Behind Soviet Lines Hitler’s Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942
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Biographical note
David R. Higgins is the author of several military history books, including King Tiger vs IS-2: Operation Solstice 1945. He has also written around 50 articles for magazines such as Strategy & Tactics, Armchair General, World at War and Modern War. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.
Behind Soviet Lines Hitler’s Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942
In the summer of 1942, following the invasion of Russia the previous year, Hitler’s ‘Brandenburger’ commando units undertook a daring operation deep inside Soviet-held territory.
Disguised as members of Stalin’s NKVD, the secret police dreaded by most Soviet citizens and soldiers, the Brandenburgers passed unsuspected past the Red Army’s checkpoints, before launching their surprise operation to seize the vital Soviet oil facilities around Maikop – delivering them intact into Nazi hands.
Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this expert assessment of the Maikop operation casts new light on German special-forces operations on the Eastern Front.
Introduction
Origins
The Plan
The Raid
Aftermath
Analysis
Further Reading
In the summer of 1942, following the invasion of Russia the previous year, Hitler’s ‘Brandenburger’ commando units undertook a daring operation deep inside Soviet-held territory.
Disguised as members of Stalin’s NKVD, the secret police dreaded by most Soviet citizens and soldiers, the Brandenburgers passed unsuspected past the Red Army’s checkpoints, before launching their surprise operation to seize the vital Soviet oil facilities around Maikop – delivering them intact into Nazi hands.
Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this expert assessment of the Maikop operation casts new light on German special-forces operations on the Eastern Front.
Introduction
Origins
The Plan
The Raid
Aftermath
Analysis
Further Reading
Product details
Biographical note
David R. Higgins is the author of several military history books, including King Tiger vs IS-2: Operation Solstice 1945. He has also written around 50 articles for magazines such as Strategy & Tactics, Armchair General, World at War and Modern War. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.