Hitler's Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland, and the USSR 1940-1945

by Christer Jörgensen and Chris Mann

Book Overview

The German army's first campaign in the far north was an outstanding success: between April and June 1940 German forces of less than 20,000 seized Norway, a state of three million people, for minimal losses.The army learned new skills to fight effectively in snow and ice. As the terrain prohibited the use of tanks and heavy artillery, and lack of airfields restricted the employment of aircraft, the war became an infantry duel, waged across a frozen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312311001
• ISBN13: 9780312311001
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.7"