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Stopped at Stalingrad
Joel Hayward
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Paperback. This text chronicles Luftwaffe operations during Operation Blau, a campaign designed to protect Nazi oilfields in Romania while securing new ones in the Caucasus. Hayward offers readers an understanding of the Battle of Stalingrad and its impact on World War II. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 412 pages, 35 photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
By the time Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union in 1941, he knew that his military machine was running out of fuel. In response, he launched Operation Blau, a campaign designed to protect Nazi oilfields in Romania while securing new ones in the Caucasus. All that stood in the way was Stalingrad. Here, Joel Hayward chronicles Luftwaffe operations during that campaign, focusing on Hitler's use of the air force as a tactical rather than strategic weapon in close support of ground forces. He details the Luftwaffe's key role as ""flying artillery"", showing that the army relied on Luftwaffe support ... Read more
By the time Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union in 1941, he knew that his military machine was running out of fuel. In response, he launched Operation Blau, a campaign designed to protect Nazi oilfields in Romania while securing new ones in the Caucasus. All that stood in the way was Stalingrad. Here, Joel Hayward chronicles Luftwaffe operations during that campaign, focusing on Hitler's use of the air force as a tactical rather than strategic weapon in close support of ground forces. He details the Luftwaffe's key role as ""flying artillery"", showing that the army relied on Luftwaffe support ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611461
SKU
V9780700611461
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