the collapse of Army Group Centre, June 1944Adair, Paul.creatortextbibliographyHistory.enkLondonNew York, NYArms and ArmourDistributed in the USA by Sterling Pub. Co.�19941994monographiceng

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192 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmThis text describes the land defeat of the German Army on the Eastern Front, resulting in irreplaceable losses (over 300,000 casualties) when the German Army was already in a state of turmoil due to failure in Russia and the Allied advance into France.The german army -- Hitler and his generals -- The turn of the tide -- Stalin and the stavka -- The soviet army -- 1944-a year for decisions -- Maskirovka (deception) -- The german view -- The partisans -- Final soviet preparations -- In the north -- To the berezina -- Fourth army and mogilev -- In the south-ninth army and bobruisk -- 5th panzer division and 5th guards tank army -- 12th panzer division in the south -- The fate of fourth army -- Afterwards -- The long march home -- To the west -- Fifty years on -- German order of battle, 23 june 1944 -- Comparative ranks -- Soviet order of battle -- Soviet casualties in the belorussian operation -- Stavka directive: maskirovka -- Front directive: maskirovka -- Hitler's 'fester platz' order -- Hitler's operation order no. 8 -- Veterans interviewed.Paul Adair.Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-186) and index.e-gx---ee-----Germany.HeerHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Germany.Heer.Germany.Heer. fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1900-1999 fast World War, 1939-1945CampaignsEastern FrontGeneralsGermanyHistory20th centuryGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945Campagnes et bataillesFront orientalG�en�erauxAllemagneHistoire20e si�ecleGeneralsMilitary campaignsWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsEastern FrontWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsGermanyEastern Front (World War (1939-1945))GermanyWorld War 2Army operationsUnion of Soviet Socialist RepublicsD764 .Ad11854092324978185409232895160924Uk94100420240528155538.0ocm31375920 eng