Operation Typhoon
The German Assault on Moscow, 1941
Reeks: Casemate Illustrated
Philippe Naud
- A
- visual
- look
- at
- the
- Nazi
- assault
- on
- the
- Soviet
- capital
- in
- the
- series
- that’s
- “a
- welcome
- addition
- .
- .
- .
- targeted
- at
- the
- general
- World
- War
- II
- enthusiast”
- (Globe
- at
- War).After
- the
- initial
- successes
- of
- Operation
- Barbarossa,
- at
- the
- end
- of
- September
- 1941,
- Hitler
- turned
- his
- focus
- to
- Moscow,
- with
- the
- unshakeable
- belief
- that
- capturing
- the
- capital
- would
- knock
- the
- Soviets
- out
- of
- the
- war.
- On
- the
- face
- of
- it,
- it
- was
- an
- unequal
- matchup
- in
- Germany’s
- favor,
- but
- the
- picture
- was,
- in
- fact,
- a
- great
- deal
- more
- complex;
- the
- Germans
- had
- suffered
- very
- significant
- losses
- since
- the
- invasion
- of
- Russia
- had
- begun
- and
- had
- issues
- with
- logistics
- and
- air
- support.
- The
- Soviets,
- under
- the
- command
- of
- Gen.
- Zhukov,
- were
- beginning
- to
- be
- better
- supplied
- with
- reinforcements
- and
- were
- prepared
- to
- defend
- to
- the
- death.This
- volume
- in
- the
- Casemate
- Illustrated
- series
- concentrates
- on
- the
- main
- German
- assault
- of
- October
- 1941.
- Guderian’s
- panzer
- divisions
- at
- first
- made
- sweeping
- gains,
- as
- they
- had
- done
- so
- many
- times
- before,
- and
- large
- parts
- of
- the
- Red
- Army
- were
- encircled
- at
- Vyazma
- and
- Bryansk.
- These
- successes
- allowed
- the
- Soviets
- time
- to
- regroup,
- as
- the
- encircled
- armies
- did
- not
- surrender
- and
- had
- to
- be
- dealt
- with.
- Then,
- three
- engagements
- followed
- at
- Mtsensk,
- Maloyaroslavets
- and
- the
- Mojaisk
- defense
- line
- that
- proved
- that
- the
- war
- in
- the
- east
- was
- not
- entering
- its
- final
- days,
- as
- German
- high
- command
- believed.Illustrated
- with
- over
- 150
- photographs,
- plus
- profile
- drawings
- of
- tanks,
- vehicles,
- and
- aircraft,
- this
- book
- gives
- a
- vivid
- impression
- of
- the
- situation
- for
- both
- protagonists,
- and
- a
- detailed
- analysis
- of
- the
- critical
- days
- as
- the
- fate
- of
- Moscow—and
- perhaps
- the
- whole
- war—hung
- in
- the balance.
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