Der Feldzug gegen die Sowjet-Union, Kriegsjahr 1941 /
"A proof-state white-kid-bound 1941 World War II German general's presentation atlas, here in its only known example, chronicling the first 6 months of Operation Barbarossa"--Vendors description.
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | German |
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[Germany] :
Nord,
[1941]
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| Edition: | Prüf-Nr. 2. |
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| Summary: | "A proof-state white-kid-bound 1941 World War II German general's presentation atlas, here in its only known example, chronicling the first 6 months of Operation Barbarossa"--Vendors description. |
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| Item Description: | Includes photographic portraits: the Führer, with Leeb [and Generaloberst Franz Halder?] at the Headquarters of the High Command of Heeresgruppe Nord on the morning of 21 July 1941, in Malnava [Latvia] ; "Der Oberbefehlshaber" [Commander-in-Chief, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb] ; "Der Chef des Generalstabes" [Chief of the General Staff, Kurt Brennecke]. Includes list of members of the High Command of Heeresgruppe Nord as of 22 June 1941 ; text of Hitler's order "Soldaten der Ostfront" [22 June 1941] ; excerpt from the Führer's speech of 11 December, 1941. The Cushing Library/Ragan military copy is inscribed to the Chief of the General Staff by Hermann, the Department Head of the General Staff Command Department: "Threm Chef des Generalstabes, in verehrung. Die Führungsabteilung des Oberkommandos der Heeresgruppe Nord. Herrmann, Oberstleutnant im Generalstabe. H. Qu. den 24.12.1941". Bound in white kid; handlaced in red kid. |
| Physical Description: | 1 atlas (140 unnumbered leaves) : color maps, portraits, aerial photographs, transparent overlays ; 30 x 44 cm |