Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:The city of Vitebsk in Belarus was of strategic importance during the fighting on the Eastern Front, as it controlled the route to Minsk. A salient in the German lines, Vitebsk had been declared a Festerplatz--a fortress town--meaning that it must be held at all costs. A task handed to 3rd Panzer Army in 1943. Otto Heidk mper was chief of staff of Georg-Hans Reinhardt's 3rd Panzer Army, Army Group Center, which was stationed around Vitebsk and Smolensk from early 1942 until June 1944. His detailed account of the defense of Vitebsk through the winter of 1943 into 1944, right up to the Soviet summer offensive, is a valuable firsthand account of how the operations around Vitebsk played out. Twenty maps accompany the narrative. During this time, 3rd Panzer Army undertook numerous military operations to defend the area against the Soviets; they also engaged in anti-partisan operations in the area, deporting civilians accused of supporting partisans and destroying property. Finally, in June 1944, the Soviets amassed four armies to take Vitebsk, which was then held by 38,000 men of 53rd Corps. Within three days, Vitebsk was encircled, with 53rd Corps trapped inside. Attempts to break the encirclement failed, and resistance in the pocket broke down over the next few days. On June 27, the final destruction of German resistance in Vitebsk was completed. Twenty thousand Germans were dead and another 10,000 had been captured.
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Book Title: Vitebsk : the Fight and Destruction of Third Panzer Army
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9in
Publisher: Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2017
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Item Height: 0.9in
Author: Otto Heidkämper
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Army, Combat, Foreign Militaries, Military History, True Military Stories, War, Warfare, World War II, Europe / Eastern, Europe / Germany, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Military / World War II
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6in
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
