Soviet Tanks in Barbarossa 1941
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-6808-4 (ISBN)
Contrary to popular belief, the largest tank battles of World War II were not during the Kursk campaign of 1943, but during Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941. The Soviet tank fleet was enormous – about 24,000 tanks facing about 3,500 Panzers. But despite the gross numerical imbalance in their favor, the summer 1941 campaign was a disaster for the Red Army.
In this book, based on documents previously unpublished in the English language, world-renowned armor expert Steven J. Zaloga analyses why the Red Army performed so badly in Barbarossa. During the summer months, the Red Army lost about 15,000 tanks including most of its best new tanks such as the T-34s and KVs, and by winter, most of the pre-war arsenal had been lost. It was dubbed the “Tankoviy pogrom”: the Tank Massacre.
Illustrated with archive photos and meticulously detailed original illustrations, it examines the organization and doctrine of the Red Army in 1941 as well as the principal tank types, including information and illustrations on unusual and little-known types such as the multi-turreted T-28 and T-35 heavy tanks.
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including many for Osprey. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.
INTRODUCTION
DOCTRINE AND ORGANIZATION
TECHNICAL FACTORS
- Small tanks
- T-26 light tanks
- BT cavalry tanks
- 28 medium tanks
- T-34 tanks
- T-35 heavy tanks
- KV heavy tanks
THE CAMPAIGN
- Defense of the Baltics
- Towards the Smolensk Gate
- On the Kiev Axis
- The Great Tank Massacre
BATTLE ANALYSIS
FURTHER READING
INDEX
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Vanguard |
| Illustrationen | Felipe Rodríguez |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of colour illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 182 x 248 mm |
| Gewicht | 165 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4728-6808-0 / 1472868080 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4728-6808-4 / 9781472868084 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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