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The Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy

Nikolaus von Vormann

Author : Nikolaus von Vormann
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612006048

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The Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy by Nikolaus von Vormann Pdf

A primary source account of the WWII Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy written by a Nazi commander who survived the Soviet victory. In 1943, the tide began to turn against Germany on the Eastern Front. Their summer offensive, Operation Citadel, was a failure. The Red Army’s Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive was pushing back on Germany’s Army Group South in a war of attrition. By October, Kiev was liberated, and the Soviets had reached the Dnieper River in Ukraine. After sudden attacks by the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts, the Russians achieved a major encirclement of six German divisions, a total of 60,000 soldiers, in a pocket near the Dnieper River. A dramatic weeks-long battle ensued. After a failed attempt led by Erich von Manstein to break into the pocket from the outside, the trapped German forces focused their efforts on escape. Abandoning equipment and wounded soldiers, the survivors rejoined the surrounding panzer divisions. Beginning with the German retreat to the Dnieper in 1943, Generalleutnant von Vormann chronicles the battle and describes the psychological effects of the brutal combat. As one of the few primary source materials that exists on the subject, this volume is of significant historical interest.

Hell's Gate

Douglas E. Nash

Author : Douglas E. Nash
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Cherkassy Pocket, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1944
ISBN : 0965758435

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Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, the Battle of Cherkassy (also known as the Korsun Pocket) still stirs controversy in both the former Soviet Union and in Germany. It was at Cherkassy that the last German offensive strength in the Ukraine was drained away, creating the conditions for the victorious Soviet advance into Poland, Rumania, and the Balkans during the summer and autumn of 1944. Eclipsed by a war of such gigantic proportions that saw the deaths of over one million men or more as commonplace, the events which occurred along the banks of the Gniloy Tickich river should have faded into obscurity. However, to the 60,000 German soldiers who were encircled there at the end of January 1944, this was perhaps one of the most brutal, physically exhausting, and morally demanding battles they had ever experienced. Thirty-four percent of them would not escape.The culmination of years of research and survivor interviews, Hell's Gate is a riveting hour by hour and day by day account of this desperate struggle analyzed on a tactical level through maps and military transcripts, as well as on a personal level, through the words of the enlisted men and officers who risked the roaring waters of the Gniloy Tickich to avoid certain death at the hands of their Soviet foe.

Korsun Pocket

Niklas Zetterling

Author : Niklas Zetterling
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935149842

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During the second half of 1943, after the failure at Kursk, GermanyÕs Army Group South fell back from Russia under repeated hammer blows from the Red Army. Under Erich von Manstein, however, the Germans were able to avoid serious defeats, while at the same time fending off HitlerÕs insane orders to hold on to useless territory. Then, in January 1944, a disaster happened. Six divisions of Army Group South became surrounded after sudden attacks by the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts under command of generals Nikolai Vatutin and Ivan Konev around the village of Korsun (near the larger town of Cherkassy on the Dnieper). The GermansÕ greatest fear was the prospect of another Stalingrad, the catastrophe that had occurred precisely one year before. This time, though, Manstein was in control from the start, and he immediately rearranged his Army Group to rescue his trapped divisions. A major panzer drive got underway, led by General der Panzertruppen Hans Hube, a survivor from Stalingrad pocket, which promptly ran up against several soviet tank armies. Leading the break-in was Franz Baeke with his Tiger and Panther-tanks. Due to both weather and ferocious resistance, the German drive stalled. Ju-52s still flew into KorsunÕs airfield, delivering supplies and taking out wounded, but it soon became apparent that only one option remained for the beleaguered defenders: breakout. Without consulting Hitler, on the night of February 16 Manstein ordered the breakout to begin. Led by the strongest formation within the pocket, SS Wiking, the trapped forces surged out and soon rejoined the surrounding panzer divisions who had been fully engaged in weakening the ring. When dawn broke, the Soviets realized their prey was escaping. Although the Germans within the pocket lost nearly all of their heavy weapons and left many wounded behind, their escape was effected. Stalin, having anticipated another Stalingrad, was left with little but an empty bag, as Army Group SouthÑthis timeÑhad pulled off a rescue. In The Korsun Pocket, Niklas Zetterling, a researcher at the Swedish Defense College since 1995 and Anders Frankson, have provided a highly detailed and often breathtaking account of one of the most dramatic battles of World War II. From grand strategy to soldiersÕ voices on the ground, including expert statistical analysis, the action, and the stakes, of the battle at Korsun are made vividly clear.

Russian Front Wolf

Matt Brownson

Author : Matt Brownson
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1500942200

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Russian Front Wolf by Matt Brownson Pdf

Set in January 1944 on the Eastern Front during WWII, this graphic novel depicts a story based on the battle of the Korsun Pocket, sometimes referred to as the Cherkassy Pocket. The Russians claimed to have encircled and destroyed a large German force, by killing or capturing over 60,000 soldiers and their equipment. It was largely forgotten as the war continued and larger conflicts overshadowed it. But in recent years, from official resources and actual accounts from the men who fought there, over 40,000 Germans escaped the encirclement and linked up with a rescue force. Sergeant Wolfgang "Wolf" Maiers, the main character in the story, must fight and ultimately escape from the Russians. The story follows Wolf during his encirclement and long retreat, walking miles through the snow. His experience culminates when he's forced to swim across a frigid cold river! Over a year in the making and after revising some errors; this is a full color Graphic Novel featuring the Germans on the Eastern Front during WWII. Sixty-four watercolor hand-drawn pages were necessary to depict the gritty conditions. This novel does not glorify any political view. It is a story of human endurance set against a backdrop of total war. Those interested in WWII and the German experience may appreciate the attention to detail on the uniforms and equipment. For young adults and mature readers.

Battle for the Ukraine

David M. Glantz,Harold S. Orenstein

Author : David M. Glantz,Harold S. Orenstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135775056

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A comprehensive guide to the battle for the Ukraine from the Soviet perspective during the winter of 1943-1944. This volume is an unexpurgated translation of the originally classified Soviet General Staff Study No.14.

The Reckoning

Prit Buttar

Author : Prit Buttar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472837905

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'The Reckoning is vivid history, the tragic Eastern Front brought to life through the widest range of Russian and German sources I've ever read. Bravo.' – Peter Caddick-Adams, author and broadcaster From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, The Reckoning is a masterful re-evaluation of the fateful year of 1944, and how the Red Army irrevocably turned the tide of war until the final defeat within the heart of Germany itself was guaranteed. The fighting throughout the Ukraine and Romania was brutal, with the German defence dogged and desperate. But for too long the Wehrmacht had relied on the superior combat prowess of its fighting men. What had not been taken into account, however, was that the Red Army would not only rely on its sheer size, but would fine-tune its fighting performance from its senior commanders right down to the individual soldier battling both fear and the elements to take each line, each trench, each inch of land. Ultimately it is a story not of how the Germans lost, as is all too often told, but of how the Russians increasingly learned how to win.

Battle of Prokhorovka

Fouad Sabry

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PKEY:6610000588411

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Battle of Prokhorovka by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Battle of Prokhorovka The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on 12 July 1943 near Prokhorovka, 87 kilometres (54-mi) southeast of Kursk, in the Soviet Union, during the Second World War. Taking place on the Eastern Front, the engagement was part of the wider Battle of Kursk and occurred when the 5th Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Red Army attacked the II SS-Panzer Corps of the German Waffen-SS in one of the largest tank battles in history. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Battle of Prokhorovka Chapter 2: Battle of Kursk Chapter 3: Waffen-SS Chapter 4: Third Battle of Kharkov Chapter 5: Operation Citadel Chapter 6: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Chapter 7: 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Chapter 8: 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich Chapter 9: II SS Panzer Corps Chapter 10: Operation Kutuzov (II) Answering the public top questions about battle of prokhorovka. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Battle of Prokhorovka.

Battle of Kursk

Fouad Sabry

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PKEY:6610000581542

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Battle of Kursk by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Battle of Kursk The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare. It, along with the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier, are the two most oft-cited turning points in the European theatre of the war. It was one of the costliest and fiercest battles of the entire Second World War, with it being the single deadliest armoured battle in history and the opening day of the battle, 5 July, being the single costliest day in the history of aerial warfare. The battle was also marked by fierce house-to-house fighting and hand-to-hand combat. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Battle of Kursk Chapter 2: Blitzkrieg Chapter 3: Third Battle of Kharkov Chapter 4: Operation Citadel Chapter 5: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Chapter 6: Operation Winter Storm Chapter 7: Case Blue Chapter 8: Lvov-Sandomierz offensive Chapter 9: Battle of Debrecen Chapter 10: Battle of Prokhorovka (II) Answering the public top questions about battle of kursk. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Battle of Kursk.

Counter-Strike Operations

F. M. von Senger und Etterlin

Author : F. M. von Senger und Etterlin
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636240817

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Detailed analysis of WWII operations undertaken by Germany’s armed forces on the Eastern Front, with illustrative case studies, maps, and diagrams. This volume in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series offers detailed analysis of a number of operations on the Eastern Front during World War II to draw out universally applicable principles of counter-strike operations and “agile defense.” The combat examples discussed including delaying operations in Southern Ukraine in March 1944; defensive operations Nikopol and Moldau; and counter-strikes undertaken by panzer divisions and panzerkampfgruppen in operations in November 1943 and May 1944. Combat examples are fully described with maps and diagrams, followed by detailed lessons learned and an explanation of consequences of the operation. The author, F.M. von Senger und Etterlin, himself took part in all of the combat operations described as a young officer leading armored troops. He would later go on to hold the rank of four-star general in the Bundeswehr and his final assignment was CINCENT.

Vitebsk

Otto Heidkämper

Author : Otto Heidkämper
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612005492

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A highly decorated Wehrmacht general gives “an incisive and accurate account” of a pivotal Eastern Front battle during World War II (Army Rumour Service). The city of Vitebsk in Belarus was of strategic importance during the fighting on the Eastern Front, as it controlled the route to Minsk. A salient in the German lines, Vitebsk had been declared a Festerplatz—a fortress town—meaning that it must be held at all costs. A task handed to 3rd Panzer Army in 1943. Otto Heidkämper was chief of staff of Georg-Hans Reinhardt’s 3rd Panzer Army, Army Group Center, which was stationed around Vitebsk and Smolensk from early 1942 until June 1944. His detailed account of the defense of Vitebsk through the winter of 1943 into 1944, right up to the Soviet summer offensive, is a valuable firsthand account of how the operations around Vitebsk played out. Twenty maps accompany the narrative. During this time, 3rd Panzer Army undertook numerous military operations to defend the area against the Soviets; they also engaged in anti-partisan operations in the area, deporting civilians accused of supporting partisans, and destroying property. Finally, in June 1944, the Soviets amassed four armies to take Vitebsk, which was then held by 38,000 men of 53rd Corps. Within three days, Vitebsk was encircled, with 53rd Corps trapped inside. Attempts to break the encirclement failed, and resistance in the pocket broke down over the next few days. On June 27, the final destruction of German resistance in Vitebsk was completed. Twenty thousand Germans were dead and another 10,000 had been captured.

On to Stalingrad

Horst Scheibert

Author : Horst Scheibert
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612008073

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The first English translation of a German account of the attempt to relieve the Nazis’ Sixth Army at Stalingrad during World War II. In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded General Friedrich Paulus’ Sixth Army in a pocket at the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Thunderstorm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Panzer Division was the spearhead of the German relief force. The attack started on 12 December 1942 and was aborted on 23 December after heavy Soviet counterattacks. This failure sealed the fate of the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad. This account of the operation was first published in German in 1956, written by the well-respected military historian and retired German officer, Horst Scheibert, who was a tank commander in 6th Panzer Division during the attempt. Utilizing many excerpts from war diaries, and telegrams sent during operations, it is a unique account of the entire operation from the situation in mid-November through the two German offensives, the Soviet counteroffensive, and ongoing fighting until early January. This book includes 16 maps from the original edition and is the first English translation of this important German account. Praise for On to Stalingrad “Rich and detailed like very few of its kind are, with a crisp writing style and critical eye for the events of the battlefield that almost makes you feel as if you were there with Sixth Panzer. On to Stalingrad is a book so compelling that it simply should not be overlooked for your personal and professional enjoyment.” —ARMOR Magazine “Offers a unique viewpoint from an actual veteran who is able to provide an immediate military analysis of this mostly forgotten operation of the Stalingrad campaign.” —New York Journal of Books

Operation Kutuzov

Fouad Sabry

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PKEY:6610000588435

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Operation Kutuzov by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Operation Kutuzov Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation. It commenced on 12 July 1943, in the Central Russian Upland, against Army Group Center of the German Heer. The operation was named after General Mikhail Kutuzov, the Russian general credited with saving Russia from Napoleon during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Operation Kutuzov was one of two large-scale Soviet operations launched as counteroffensives against Operation Citadel. The Operation began on 12 July and ended on 18 August 1943 with the capture of Orel and collapse of the Orel bulge. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Operation Kutuzov Chapter 2: Battle of Kursk Chapter 3: Third Battle of Kharkov Chapter 4: Operation Citadel Chapter 5: Operation Bagration Chapter 6: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Chapter 7: Günther von Kluge Chapter 8: Case Blue Chapter 9: Battle of Prokhorovka Chapter 10: Belgorod-Bogodukhov offensive operation (II) Answering the public top questions about operation kutuzov. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Operation Kutuzov.

Blitzkrieg

Fouad Sabry

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PKEY:6610000581900

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Blitzkrieg by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg or Bewegungskrieg is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations; together with artillery, air assault, and close air support; with intent to break through the opponent's lines of defense, dislocate the defenders, unbalance the enemies by making it difficult to respond to the continuously changing front, and defeat them in a decisive Vernichtungsschlacht: a battle of annihilation. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Blitzkrieg Chapter 2: Operation Barbarossa Chapter 3: Battle of Kursk Chapter 4: Heinz Guderian Chapter 5: Battle of France Chapter 6: Third Battle of Kharkov Chapter 7: Operation Citadel Chapter 8: Battle of Moscow Chapter 9: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Chapter 10: Operation Spring Awakening (II) Answering the public top questions about blitzkrieg. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Blitzkrieg.

Leningrad

W. Chales de Beaulieu

Author : W. Chales de Beaulieu
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781504064569

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Leningrad by W. Chales de Beaulieu Pdf

Translated into English for the first time: A personal account of Operation Barbarossa by the Panzer Group 4 chief of general staff. When Operation Barbarossa launched, Army Group North was tasked with the operational objective of Leningrad. But between them and the city lay eight hundred kilometers of Baltic states, eighteen to twenty infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions, and eight or nine mechanized Red Army brigades. To succeed, it was apparent they would have to race through to the western Dvina and establish a bridgehead before the Russians exploited this natural feature to organize a defensive front. Panzer Group 4, which included LVI Panzer Corps and XLI Panzer Corps, was to lead the way. By the end of the first day, the group had pushed seventy kilometers into enemy territory. Red counterattacks on their unprotected flanks slowed them down, resulting in the tank battle of Raseiniai, but the group managed to capture Dünaburg on the Western Dvina on June 26, with a bridgehead established shortly thereafter. The group then pushed northeast through Latvia to the Stalin Line. In mid-July, General Erich Hoepner was preparing to push the last one hundred kilometers to Leningrad. But Wilhelm von Leeb, commander of the army group, had other plans for the group and the advance did not continue for several more weeks. In Leningrad—first published in German in 1961 and now translated into English for the first time—W. Chales de Beaulieu, Panzer Group 4 chief of staff, offers a detailed account of the group’s advance, as well as an assessment of the fighting, an examination of the limitations imposed on Army Group North and their effects on the operation, and the lessons to be learned from their experiences in the Baltic States, concluding with a discussion of whether Leningrad could ever have been taken in the first place.

Operations of Encircled Forces

Anonim

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Defensive (Military science).
ISBN : UIUC:30112075689148

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Operations of Encircled Forces by Anonim Pdf

"The Soviet-German war was marked by numerous encirclements, first of Soviet units and, as the war continued, of German units as large as entire armies, such as the 6th Army at Stalingrad. Fighting encircled became a frequent occurrence for German commanders, and their experiences at Klin, Cherkassy, and Kamenets-Podolskiy are related here as well as an analysis of the critical role of air support when fighting encircled."--CMH website.

The Battle Of Korsun Cherkassy

The Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy by Nikolaus von Vormann Pdf

Hell's Gate by Douglas E. Nash Pdf

Korsun Pocket by Niklas Zetterling Pdf

Russian Front Wolf by Matt Brownson Pdf

Battle for the Ukraine by David M. Glantz,Harold S. Orenstein Pdf

The Reckoning by Prit Buttar Pdf

Battle of Prokhorovka by Fouad Sabry Pdf

Battle of Kursk by Fouad Sabry Pdf

Counter-Strike Operations by F. M. von Senger und Etterlin Pdf

Vitebsk by Otto Heidkämper Pdf

On to Stalingrad by Horst Scheibert Pdf

Operation Kutuzov by Fouad Sabry Pdf

Blitzkrieg by Fouad Sabry Pdf

Leningrad by W. Chales de Beaulieu Pdf

Operations of Encircled Forces by Anonim Pdf

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