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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Statiev, Alexander
Titre(s) : At war's summit [Texte imprimé] : the Red Army and the struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II / Alexander Statiev (University of Waterloo, Ontario)
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018
Description matérielle : xiii, 440 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection : Cambridge military histories
Lien à la collection : Cambridge military histories
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-427) and index
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
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Red Army and the struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World
War II
Sujet(s) : Offensive du Caucase (1942-1943)
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.542 175 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Campagnes et batailles - Caucase
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108424622. - ISBN 1108424627. - ISBN 9781108690805 (erroné) (PDF ebook).
- ISBN 9781108341158 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45667765n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45667765
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Table des matières : Introduction: the path towards the top summits of World War II -- ; ch.1.. Russia's
historical experience in mountain warfare -- ; ch.2.. Soviet preparations for war
in the mountains -- ; ch.3.. First battle tests and the handicaps of selective learning
-- ; ch.4.. Contest of follies: Plan Edelweiss and the German offensive across the
high Caucasus -- ; ch.5.. 'Not a step back!': the German mountain corps hits the wall
-- ; ch.6.. The Soviet counteroffensive: a stalemate snatched from the jaws of victory
-- ; ch.7.. Mosaics of mountain warfare: comparative military effectiveness in the
high Caucasus -- ; ch.8.. Learning mountain warfare the hard way -- ; ch.9.. Lessons
ignored: déjà vu at Tuapse (1942) and in the Carpathians (1944) -- ; ch.10.. Disdain
for military professionalism as a component of the universal Stalinist paradigm.
