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Hitler's fortresses in the East : the sieges of Ternopol', Kovel', Poznan and Breslau, 1944-1945 / Alexey Isaev ; edited by Richard Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaev, Alexey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military campaigns.
- Fortification.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, [2021]
- Summary:
- 'Fortresses must carry out the same tasks as the fortresses of old....They must allow themselves to be surrounded and thus tie down as many enemy forces as possible.' So Hitler directed in March 1944 and, in so doing, sealed the fate of Ternopol', Kovel', Poznan and Breslau, cities in the Ukraine and Poland that were in the path of the Red Army's.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Translator's Introduction
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Ternopol': The First Attempt
- Chapter 2. Kovel': An Exception to the Rule
- Plate section
- Chapter 3. Poznań: A Fortress in the Right Place
- Chapter 4. Breslau: The Reich's Last Fortress
- Conclusions
- Appendix Adolf Hitler's Order on Fortresses
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-8396-7
- OCLC:
- 1334104432
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