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1 online resource (xviii, 442 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; Key to map symbols, map glossary; Translator's notes; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Fighting Retreat of Heeresgruppe Nordukraine; Battle for Kowel; Relief of Kowel; Restoration of a Continuous Line of Defense with Contact with the 2nd Armee of Heeresgruppe Mitte; Chapter 2: Defensive Combat and Fighting Retreats of the 4th Panzerarmee; German Evaluation of the Situation; 8th Armee Korps; Battles of the 56th Panzer Korps in the Kowel Area; Preparations; Attack on Kowel |
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Positional and Defensive Fighting around Kowel from 30 June to 7 JulySecond Stage of the Withdrawal; Beginning of the Soviet Offensive; Defense in the 'Büffel' Position (8 to 17 July, 1944); Soviet Offensive, 18 to 30 July, 1944 and Retreat to the 'Tiger' Position; Loss of the Bug Line; Soviet Advance to Cholm and Lublin; Joint Defense of the 56th Panzer Korps and 42nd Armee Korps; 42nd Armee Korps; 13th Armee Korps; Fighting on 13 and 14 July; Fighting on 15 and 16 July; Attempted Breakout on 19 July; Breakout of the 13th Armee Korps; Second Breakout; Third Assault |
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Relief Endeavours by the Formations of the 48th Panzer KorpsFurther Retreat; Chapter 3: The Left Wing of the Heeresgruppe; 8th Armee Korps; 56th Panzer Korps; Withdrawal of the 42nd Armee Korps; Fighting on the Wings; Retreat to the Wieprz; Securing the River Crossings; The Annapol -- Krasnik -- Zawichost (Weichsel) Bridgehead Position; Crossing the Weichsel; Loss of the Weichsel Line; The Situation of the 4th Panzer Armee; Delaying Actions on the Right Wing of the 42nd Armee Korps; New Guidelines for Future Combat Command; Chapter 4: Situation on the Right Wing of Heeresgruppe Nordukraine |
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The Right WingDefense and Fighting Retreat of the 48th Panzer Korps (3rd Panzer Korps); The Attack Commences; Intensification of the Individual Attacks; Soviet Breakthrough; Beginning of Pulling Back the Front; Additional German Countermeasures; Retreat to the Lemberg Defensive Position; Defense and Fighting Retreat of the 24th Panzer Korps; The Soviet Advance Begins; Retreat of the Korps Adjoining to the Right; Movements in the Entire Heeresgruppe Sector; Soviet Breakthrough Between the 42nd Armee Korps and 56th Panzer Korps; Withdrawal of the 46th Panzer Korps; Chapter 5: Battle of Lemberg |
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Right Wing of the Heeresgruppe is Pulled BackPreparations for the Retreat; Fighting Retreat around Lemberg; Retreat over the Zlota-Lipa and Gnila-Lipa; Evacuation of the Wolkow Gnila-Lipa Bridgehead; Further Retreats; Retreat of the 24th Panzer Korps; New Line of Defense; The German Defense is Forced Farther Back; Battle for the Approaches to the Carpathian Mountains; Advance Against Pursuing Soviet Forces; A Soviet Rifle Division is Cut Off; Destruction of the Encircled Soviet Forces; German Forces are Pulled Out; Actions of Individual Divisions; 1st Panzer Division; 96th Infanterie Division |
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Chapter 6: Defense Southwest of Lemberg (Sambor -- Sanok) |
| Summary |
In his historical series Hinze provides the only comprehensive account of events on the central and southern portions of the German Eastern Front during the years of German retreat. This volume covers events on the southern portion of the Eastern Front from July 1944, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic defeat of Heeresgruppe Mitte, through the Soviet drive to victory. Events covered include the retrograde fighting of 4th Panzer-Armee, the situation on the flanks of Heeresgruppe Nordukraine, operations around Lemberg, and the settling of positions along the line of the Vistula river. The Sovie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Germany. Heer -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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| SUBJECT |
Germany. Heer fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Ukraine.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Maps.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
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Ukraine
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Maps
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Steinhardt, Frederick P., editor, translator
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| ISBN |
9781909982505 |
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1909982504 |
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