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Gebirgsjager vs Soviet Sailor: Arctic Circle 1942-1944 (Osprey Combat 30)

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Gebirgsjager vs Soviet Sailor: Arctic Circle 1942-1944 (Osprey Combat 30)

Gebirgsjager vs Soviet Sailor: Arctic Circle 1942-1944 (Osprey Combat 30)
2018 | ISBN: 1472819799 | English | 81 Pages | True PDF | 16 MB


In 1941-44, Nazi Germany's Gebirgsjäger - elite mountain troops - clashed repeatedly with land-based units of the Soviet Navy during the mighty struggle on World War II's Eastern Front. Formed into naval infantry and naval rifle brigades, some 350,000 of Stalin's sailors would serve the Motherland on land, playing a key role in the defence of Moscow, Leningrad, and Sevastopol. The Gebirgsjäger, many among them veterans of victories in Norway and then Crete, would find their specialist skills to be at a premium in the harsh terrain and bitter weather encountered at the northern end of the front line. Operating many hundreds of miles north of Moscow, the two sides endured savage conditions as they fought one another inside the Arctic Circle.