The battle for the Caucasus, 1942-1943 : rare photographs from wartime archives /
In mid-1942, Hitler's forces advanced deep into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forgotten. It is overshadowed by the disastrous German attack on Stalingrad which took place at the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK :
Pen & Sword Military,
[2018]
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| Series: | Images of war.
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| Summary: | In mid-1942, Hitler's forces advanced deep into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forgotten. It is overshadowed by the disastrous German attack on Stalingrad which took place at the same time. Using over 150 wartime photographs, Anthony Tucker-Jones gives the reader a graphic, concise introduction to this remarkable but neglected campaign on the Eastern Front. Operation Edelweiss was designed to seize the oilfields of Maikop, Baku and Grozny. Seen by some as a wholly unnecessary diversion of resources from the critical confrontation at Stalingrad, the assault on the Caucasus aimed to secure oil supplies for the Germans and deny them to the Soviets. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1473894921 9781473894921 |