Atlas of the Eastern Front

1941–45

Robert Kirchubel

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Osprey
04 January 2016

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; War & defence operations

The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the Red Army in a campaign of unmatched intensity. From Operation Barbarossa in 1941 through to the final fall of Berlin in 1945, German and Soviet soldiers fought across the breadth and depth of the Eastern Front, a staggering 1,600 miles, from the Arctic north through the dense forests and marshes of Belorussia, over the broad Ukraine and arid steppe to the rugged mountains of the Caucasus. The 128 detailed pieces of cartography in this impressive atlas help to explain the fighting and physical challenges faced by Axis and Soviet forces alike. The complex combat and movement, thrust and parry, brilliance and folly are all explained by these maps and their accompanying text, providing clear historical and geographical understanding of the brutal and titanic conflict.

By: Robert Kirchubel
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 242mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.728kg
ISBN: 9781472807748
ISBN 10: 147280774X
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 04 January 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Introduction 1. Barbarossa 1941 2. Soviet counter-offensive 1941-42 3. Blau-Summer 1942 4. Soviet Stalingrad Offensive '1942-43 5. Summer 1943 6. Soviet offensives 1944 7. Central Europe/Germany 1945 Bibliography Appendices

Robert Kirchubel has had a keen interest in the Eastern Front campaigns of World War II, and Operation Barbarossa in particular, all his adult life. He has already contributed work to World War Two in Europe and World War Two in the Pacific, and The International Military Encyclopedia. His three-volume study of the Barbarossa campaign is the product of several years' work and research.

Reviews for Atlas of the Eastern Front: 1941–45

This volume is a fine, detailed visual reference to one of the darkest times and places to have ever been a human being . . . a volume of immense detail, of interest for professionals and passionate amateur historians. --Washington Free Beacon