Dubno 1941: The Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World War
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1910777749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 226 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since the year 2004 up to the present date, he has written approximately 20 books on the history of the Eastern Front in the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on the events of 1941 and the Stalingrad battle. Aleksei Isaev was born in 1974. His
Why did the numerically superior Soviets fail? Hundreds of heavy KV-1 and KV-2 tanks, the five-turret giant T-35 and famous T-34 failed to stop the Germans. In many cases, the German infantry - not tanks - became the main enemy of Soviet armored units in the Dubno battle. In this case, the Red Army tanks became the ‘Iron Shield’ of the Soviet Union; they even operated as fire brigades. Popular myths about impregnable KV and T-34 tanks are laid to rest. The German Panzer Division could defeat their opponents not by using tanks, but by using artillery, which included heavy artillery, motorized infantry and engineers. In 1941 the Soviet Armored Forces had to learn the difficult science - and mostly ‘art’ - of combined warfare. The author also defines the real achievements on the Soviet side: the Blitzkrieg in the Ukraine had been slowed down. Isaev traces the role of these factors in a huge battle around the small Ukrainian town of Dubno. The Germans during the Blitzkrieg era had superior T&OE for their tank forces. In June 1941 - during the first week of the Nazi invasion in the Soviet Union – the quiet cornfields and towns of Western Ukraine were awakened by the clanking of steel and thunder of explosions; this was the greatest tank battle of the Second World War. Poorly organized, but fierce, tank-based co
About the Author Aleksei Isaev was born in 1974. His . Since the year 2004 up to the present date, he has written approximately 20 books on the history of the Eastern Front in the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on the events of 1941 and the Stalingrad battle