Battle for Donbass
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Donbass was one of the most industrialized regions of the Soviet Union, in which the largest enterprises of the mining, metallurgical, engineering, chemical industries were concentrated. That is why he became one of the cherished goals of the German Wehrmacht. A natural obstacle that allowed the German army for a long time to hold the Donetsk region for himself, the Mius River became. The Mius Front is a strongly fortified, deep-legged defensive line created by the Germans in December 1941. The defensive line passed on the right, high bank of the river. The opponent was fully used frequent cliffs, heights, ravines and rocks characteristic of this section of the Donetsk ridge. Overcoming this non-aqueous barrier has become a heavy test for Soviet troops. Pieces of the Red Army several times tried to break through this lineup: from December 1941 to July 1942 and from February to August 1943. But it was possible only in August 1943 during the bloody fighting of the Donbas offensive operation of the South Front. The analysis of the armed struggle, as well as the peculiarities of the occupying period and the economic importance of the region, the work of the historian Mikhail Zhirohov is devoted
Author:
Author:Zhirohov M.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
Paper:
Paper:Gray
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-227-02674-3
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