Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook207 pages3 hours
Petsamo and Kirkenes 1944: The Soviet offensive in the Northern Arctic
By David Greentree and Graham Turner
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
This title examines the bitter conflict between two highly tactical armies as they battled across challenging terrain to gain control of strategically significant Northern Finland. On the one side were the invading Soviet troops, hoping to liberate an area full of rich resources and littered with bases that that would enable the arrival of Arctic convoys from Britain. They employed naval infantry in abundance, not only to make amphibious landings to capture strategically significant port facilities, but also on deep outflanking manoeuvres inland. Their opponents were the elite Gebirgsjäger from XIX Gebirgskorps; trained to be self-sufficient and resourceful and equipped with a range of bespoke weaponry, this mountain division was ideally suited to operate in the harsh climate. Combat conditions were unique: the extremely rough terrain, laced with bogs, streams, boulder fields, and large rivers, presented a significant challenge in its own right, even without the added threat of attacks by highly trained soldiers.
This illustrated title tells the story of this unique and bitter struggle in the far North, an epic battle between two elite forces fighting in a demanding environment. With bird's-eye views and maps of key battlefields, this is a comprehensive guide to one of the most challenging campaigns of the Eastern Front.
This illustrated title tells the story of this unique and bitter struggle in the far North, an epic battle between two elite forces fighting in a demanding environment. With bird's-eye views and maps of key battlefields, this is a comprehensive guide to one of the most challenging campaigns of the Eastern Front.
Unavailable
Author
David Greentree
David Greentree graduated from the University of York with a BA in History before completing an MA in War Studies at King's College London and qualifying as a lecturer in Further Education. In 1995 he accepted a commission in the Royal Air Force and has served in a variety of locations, including Afghanistan and Oman. He has written several books for Osprey, focusing on British military history and World War II.
Read more from David Greentree
Related to Petsamo and Kirkenes 1944
Titles in the series (1)
Alexander 334–323 BC: Conquest of the Persian Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related ebooks
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS The Last Battles in the East, 1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/512th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: Volume 2 - From Operation Goodwood to April 1946 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOperation Typhoon: The German Assault on Moscow, 1941 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArmoured Warfare in Northwest Europe, 1944–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArmored Bears: The German 3rd Panzer Division in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Heavy Tiger Tank Battalions, 1942–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Army on the Eastern Front: The Retreat, 1943–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMontgomery's Rhine River Crossing: Operation Plunder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElite Panzer Strike Force: Germany's Panzer Lehr Division in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Mountain Troops, 1939–1945: The Gebirgsjager Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Army on the Eastern Front—The Advance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The German Soldier in World War II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Crushing of Army Group North 1944–1945 on the Eastern Front Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Armoured Warfare from the Riviera to the Rhine, 1944–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsANZIO BEACHHEAD (22 January-25 May 1944) [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Mountain Troops 1942–45 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle for the Baltic Islands, 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Companion to the British Army 1939—45 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Royal Dragoon Guards: A Regimental History, 1685–2018 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pillboxes and Tank Traps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe French Army in the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe German Army from Mobilisation to First Ypres Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFalling From Grace: The German Airborne In World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTorpedo Bombers Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A Brief History Of The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 1755 To 1915 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAllied Armour, 1939–1945: British and American Tanks at War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and Their Use in the First World War Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Horses of the Great War: The Story in Art Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Artillery in Combat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Wars & Military For You
The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Washington: The Indispensable Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Whiskey On The Rocks: The Cold War stand-off when a Soviet submarine was stranded on a Swedish rock. 0% found this document usefulDaily News Brief for Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 0% found this document usefulEpisode 158- Leningrad Under Siege 100% found this document useful253-The Dame of Sark: A 56-year-old British noblewoman stood up to Nazi occupiers on the tiny island of Sark. 0% found this document usefulKris Drever on Orkney: The guitarist, singer and songwriter Kris Drever was born and brought up on Orkney, the archipelago off the Northern coast of Scotland which is steeped in history. The walk starts in the main town of Kirkwall with its huge sandstone cathedral commemo... 100% found this document usefulThe U-Boat War: 1939-1945 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Battle Of St Vith History of WarArticle
The Battle Of St Vith
Feb 26, 2020
6 min readBattle Of Malakoff History of WarArticle
Battle Of Malakoff
Nov 25, 2021
12 min readPreparing For Kursk History of WarArticle
Preparing For Kursk
Jun 8, 2023
8 min readIs-3 Heavy Tank History of WarArticle
Is-3 Heavy Tank
Dec 29, 2020
3 min readIn The Ranks History of WarArticle
In The Ranks
Jan 22, 2018
2 min readM10 & M10A1 TANK DESTROYER History of WarArticle
M10 & M10A1 TANK DESTROYER
Mar 18, 2021
3 min readPanzerartillerie Firepower For The Panzer Divisions History of WarArticle
Panzerartillerie Firepower For The Panzer Divisions
Apr 18, 2019
Author Thomas Anderson Publisher Osprey Publishing Price £30 As the German Army formed their new doctrine of mobile warfare based around fast moving armoured columns (Blitzkrieg) in the 1930s, it became clear that artillery was going to be a major p
1 min read2ND INFANTRY DIVISION vs 12TH SS-PANZER DIVISION IN KRINKELT History of WarArticle
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION vs 12TH SS-PANZER DIVISION IN KRINKELT
Feb 26, 2020
2 min readThe New American Rifle That Came Under Assault VietnamArticle
The New American Rifle That Came Under Assault
Feb 4, 2020
8 min readGerman Hardware In The Ardennes, 1944 History of WarArticle
German Hardware In The Ardennes, 1944
Feb 26, 2020
1 min readLuftwaffe And Top Billing Military TraderArticle
Luftwaffe And Top Billing
Jun 3, 2022
When it comes to desirability in collector circles, the Luftwaffe (LW) may take top billing. Which is interesting, for Kriegsmarine material is scarcer, Waffen-SS both rare and notorious. Heer mementos are lots more plentiful, but too often deemed “c
1 min readD-day Tank Operations History of WarArticle
D-day Tank Operations
Apr 18, 2019
Unusual tanks are developed by the British 79th Armoured Division for the planned invasion of Normandy. Based on Churchill or Sherman tanks, these armoured vehicles can – among other things – demolish concrete structures, fill trenches, lay matting a
2 min read1918 The Spring Offensive Part I History of WarArticle
1918 The Spring Offensive Part I
Feb 19, 2018
8 min readRestoring A Panther History of WarArticle
Restoring A Panther
Aug 8, 2019
3 min readCambrai Dawn Of The Tank Age History of WarArticle
Cambrai Dawn Of The Tank Age
Oct 30, 2017
13 min readSpearhead To The Meuse History of WarArticle
Spearhead To The Meuse
Feb 26, 2020
2 min readUnited Kingdom History of WarArticle
United Kingdom
Apr 18, 2019
6 min readThe House On Dead Man’s Corner Wargames, Soldiers & StrategyArticle
The House On Dead Man’s Corner
Nov 7, 2021
2 min readPanzerkampfwagen V Panther History of WarArticle
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
Jul 12, 2018
3 min readMarket Garden Inside The 1st Airborne Division’s Failure At Arnhem History of WarArticle
Market Garden Inside The 1st Airborne Division’s Failure At Arnhem
Sep 5, 2019
15 min readOn A Strange Shore World War IIArticle
On A Strange Shore
Feb 4, 2020
7 min readRest Of The World History of WarArticle
Rest Of The World
Apr 18, 2019
7 min readThe 1st Battle Of El Alamein History of WarArticle
The 1st Battle Of El Alamein
Oct 2, 2017
13 min readOperation Bodenplatte History of WarArticle
Operation Bodenplatte
Feb 26, 2020
2 min readFRENCH STRATEGY IN 1940s SETS COURSE FOR THE U.S. LATER VietnamArticle
FRENCH STRATEGY IN 1940s SETS COURSE FOR THE U.S. LATER
Jul 30, 2019
2 min readAlways Forward World War IIArticle
Always Forward
Aug 9, 2022
13 min readSturmpanzerwagen A7v History of WarArticle
Sturmpanzerwagen A7v
Apr 14, 2018
5 min read1918 The Spring Offensive Part III History of WarArticle
1918 The Spring Offensive Part III
Apr 19, 2018
7 min readVickers-carden-loyd mk.iv Light Tank History of WarArticle
Vickers-carden-loyd mk.iv Light Tank
Apr 14, 2022
3 min readSturmovik Killer! Flight JournalArticle
Sturmovik Killer!
Dec 14, 2021
10 min read
Reviews for Petsamo and Kirkenes 1944
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
1 rating1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solid account of a fairly obscure campaign; the campaign to eject German forces from Finland after Finland left the war in the fall of 1944. The best job is done with setting the scene as to just how arduous the terrain was. Good illustrations as well.