LAKE ILMEN 1942 The Wehrmacht Front to the Red Army
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A gripping account of the brutal fighting around Staraya Russa and Lake Ilmen, where German troops and Spanish Blue Division volunteers resisted the Red Army in temperatures nearing –50°F. Rich in personal testimony and superbly illustrated, this finely translated study brings a little-known battle vividly to life.
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In January 1942, south of Lake Ilmen, the 16th German Army clashed with the Morozov’s 11th Soviet Army for possession of the strategic Russian city of Stelaia In this battle, which has gone almost unnoticed in studies of the Eastern Front, the Blue Division (Spanish volunteers) intervened with the 250th Skier Company. The Spaniards, along with their German and Latvian comrades, endured hard fighting in extreme winter conditions. In addition to providing a strategic framework of the battle itself, including the Soviet perspective, this book also looks at the human aspect of the battle, by analysing a selection of the volunteers who fought in it.
Additional information
| Author/Editor | Oscar Gonzales |
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| Product Code | 30506 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | Hardback, 130 pages with 100 Illustrations |
| ISBN | 9781526719935 |
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