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Baxter, Ian

 
9781636241067: The Soviet Baltic Offensive, 1944–45: German Defense of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
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ISBN 10 : 1636241069 ISBN 13 : 9781636241067
Editeur : Casemate Publishers, 2022

Synopsis

A fully illustrated account of the Soviet offensive in the Baltics and the desperate German attempts to hold back the Red Army.

This is a compelling account of the German defense of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Against overwhelming Soviet forces the book shows how the German Army Group North was driven across the Baltics from Leningrad and fought a number isolated battles including the defense of Narva, Memel and the Kurland pocket.

The book outlines in dramatic detail how Hitler forbade his troops to withdraw, ordering them to follow his Halt Order Decree and fight to the death. However, exhausted and demoralized by continuous Soviet assaults, Army Group North became cut-off and isolated, fighting fanatically to hold the capital cities of Tallin, Vilnius and Riga. What followed were German forces fighting to the death in the last few small pockets of land surrounding three ports: Libau in Kurland, Pillau in East Prussia and Danzig at the mouth of the River Vistula. In the Kurland, German divisions became surrounded and fought a vicious defense until May 1945.

Drawing on a host of rare and unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions and text, the book provides an absorbing read of the Red Army's conquering of the Baltics.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Casemate Publishers
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1636241069
ISBN 13 
9781636241067
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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