Operation Barbarossa: Strategy and Tactics on the Eastern Front, 1941
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0891411976 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Author displays great insight and knowledge of the war Dave Schranck I wanted to read this book for several reasons. Operation Barbarossa is a favorite of mine. Second reason is that the book was published in 1984 and wanted to compare it with two recent works. David Glantz's "Barbarossa- Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941" was published in 2001 and David Stahel's "Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East" which was published in 2009. These two books have different formats but are excellent in their own right and combined there is not much missing from the operational focus of the campaign. I'm glad to say that Mr Fugate's book is a worthy rival that falls just behind the other two books.The autho. lordhoot said Insightful book.. This insightful book covered the initial year of the German invasion of Soviet Russia. I thought the book was pretty well written and the author was able to go beyond the basic assessment as he tries with certain success, what went wrong and what went right during the initial seven months of this campaign. The author made it clear that it took a lot more then bad weather, Hitler's interferences and over extension of German forces to cost Germany any chance for victory during this period. He seem to be in the mind that German overall military leadership remains badly divided and also gives credits to the Russian willingness to trade space fo. Sean Oliver said Speculative History. Much of this outdated book is based on pure speculation. Written in the mid-seventies when accurate Soviet source material was scarce, Fugate presumes the 19Speculative History Sean Oliver Much of this outdated book is based on pure speculation. Written in the mid-seventies when accurate Soviet source material was scarce, Fugate presumes the 1941 Red Army was not the stumbling colossus of post-war German Myth, but actually a cunning and devious foe who had a secret plan to destroy the Germans all along.As we now know, Fugate was pretty much 100% wrong here. Recent research has shown that no matter how devious Stalin, Zhukov and Timoshenko might've been, the Red Army was a disorganized, ill-trained, ill-equipped mess. He overestimates Soviet capabilities at Smolensk-Yelnia (a theme he develops again in the 90's re-write of thi. 1 Red Army was not the stumbling colossus of post-war German Myth, but actually a cunning and devious foe who had a secret plan to destroy the Germans all along.As we now know, Fugate was pretty much 100% wrong here. Recent research has shown that no matter how devious Stalin, Zhukov and Timoshenko might've been, the Red Army was a disorganized, ill-trained, ill-equipped mess. He overestimates Soviet capabilities at Smolensk-Yelnia (a theme he develops again in the 90's re-write of thi
Book by Fugate, Bryan I.