The Soviet Destruction of Army Group South : Ukraine and Southern Poland 1943-1945 / Ian Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Ian, author.

Series:

Casemate illustrated ; Volume CIS0029.

Casemate Illustrated Series ; Volume CIS0029

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Ukraine.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Casemate Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

Following the destruction of Sixth Army at Stalingrad in February 1943, Army Group South slowly withdrew westwards, using the Dnieper as a fortified position. In late 1943, the Soviet 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ukrainian Front launched a strategic offensive against the German Army Group South A - one of the largest operations of the war. In May 1944, Red Army troops defeated Army Group South and Army Group A on the Dnieper. Many thousands of German troops evacuated across the Black Sea. In July, troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front launched an operation into the Crimea. The offensive coincided with other Red Army operations further north, including the Lublin-Brest Offensive - part of Operation Bagration. Here is a fully illustrated account of how the Third Reichs Army Group South was defeated in 1944-45 by the Red Army.

Contents:

Prelude to destruction

Soviet forces

German forces

Battle of the Dnieper, August-December 1943

Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive, January-May 1944

Battle of the Crimea, April-May 1944

Lvov-Sandomierz offensive, July-August 1944

Vistula-Oder offensive, January-February 1945

Defeat, February-March 1945.

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ISBN:

9781636242637

1636242634

OCLC:

1371432451