Bagration 1944: The Destruction of Army Group Centre (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781855324787)

Osprey's overview of the most calamitous defeat of the German armed forces in World War II (1939-1945). On 22 June 1944, three years to the day after Germany's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, the Red Army launched a massive offensive in Byelorussia. Codenamed 'Operation Bagration', this campaign climaxed five weeks later with the Red Army at the gates of Warsaw. The Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre was routed, a total of 17 Wehrmacht divisions were utterly destroyed, and over 50 other German divisions were shattered.

Author: Steven J. Zaloga
ISBN-10: 1855324784
ISBN-13: 9781855324787
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 01/15/1996
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.00w x 0.30d

About the Author
Steven J. Zaloga was born in 1952, received his BA in history from Union College, and his MA from Columbia University. He has published numerous books and articles dealing with modern military technology, especially armoured vehicle development. His main area of interest is military affairs in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Second World War, and he has also written extensively on American armoured forces.