From Leningrad to Narva - An illustrated study of the battles in the northern baltic area January - September 1944

Autor: Kamen Nevenkin

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In January 1944 the Red Army at last succeeded in putting to an end one of the most dramatic sieges in the history of warfare, that of Leningrad. The Soviet spearheads quickly expelled the Wehrmacht from the vicinity of the city, but once they reached the prewar border with Estonia, they were stopped dead in their tracks by a very determined Axis resistance. There, at river Narva, Germans, Estonians, and Waffen-SS volunteers and conscripts from all over Europe stood firm for several months against numerous Soviet violent attacks. By doing so, they were able to cripple the ambitious military and political plans of Joseph Stalin, and to effectively postpone the Soviet re-conquest of the Baltic States for more than half a year.

Penned by a leading Bulgarian researcher, the book provides an expert analysis of this lesser-known battle. A considerable number of German and Soviet wartime documents were accessed, and this allowed the author to teil the story from perspective of both sides. It also contains many never-beforepublished photographs.

Inhalt:

• The Siege of Leningrad
• The Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, January 1944
• The Raid of the 16th Tank Brigade
• The first Battle of Narva, February - April 1944
• The Fall of Narva and the German Evacuation of Estoniy, July - September 1944
• Anhang

Hardcovereinband im Großformat (quer) mit 80 Seiten und zahlreichen Abbildungen.
Neubuch von PeKo Publishing, 2019.

Gewicht: 630 Gramm