'In the past the German General Staff had taken no interest in the
military history of wars in the north and east of Europe. Nobody
had ever taken into account the possibility that some day German
divisions would have to fight and to winter in northern Karelia and
on the Murmansk coast.' (Lieutenant-General Waldemar Erfurth,
German Army). Despite this statement, the German Army's first
campaign in the far north was a great success: between April and
June 1940 German forces totalling less than 20,000 men seized
Norway, a state of three million people, for minimal losses.
Hitler's Arctic War is a study of the campaign waged by the Germans
on the northern periphery of Europe between 1940 and 1945. As
Hitler's Arctic War makes clear, the emphasis was on small-unit
actions, with soldiers carrying everything they needed - food,
ammunition and medical supplies - on their backs. The terrain
placed limitations on the use of tanks and heavy artillery, while
lack of airfields restricted the employment of aircraft.Hitler's
Arctic War also includes a chapter on the campaign fought by
Luftwaffe aircraft and Kriegsmarine ships and submarines against
the Allied convoys supplying the Soviet Union with aid. However,
Wehrmacht resources committed to Norway and Finland were ultimately
an unnecessary drain on the German war effort. Hitler's Arctic War
is a ground-breaking study of how war was waged in the far north
and its effects on German strategy.
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this book is the magnificent history/story
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 | Review
by: Ute S.
of the forces in WWII in the Scandinavian Arctic - written with sympathy for both sides, the allies and the axis .... enjoyed the writing tremendously ...
WERE IT NOT FOR THE MINUTE FONT IN WHICH IS WAS PRINTED - FONT 6 OR 8 on glossy paper! and the photographs were badly reproduced. Those of us who are elderly had to use magnifying glasses and stop reading every so often because of the strain on the eyes.
please reprint in font 10 or 12.
recommended to all WWII military history buffs, and our children and grandchildren ...
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