German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman - Barbarossa 1941

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 clashes during the first seven weeks of the campaign are assessed - a bloody encounter battle at Zhlobin, the struggle for the destroyed city of Smolensk and then a prolonged clash along a dangerously stretched German defensive perimeter at Vas''kovo-Voroshilovo.>

Über den Autor / die Autorin

David Campbell has worked as a freelance new media producer and content specialist for many years, including roles at IBM, the BBC, various internet consultancies and the civil service. He has a broad range of interests in literature and history, including the Middle Ages, the Napoleonic era, naval warfare, and the genesis of the ‘military revolution’. His books include CBT 007 German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman.Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Édouard Detaille.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Campbell
• Mitarbeit: Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Verlag: Osprey Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.07.2014
• EAN: 9781472803245
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0324-5
• Seiten: 80
• Abmessung: 180 mm x 244 mm x 5 mm
• Serien: Combat; Combat
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945); Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Russia, True war & combat stories, Germany, HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military tactics, Military and defence strategy, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, True war and combat stories, USSR, Soviet Union, Battles and campaigns, Land forces and warfare