Crumbling empire : the German defeat in the East, 1944 / Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Eastern Front.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

Physical Description:

xi, 296 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Summary:

Accounts the crushing defeats suffered by the Germans on the Eastern Front in the final months of World War II.

Contents:

I The Cannae of Army Group Center 1

II The Loss of the Ukraine 41

III Stabilizing the Front 95

IV Into the Courland Pocket 117

V Rumania 163

VI The Retreat from the Balkans 197

VII The Battle for Hungary 209

Appendix II German Units, Ranks, and Strengths 265

Appendix III Characteristics of Opposing Tanks 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-274) and indexes.

ISBN:

0275968561

OCLC:

45137541