Recreates the harsh mountain warfare during the Wehrmacht's and Red Army's clash on the highest battlefield of World War Two.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alexander Statiev is Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. His extensive experience in mountain trekking, white water rafting and ski expeditions across five continents helped him assess the challenges to military actions in the mountains described in this book.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures List of maps List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: the path towards the top summits of World War II 1. Russia's historical experience in mountain warfare 2. Soviet preparations for war in the mountains 3. First battle tests and the handicaps of selective learning 4. Contest of follies: plan Edelweiss and the German offensive across the High Caucasus 5. 'Not a step back!': the German mountain corps hits the wall 6. The Soviet counteroffensive: a stalemate snatched from the jaws of victory 7. Mosaics of mountain warfare: comparative military effectiveness in the High Caucasus 8. Learning mountain warfare the hard way 9. Lessons ignored: déjà vu at Tuapse (1942) and in the Carpathians (1944) 10. Disdain for military professionalism as a component of the universal Stalinist paradigm Bibliography Index.
List of figures List of maps List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: the path towards the top summits of World War II 1. Russia's historical experience in mountain warfare 2. Soviet preparations for war in the mountains 3. First battle tests and the handicaps of selective learning 4. Contest of follies: plan Edelweiss and the German offensive across the High Caucasus 5. 'Not a step back!': the German mountain corps hits the wall 6. The Soviet counteroffensive: a stalemate snatched from the jaws of victory 7. Mosaics of mountain warfare: comparative military effectiveness in the High Caucasus 8. Learning mountain warfare the hard way 9. Lessons ignored: déjà vu at Tuapse (1942) and in the Carpathians (1944) 10. Disdain for military professionalism as a component of the universal Stalinist paradigm Bibliography Index.
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