Tanks in Operation Bagration 1944
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-5395-0 (ISBN)
Operation Bagration, the 1944 summer campaign on the Russian Front, has been called “Hitler's Greatest Defeat.” The operation involved substantial tank and armored vehicles on both sides but the German forces were severely hampered by the transfer of dozens of Panzer divisions to France to repel an expected Allied invasion. Forced to make hard decisions, German tank forces in the central Belarus sector were weak compared to the heavy concentration of Panzers in northern Ukraine. The Red Army exploited this vulnerability, crushing Army Group Center, and pushing beyond the Soviet frontier into Poland and East Prussia. With this crucial victory secured, the Red Army conducted successive offensives beyond the Carpathian Mountains, arriving at the Vistula river in Poland, and forcing Romania to switch sides.
The Red Army had embarked on a major tank modernization after the Kursk battles of 1943 and as a result, Operation Bagration saw the first widespread use of T-34-85 and IS-2 tanks as well as self-propelled guns. Germany’s Panther tank finally reached technical maturity in the summer of 1944 but small numbers weakened its battlefield impact, while other innovations such as the Tiger II heavy tank failed to leave their mark.
Using new photos and a fascinating selection of color illustrations explaining the camouflage and markings of these tanks, this book describes how the tanks and AFVs on both sides contributed to the eventual defeat of Army Group Center.
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for four decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.
INTRODUCTION
DOCTRINE AND ORGANIZATION
- Wehrmacht
- Axis allies
- Other Axis allies
- The Red Army
- Red Army allies
TECHNICAL FACTORS
- Wehrmacht
- Red Army
THE CAMPAIGN
- Operation Bagration
- The Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
- The Iasi-Chisinau Offensive
BATTLE ANALYSIS
FURTHER READING
INDEX
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Vanguard |
| Illustrationen | Felipe Rodríguez |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of colour illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 184 x 248 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4728-5395-4 / 1472853954 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4728-5395-0 / 9781472853950 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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