Retreat from Leningrad

Retreat from Leningrad

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Retreat from Leningrad Army Group North 1944/1945 Author:Steven H. Newton Language:English text Format:Hardback Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:328 Publisher:Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN:9780887408069 Most histories of the northern sector of the Russian front concentrate on the siege of Leningrad, and focus little attention on the heavy fighting during the Wehrmacht's withdrawl into the Baltic countries. Retreat from Leningrad begins where those books end, with the massive January 1944 Soviet offensive which was designed not only to break the siege completely but also to destroy Army Group North. Enjoying huge superiorites in men and material, the Red Army attempted to crush two German armies which lacked more than a handful of tanks, contained a high percentage of unreliable foreign volunteers, and were hampered by Adolph Hitler's inflexable "no retreat" strategy. This untold story is recovered here in great detail, p

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