472822598 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Campaign |
| Title: | The Kuban 1943 |
| Subtitle: | The Wehrmacht's last stand in the Caucasus |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Forczyk, Steve Noon |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Battles and campaigns, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A fully illustrated study of the defensive struggle for the Kuban bridgehead on the Eastern Front of World War II, where the Red Army repulsed a series of ferocious German offensives in the Caucasus. In the summer of 1942, the Wehrmacht invaded the Caucasus in order to overrun critical oil production facilities at Maikop, Grozny, and Baku. However, the Red Army stopped the Germans short of their objectives and then launched a devastating winter counteroffensive that encircled them at Stalingrad. Consequently, Hitler grudgingly ordered an evacuation from the Caucasus, but ordered 17. Armee to fortify the Kuban bridgehead and hold it at all costs in order to leave open the possibility of future offensives. On the other side, the Soviet Stavka ordered the North Caucasus Front and the Black Sea Fleet to eliminate the Kuban bridgehead as soon as possible. The stage was set for a contest between an immovable object and an unstoppable force. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-02-22 |
