The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-1945 on the Eastern Front: Images of War Series

by Ian Baxter

Overview

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front tells the story in words and images of the last bitter months fought on Russian soil and the battle of the Baltic States that ensued. Drawing on rare and unpublished photos it reveals in detail how remnants of Army Group North were driven back to the borders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In the battles that followed, the retreating German Panzer and infantry divisions were encircled and annihilated. With the remnants were pushed back into East Prussia, and then fought to the death in the last few small pockets of land surrounding three ports of Libau in Kurland, Pillau in East Prussia and Danzig at the mouth of the River Vistula. It was here that the final battle of Army Group North would take place after Hitler ordered his troops to 'stand and fight' and wage an unprecedented battle of attrition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473862579
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	01/30/2017
Series:	Images of War
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	36 MB
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About the Author

Ian Baxter is an avid collector of WW2 photographs. His previous books in this Series include Hitler’s Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants and German Army on the Eastern Front – The Advance, German Army on the Eastern Front – The Retreat and Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants, The Crushing of Army Group (North) and the SS Waffen Division series including SS Leibstandarte Division and SS Totenkopf Division At War. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Brief History 5

Chapter 2 Defensive Action 23

Chapter 3 The Crushing of Vilnius 41

Chapter 4 Withdrawal 73

Chapter 5 End Game 115

Appendix 1 Ranks 141

Appendix 2 Order of Battle 143