STALIN'S REVENGE: Operation Bagration and the Annihilation of Army Group Centre

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Explores how Operation Bagration was Stalin's retribution for Hitler's Operation Barbarossa. Demonstrates how Bagration ensured that the Germans would never regain the strategic initiative. In one fell swoop, the Wehrmacht lost a quarter of its strength on the Eastern Front. And in a series of overwhelming assaults, the Red Army recaptured practically all the territory the Soviet Union had lost in 1941, advanced into East Prussia and reached the outskirts of Warsaw. Assesses the opposing forces and their commanders, and gives a vivid insight into the planning and decision-making at the highest level. Recreates the experience of the soldiers on the battlefield by using graphic contemporary accounts, and sets the Bagration offensive in the wider context of the Soviet war effort. Contains 30 black and white photos.