Leningrad

Leningrad The Advance of Panzer Group 4, 1941 Author:W. Chales de Beaulieu & Linden Lyons Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:216 Photos:b+w wartime photos Maps:Some maps Publisher:Casemate ISBN:9781612008752 Item No. 9781612008752 Narrative of the advance of Panzer Group 4 towards Leningrad In 1941, available in English for the first time.At the launch of Operation Barbarossa, Army Group North was tasked with the operational objective of Leningrad—what lay between it and the city was 800 kilometers of the Baltic states, and 18-20 infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions, and eight or nine mechanized brigades of the Red Army. It was apparent that in order to succeed they would have to race through to the western Dvina and establish a bridgehead before the Russians exploited this natural feature to organise a defensive front. Panzer Group 4, which included LVI Panzer Corps an