German Soldier vs Soviet Soldier
Stalingrad 1942-43
By the end of the first week of November 1942, the German Sixth Army held about 90 per cent of Stalingrad. Yet the Soviets stubbornly held on to the remaining parts of the city, and German casualties started to reach catastrophic levels. In an attempt to break the deadlock, Hitler decided to send additional German pioneer battalions to act as an urban warfare spearhead. These combat engineers were skilled in all aspects of city fighting, especially in the use of demolitions and small arms to overcome defended positions and in the destruction of armoured vehicles. Facing them were hardened Soviet troops who had perfected the use of urban camou…
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Weitere Autoren: Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-2457-8
- EAN: 9781472824578
- Produktnummer: 24132785
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 22'451 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Dr Chris McNab specializes in military history and related technology.To date he has published more than 100 books including US Soldier vs German Soldier (2020), Hitler's Tanks (2020) and The Great Bear at War (2019). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopaedia series, magazines and newspapers. He lives in South Wales, UK.
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