Barbarossa 1941

Featuring original German military maps, this is a beautifully presented atlas of the 1941 Operation Barbarossa campaign. Operation Barbarossa, Germany's surprise assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than the complete destruction of Communist Russia. The German forces were massive and the invasion took the Red Army completely off guard. It was the one period when the Germans had a chance of achieving victory - but the events of the campaign ultimately reversed the fortunes of the Third Reich. Using contemporary daily situation maps produced by German military intelligence, this comprehensive atlas traces the day-to-day progression of operations on the Eastern Front. The maps show the configuration of the front line and the locations of Axis major combat formations, as well as the deployments and movements of Soviet combat units as the German Army's General Staff understood them. Supported by text summarizing and analyzing the operations, these 122 detailed maps provide an important insight into the German perspective on the unfolding conflict, and a clear historical and geographical picture of one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II.

Kevin Boylan is a military historian who earned his BA in History from Rutgers University and his PhD from Temple University. In addition to a long career in academe, he spent ten years at the Pentagon conducting defense analysis for the US Defense Department and the US Army Staff, and is currently employed as an official historian by the US Army Center for Military History in Washington, DC. He has authored numerous articles (including two that won the Society of Military History's Moncado Prize) and several books - the most recent of which, Valley of the Shadow: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu, was published by Osprey Publishing in 2018.

Introduction Notes on the Maps Theatre Overview Maps Part One: Army Group North Part Two: Army Group Centre Part Three: Army Group South Conclusion Glossary of Place Names Select Bibliography About the Author Index