Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1943 - 1944

Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1943 - 1944 Kursk to Bagration Author:Nik Cornish Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:7.5" x 9.75" Pages:160 Photos:200 illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781473861701 Item No. 9781473861701 The third volume in Nik Cornish’s photographic history of the Second World War on the Eastern Front records in vivid visual detail the sequence of Red Army offensives that pushed the Wehrmacht back across Russia after the failure of Operation Citadel, the German attack at Kursk. Previously unpublished images show the epic scale of the build-up to the Kursk battle and the enormous cost in terms of lives and material of the battle itself. They also show that the military initiative was now firmly in Soviet hands, for the balance of power on the Eastern Front had shifted and the Germans were on the defensive and in retreat. Subsequent chapters chronicle the