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ISBNs | 978-5-00155-255-0 |
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The weight | 0,380 kg |
Size | 138 × 207 mm |
Серия | The main books about the war. The True History of the Great Wars |
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The Third Reich began the Second World War relying on the most advanced
technologies: dive bombers, tank wedges, airborne assaults and psychostimulants. But when the front in the east and west rolled into the heart of Germany, the German command began to look for support in the past. Then Hitler himself proposed the idea of "fortresses" (Festung) - fortified cities fighting in the environment. Starting with the dubious successes of Tarnopol and Kovel in the spring of 1944, the practice of fortress cities suffered a complete collapse during Operation Bagration, but unexpectedly widely revived in the last months of the existence of the Reich: Poznan and the pinnacle of the Festungs - Breslau. The book by a leading military historian, based on both German and recently declassified Soviet documents, reconstructs in every detail the course of the struggle against the “fortresses” that created considerable problems for the Red Army. The struggle for the festungs truly became a battle in the stone jungle - it was fought in the ruins of old and new buildings, half-abandoned forts, spacious workshops and intricate urban communications. Flamethrowers, explosive charges and armored vehicles were used, and the garrisons doomed to death fought off with faustpatrons and homemade weapons. The unusual experience of the festungs deserves thoughtful analysis, because in our urbanized era, it may be in demand in the future.