Behind Soviet Lines - Hitler's Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942

In the summer of 1942, following the invasion of Russia the previous year, Hitler''s ''Brandenburger'' commando units undertook a daring operation deep inside Soviet-held territory. Disguised as members of Stalin''s NKVD, the secret police dreaded by most Soviet citizens and soldiers, the Brandenburgers passed unsuspected past the Red Army''s checkpoints, before launching their surprise operation to seize the vital Soviet oil facilities around Maikop - delivering them intact into Nazi hands. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this expert assessment of the Maikop operation casts new light on German special-forces operations on the Eastern Front.>

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• Authors: David Higgins, David R Higgins, David R. Higgins, Higgins David R.
• Assisted by: Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration), Mark Stacey (Illustration), Mark (Illustrator) Stacey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2014
• EAN: 9781782005995
• ISBN: 978-1-78200-599-5
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Raid; Raid
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, HISTORY / Russia / General