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Between giants : the Battle for the Baltics in World War II

Between giants : the Battle for the Baltics in World War II

Buttar, Prit, author.
Book 2015

With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of World War II. This is a story of conquest and exploitation, of death and deportation and the fight for survival both by countries and individ...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Baltic States History German occupation, 1941-1944
Former Soviet republics History
Military campaigns
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Baltic States
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ISBN:
9781472807496
Edition:
Paperback edition
Description:
400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Molotov, Ribbentrop and the first Soviet occupation
Rosenberg, Generalplan Ost and Preparations for Barbarossa
The Wehrmacht in full flood
The Baltic Holocaust
Reluctant allies
Narva, January to April 1944
Breaking the deadlock: summer 1944
From Doppelkopf to Cäsar
The isolation of army group north
Courland, October to December 1944
Endgame
Aftermath
Control Number:
3249104
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