Title At war's summit : the Red Army and the struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II / Alexander Statiev, University of Waterloo, Ontario

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge military histories Cambridge military histories. Contents Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Path Towards the Top Summits of World War II; 1 Russia's Historical Experience in Mountain Warfare; 2 Soviet Preparations for War in the Mountains; 3 First Battle Tests and the Handicaps of Selective Learning; 4 Contest of Follies: Plan Edelweiss and the German Offensive Across the High Caucasus; 5 'Not a Step Back!':The German Mountain Corps Hits the Wall 6 The Soviet Counteroffensive: A Stalemate Snatched from the Jaws of Victory7 Mosaics of Mountain Warfare: Comparative Military Effectiveness in the High Caucasus; 8 Learning Mountain Warfare the Hard Way; 9 Lessons Ignored: Déjà Vu at Tuapse (1942) and in the Carpathians (1944); 10 Disdain for Military Professionalism as a Component of the Universal Stalinist Paradigm; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Recreates the harsh mountain warfare during the Wehrmacht's and Red Army's clash on the highest battlefield of World War Two Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- Mountain troops Germany. Heer -- Mountain troops SUBJECT Germany. Heer fast Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Caucasus Operation Edelweiss. World War, 1939-1945 -- Mountain warfare. HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Military campaigns Mountain troops Mountain warfare Operation Edelweiss SUBJECT Caucasus -- History, Military -- 20th century Subject Caucasus Genre/Form Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108690805 1108690807

Other Titles Red Army and the struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II

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