At War's Summit
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At War's Summit

The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II

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At War's Summit

The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II

About this book

This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Edelweiss in the summer of 1942, a bold attempt to capture the Soviet oilfields of Grozny and Baku and open the way to securing the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. Hitler viewed this campaign as the key to victory in World War Two. Mountain warfare requires unique skills: climbing and survival techniques, unconventional logistical and medical arrangements and knowledge of ballistics at high altitudes. The Main Caucasus Ridge became the battleground that saw the elite German mountain divisions clash with the untrained soldiers of the Red Army, as they fought each other, the weather and the terrain.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Maps
  10. List of Tables
  11. List of Abbreviations
  12. Introduction: The Path Towards the Top Summits of World War II
  13. 1 Russia’s Historical Experience in Mountain Warfare
  14. 2 Soviet Preparations for War in the Mountains
  15. 3 First Battle Tests and the Handicaps of Selective Learning
  16. 4 Contest of Follies: Plan Edelweiss and the German Offensive Across the High Caucasus
  17. 5 ‘Not a Step Back!’:The German Mountain Corps Hits the Wall
  18. 6 The Soviet Counteroffensive: A Stalemate Snatched from the Jaws of Victory
  19. 7 Mosaics of Mountain Warfare: Comparative Military Effectiveness in the High Caucasus
  20. 8 Learning Mountain Warfare the Hard Way
  21. 9 Lessons Ignored: Déjà Vu at Tuapse (1942) and in the Carpathians (1944)
  22. 10 Disdain for Military Professionalism as a Component of the Universal Stalinist Paradigm
  23. Acknowledgements
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index