This detailed guide to Hitler’s secret Prussian headquarters is
fully illustrated with historic photos and rare color images of how it
appears today. Set deep in the Masurian woods of northern Poland,
formally East Prussia, lies a vast complex of ruined bunkers known as
the Wolfsschanze or Wolf’s Lair. This was Hitler’s headquarters
for the German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. It is also where
Colonel von Stauffenberg almost killed Hitler in the summer of 1944.
Built in under total secrecy, the Wolfsschanze was camouflaged with
artificial grass and trees. Drawing on a unique collection of color
photographs, Hitler’s Wolfsschanze presents a detailed tour of the
2.5 square mile campus as it appears today—with each building and
its purpose identified. Laced with personal accounts of the
installation and Hitler’s routines, the Wolfsschanze is brought to
life once more. Yet the Wolfsschanze was not the only German military
complex in this small part of the Eastern Front. This comprehensive
volume also shows and describes the German Army’s headquarters at
Mauerwald, the Luftwaffe’s headquarters near the current Russian
border, and those of the SS and the Reich Chancellery, both situated
near the Wolfsschanze.
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The Wolf’s Lair Headquarters on the Eastern Front – An Illustrated Guide
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781526753120
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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