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Chargement... At War's Summit: The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II (Cambridge Military Histories)par Alexander Statiev
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. If you're looking for a paean to the triumphs of Soviet arms this is not the book for you, as the author (the son of a Red Army infantry officer) continually excoriates the Stalinist notion that vigor and political commitment could triumph over skill, and negate the need for specialists. While it's unrealistic to think that Moscow could have fielded mountain formations capable of matching the quality of the best German troops, Statiev demonstrates that there was a lot of low-hanging fruit to be plucked and, at the end of the day, too little was done too late to make a difference. Why this remains relevant is that Moscow has continued to find itself sending troops into mountain environments (starting with Afghanistan) with bad results, and it's only under the current regime that credible mountain formations have been deployed. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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