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The Caucasus 1942-43 - Kleist's race for oil (Paperback)
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The Caucasus 1942-43 - Kleist's race for oil (Paperback)
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Much has been written of the titanic clashes between the Wehrmacht
and the Red Army at Stalingrad, but this volume tells the other,
equally important half of the story of Fall Blau (Case Blue).
Learning from their experiences during the sweeping advances of
Operation Barbarossa a year before, Wehrmacht commanders knew that
Nazi Germany's lack of oil was a huge strategic problem. Seizure of
the Caucasus oilfields, which were responsible for 82% of the
Soviet Union's crude oil, would simultaneously alleviate the German
army's oil shortages whilst denying vital fuel resources to the Red
Army. Whilst Army Group B advanced along the Volga towards
Stalingrad, Army Group A, spearheaded by Ewald von Kleist's elite
Panzerarmee 1 was to advance into the Caucasus to seize the
oilfields of Maikop, Grozny and Baku. Featuring full-colour
artwork, archival photos and detailed analysis, this book follows
the vicious, intense fighting that characterised one of the most
important campaigns of World War II.
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