{"product_id":"battle-for-kharkov-1941-1943","title":"Battle for Kharkov 1941 - 1943","description":"The four battles fought for Kharkov during the Second World War are often overshadowed by the battles for Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad, yet they were critical stages in the struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for control of the southern Soviet Union. Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this volume in the Images of War series, offers a visual record of the dramatic and bloody conflict that took place there, showing every grim aspect of the fighting. Kharkov became one of the most bitterly contested cities during the war on the Eastern Front, and this book presents a graphic overview of the atrocious conditions the soldiers on both sides had to endure.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In 1941 Kharkov fell to Hitler's Army Group South. In 1942 the Soviets tried and failed to retake it, losing 240,000 men in the Barvenkovo Bulge. Then, in 1943, the control of the battered city changed hands twice before the Soviets liberated it for good.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The fate of Kharkov during the war reflects the history of the wider struggle between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Oversized Paperback \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Published: UK, 2016\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Publisher: Pen \u0026amp; Sword\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 144\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Language: English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 13: 9781473827479\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 10: 1473827477\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anthony Tucker-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43841623359754,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9781473827479.jpg?v=1668776909","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/battle-for-kharkov-1941-1943","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}