German Infantryman Vs Soviet Rifleman: Somme 1916

by David Campbell, Johnny Shumate, David Campbell

Featuring full-color artwork, specially drawn maps and archive photographs, this study offers key insights into the tactics, leadership, combat performance and subsequent reputations of six representative German and Soviet infantry battalions pitched into three pivotal actions that determined the course of the Barbarossa campaign at the height of World War II.

The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472803248
• ISBN13: 9781472803245
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"