Carlos Caballero Jurado

Blue Division Soldier 1941–45

Spanish Volunteer on the Eastern Front

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The all-volunteer 'Blue Division' was a formation that allowed Franco's technically neutral Spain to support Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia. Following initial training in Germany, the Blue Division's units were sent to the Eastern Front in August 1941, where, after a 40-day march to the front, the Division fought in several major actions including Leningrad. In 1943, with the tide turning against the Axis forces in Russia, the Division was ordered to be withdrawn, yet many men chose to stay on and serve with the Volunteer Legion. Even after the collapse in the East, some volunteered to serve with Waffen-SS units through to the fall of Berl… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Bujeiro, Ramiro (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-4728-0637-6
EAN: 9781472806376
Produktnummer: 16968522
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 64 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 10'107 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 50 b/w; 8 col

Über den Autor

CARLOS CABALLERO JURADO was born in Ciudad Real, Spain, in 1957. A history teacher in Alicante, Carlos has written and co-written eight Osprey titles for the Men-at-Arms, Elite, and Warrior series. He is also the author of six books and numerous articles published in Spanish about the Blue Division and the Blue Squadron. Carlos belongs to the Spanish Army Volunteer Reserve, as a 2nd Lieutenant.