IMAGES OF WAR: BATTLE FOR THE CAUCASUS 1942-1943
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In late 1942, Hitler’s forces launched a deep advance into the Caucasus, overshadowed by the simultaneous attack on Stalingrad. Anthony Tucker-Jones uses over 150 wartime photos to provide a vivid, concise introduction to this often-overlooked Eastern Front campaign.
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Operation Edelweiss was designed to seize the oil fields 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.
As this memorable selection of photographs shows, the Werhmacht came close to success. Their forces advanced almost as far as Grozny, famously raising the Nazi flag over Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in the region, before they were compelled into a hurried withdrawal by the rapid deterioration of the German position elsewhere on the Eastern Front.
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| Author/Editor | Anthony Tucker-Jones |
|---|---|
| Product Code | 28064 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | Softback, 136 pages |
| ISBN | 9781473894921 |
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