At War''s Summit : The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II

Name: At War''s Summit
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108424622
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ISBN: 9781108424622

by Alexander Statiev

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Military Histories

ISBN-10 1108424627

ISBN-13 9781108424622

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 28th, 2018

Print length 454 Pages

Weight 860 grams

Dimensions 16.30 x 23.60 x 2.70 cms

Product Classification: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Military history Second World War Archaeology History Military history Second World War Archaeology

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This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes of mountain warfare. The Caucasus Mountains became the battleground between elite German mountain divisions and the untrained soldiers of the Red Army, as they fought each other, the weather and the terrain.

This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Edelweiss in the summer of 1942, a bold attempt to capture the Soviet oilfields of Grozny and Baku and open the way to securing the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. Hitler viewed this campaign as the key to victory in World War Two. Mountain warfare requires unique skills: climbing and survival techniques, unconventional logistical and medical arrangements and knowledge of ballistics at high altitudes. The Main Caucasus Ridge became the battleground that saw the elite German mountain divisions clash with the untrained soldiers of the Red Army, as they fought each other, the weather and the terrain.

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