Forczyk, Robert

Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30,000 during Operation Barbarossa and made it a bulwark on the boundary between Heeresgruppe Nord and (...)

The first in a three-book series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich.After failing to defeat the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Adolf Hitler planned a new (...)

By early September 1942, 6.Armee and 4.Panzer-Armee had reached the outskirts of Stalingrad, and Hitler believed it was about to fall. He ordered for the capture of the city as soon as possible, but this was easier said than done. On 13 September, a direct German assault was launched against the (...)

"En este estudio, el primero de dos volúmenes que abarcarán la historia de la guerra acorazada en el norte de África, el exitoso autor Robert Forczyk explora la historia de la campaña desde el ataque italiano inicial en 1940 y la llegada del Panzergruppe Afrika de Rommel hasta la ofensiva británica (...)

A gripping, illustrated narrative of the longest and most brutal land battle of the 1904 05 Russo-Japanese War.Growing rivalry between Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan over territorial control in China and Korea led to the outbreak of war in February 1904. Japan struck the first blow with a (...)