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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808679003321

Autore

Campbell D (David)

Titolo

German infantryman versus Soviet rifleman : Barbarossa 1941 / / David Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Osprey Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4728-0326-4

1-4728-0325-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Combat

Disciplina

358.43

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Soviet Union

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Eastern Front

Soviet Union History German occupation, 1941-1944

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The Opposing Sides; Zhlobin; Smolensk; Vas'Kovo-Voroshilovo; Analysis; Aftermath; Unit Organizations; Bibliography; Imprint

Sommario/riassunto

The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin's forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Fighting alongside the spearhead Panzer divisions were Germany's highly skilled and veteran motorized infantrymen - including the German Army's premier unit, Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Grossdeutschland. Opposing these German mobile forces, the Soviets deployed the often ill-trained and poorly equipped men of the rifle regiments, who fought tenaciously and with the threat of savage reprisals from their own side. In this book three bruising clashe