McNab, Chris/Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.) Waffen-SS Soldier vs Soviet Rifleman. Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942-43

Name: McNab, Chris/Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.): Waffen-SS Soldier vs Soviet Rifleman. Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942-43
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English text, paperback, many bw- and colour images. 80 pages.

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Fully illustrated, this study assesses the Soviet and Waffen-SS troops who contested the cities of Kharkov and Rostov-on-Don on the Eastern Front during 1942-43.
As the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union unfolded, two places that suffered exceptionally severely were Kharkov (now Kharkiv) in Ukraine and Rostov-on-Don in Russia. In total, Kharkov would change hands violently four times between October 1941 and August 1943, and Rostov-on-Don also four times between November 1941 and February 1943.

In this book, Chris McNab examines the fighting men of the Red Army and the Waffen-SS who clashed in three battles - one for Rostov (July 1942) and two for Kharkov (February-March and August). He clearly explains the key differences between these two opponents - training, tactics, weaponry, ideology and motivation - and examines how these differences played out in the three engagements, which ranged from open-terrain combined-arms battles to close-quarters street fighting in major urban zones. The text is complemented by specially commissioned artwork and mapping and carefully chosen archive photographs.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: McNab, Chris/Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.)
Title: Waffen-SS Soldier vs Soviet Rifleman. Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942-43
Details: English text, paperback, many bw- and colour images. 80 pages.
Series: Osprey - Combat