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Where the Iron Crosses Grow
- The Crimea 1941-44
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Crimea was one of the crucibles of the war on the Eastern Front, where first a Soviet and then a German army were surrounded, fought desperate battles, and were eventually destroyed. The fighting in the region was unusual for the Eastern Front in many ways, in that naval supply, amphibious landings, and naval evacuation played major roles, while both sides were also conducting ethnic cleansing as part of their strategy - the Germans eliminating the Jews and the Soviets purging the region of Tartars.
From 1941, when the Soviets first created the Sevastopol fortified region, the Crimea was a focal point of the war in the East. German forces under the noted commander Manstein conquered the area in 1941-42, which was followed by two years of brutal colonization and occupation before the Soviet counteroffensive in 1944 destroyed the German 17th Army.
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- abe mckinnon
- 21-01-2021
Diligently Researched
This book can be quite dry as the author uses wartime records to assemble a statistics heavy account of war in the Crimea.
That said, it is comprehensive and fascinating if you are passionate about the subject.
The postscript is perhaps the most passionate passage of the book and can be read on its own as a primer for 21st century Russian history.
Overall very good. I learned a lot.
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- Andrew
- 19-03-2021
awesome
more info an history than you could ever research. loved it. really jat an amazing book
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- Anonymous User
- 15-08-2020
historical/ political context leading up to WW2
Worth it if you like this stuff. Well narrated, be ready for plenty of detail as you would expect from a book like this. Seems very well resaerched, comming from a novice such as myself and it will take me a while to process a lot of information.
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