Waffen-SS Soldier vs Soviet Rifleman : Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942-43 Paperback / softback
by Chris McNab
Illustrated by Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate
Part of the Combat series
Paperback / softback
Description
Fully illustrated, this study assesses the Soviet and Waffen-SS troops who contested the cities of Kharkov and Rostov-on-Don on the Eastern Front during 1942–43. As the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union unfolded, two places that suffered exceptionally severely were Kharkov (now Kharkiv) in Ukraine and Rostov-on-Don in Russia.
In total, Kharkov would change hands violently four times between October 1941 and August 1943, and Rostov-on-Don also four times between November 1941 and February 1943. In this book, Chris McNab examines the fighting men of the Red Army and the Waffen-SS who clashed in three battles – one for Rostov (July 1942) and two for Kharkov (February–March and August).
He clearly explains the key differences between these two opponents – training, tactics, weaponry, ideology and motivation – and examines how these differences played out in the three engagements, which ranged from open-terrain combined-arms battles to close-quarters street fighting in major urban zones.
The text is complemented by specially commissioned artwork and mapping and carefully chosen archive photographs.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:80 pages, Colour artwork plates and maps; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations.
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:16/02/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472857989
£15.99
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:80 pages, Colour artwork plates and maps; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations.
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:16/02/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472857989
