Description
Book SynopsisFrom critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II''s Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.
Making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, Retribution follows on from On A Knife''s Edge, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and counteroffensives that followed throughout the winter of 194243. Beginning towards the end of the Battle of Kursk, Retribution tells the story of the massive Soviet offensive that followed the end of Operation Zitadelle, which saw depleted and desperate German troops forced out of Western Ukraine. In this title, critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar describes in detail the little-known series of near-constant battles that saw a weakened German army co
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An excellent strategic and operational analysis of this mostly ignored campaign... * New York Journal of Books *
Table of Contents
List of Maps Author's Note Dramatis Personae Introduction 1 – Summer 1943: The Decisive Shift 2 – The Mius 3 – Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev 4 – Akhtyrka and Bogodukhov 5 – Kharkov 6 – Attrition: From the Mius and Donets to the Dnepr 7 – The Dnepr Bridgeheads 8 – Krivoy Rog 9 – Kiev and Zhitomir 10 – Year's End 11 - A Year of Decision Notes Bibliography Index
