German Army on the Eastern Front - The Retreat 1943 - 1945

by Ian Baxter

Overview

After the defeat at Stalingrad in January 1943, the German Army’s front lines were slowly smashed to pieces by the growing might of the Soviet Army. Yet these soldiers continued to fight gallantly. Even after the failed battle of the Kursk in the summer of 1943, and then a year later when the Russians launched their mighty summer offensive, code names Operation BAGRATION, the German Army continued to fight on, withdrawing under constant enemy ground and air bombardments.

As the final months of retreat were played out on the Eastern Front in early 1945, it depicts how the once vaunted German Army, with diminishing resources, withdrew back across the Polish/German frontier to Berlin itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473822672
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	04/13/2016
Series:	Images of War
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	796,515
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Ian Baxter is a military historian who specialises in German twentieth-century military history. He has written more than fifty books. He has also reviewed numerous military studies for publication, supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film production companies worldwide, and lectures to various schools, colleges and universities throughout the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Summer & Winter Battles 1943 5

Chapter 2 Winter Warfare 1944 39

Chapter 3 Battle of Attrition 1944 60

Chapter 4 Defending Poland 82

Chapter 5 Army in Retreat 113

Appendix I 137

Appendix II 139

Editorial Reviews

"well chosen selection of photos offer a lot for modellers, perhaps one of the reasons for the popularity of the Images of War series among hobbyists...does a good job of telling the story of German infantry troops in the final stages of the war."

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