1942 : Hitler's Gamble for Victory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hargreaves, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (588 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eyes of those who were there.

Contents:

Introduction Unfinished business - mopping up 'leftovers' of the 1941 campaign: the battle for Kharkov (May 1942); the capture of the Crimean peninsula and fall of Sevastopol (May-June 1942) Gazala and Tobruk - Rommel's defeat of Commonwealth forces at Gazala and subsequent rout leading to the fall of Tobruk in June To the Volga and Elbrus - start of the summer campaign in Russia: advance to Stalingrad and into the Caucasus mountains Into Egypt - Rommel's advance through Egypt to the Alamein position (June-July 1942) Axis Armies on the Don - the fate of Italian, Hungarian and Romanian troops sent to Russia to support the German advance Second to Third Alamein - Rommel's final attempt to break through the British position at Alamein and defensive preparations ahead of the British counter-offensive in October Stalingrad and the Caucasus - fighting in the city of Stalingrad and in the mountains up to mid-November 1942 Postscript - beginning of the Allied counter-offensives at Alamein and Stalingrad causing the collapse of the German fronts in Africa and Russia and the loss of all 1942's gains.

ISBN:

1-4728-7497-8

1-4728-7493-5

OCLC:

1590082540