Take Budapest!: The Struggle for Hungary, Autumn 1944 - Couverture souple

Nevenkin, Kamen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752466313 ISBN 13 : 9780752466316

Editeur : The History Press, 2012

Synopsis

October 1944: Soviet troops launched a powerful attack on Budapest from the south, the culmination of a series of military, political, diplomatic and underground moves undertaken by Hitler, Stalin and Churchill since the collapse of the Axis front in the Balkans two months earlier. However, what had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Hungary out of the war and bring the Red Army as far as Munich quickly became a stalemate. The end result was that Stalin's forces failed to reach Bavaria, but the dictator was not disappointed: Soviet pressure against the German southern flank forced Hitler to transfer a considerable number of his armoured reserves to Hungary and thus largely facilitated Zhukov's drive on to Berlin. Here, Kamen Nevenkin tells the fascinating story of this 'Market Garden'-like operation using a number of never before published German and Russian archival documents, including German papers exclusively held in the Russian military archive. The text is dynamic, easy to read and accompanied by previously unpublished photographs.A detailed tactical narrative, Nevenkin also uses first-person accounts to render a human tale of war to create an ultimately fascinating read.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Kamen Nevenkin was born and lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. His first book, on German panzer divisions, researched at the military archive in Freiburg, Germany, received excellent reviews all over the world. Since then, he has focused his research exclusively on the battles of the Eastern Front during 1944-45.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0752466313
• ISBN 13: 9780752466316
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288