Operation Barbarossa 1941 (1): Army Group South

by Robert Kirchubel, Howard Gerrard (Illustrator)

Overview

This book focuses on Field Marshal von Rundstedt and Army Group South, tasked with the capture of the Ukraine and Crimea.

Operation Barbarossa, Germany's surprise assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than the complete destruction of Communist Russia.

Von Rundstedt's 46 divisions and single Panzer Group faced fierce resistance from the best equipped, trained and commanded units in the Red Army, but ultimately succeeded in destroying the Soviet 6th and 12th Armies at Uman before inflicting a further 600,000 casualties at Kiev.

Here, von Rundstedt's five-month advance to Rostov is examined in detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782004257
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/20/2012
Series:	Campaign , #129
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Robert Kirchubel is a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander on active duty with the California Army National Guard. He has published numerous articles on military history and has a particular interest in World War II. He lives with his family in his native central California.

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.
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.
Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology

Opposing Plans
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
The frontier battles
Uman and Odessa
The Kiev Pocket
The Crimea
Donets Basin and Rostov

Aftermath
The Battlefields Today
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

It does an excellent job in presenting the fighting between German Army Group South and its Russian foes during the six-month campaign from June to December 1941.” —Andrew Nguyen, ww2db.com (August 2009)

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