| TITLE | SEVASTOPOL 1942 Von Mansteinovo victory |
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| Author | FORCZYK, Robert |
| Translator | FIDLER, George |
| Place of publication | Prague |
| Publisher | Amercom SA |
| Year of release | 2011 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 978-83-261-0986-7 |
| Annotation | Adolf Hitler, in his directive from the end of July 1941 he commanded army Group South to occupy the Crimea to prevent soviet air attacks on the Romanian oil fields in the area of Ploiesti. Meet the warrant was entrusted to the weak 11. the army was to hold Erich von manstein's. His unit at the end of September 1941 attacked the extensive soviet fortifications on the Pěrekopské the nape of the neck and in may of 1942, to clear from the enemy Kerčský peninsula. After disposing of the danger from the rear the German commander gathered his forces and sent them against the main soviet base in the Crimea, against Sevastopol. The book gives a detailed analysis of this last great victory of German troops on the eastern european battlefield. At the same time it explains how much importance it had on the course of combat actions, the supply of troops, weather, and planning on both sides. The publication includes a DVD with the film the Battle of the Crimea. |
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