War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia, 1941-1945

By: Lucas, James

Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle.

A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second World War was rightly regarded with dread by the German soldiers. They were faced by the unremitting hostility of the climate, the people and even, at times, their own leadership. They saw epic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180500137X
• ISBN13: 9781805001379
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Length: 240 Pages