The Waffen-SS at Kharkov: February--March 1943

by Massimiliano Afiero

In 1943, German forces launched a counteroffensive, reclaiming Kharkov during a crucial Eastern Front crisis.

At the beginning of 1943, the German armed forces were in crisis on the southern front in Russia. The Soviets had launched a series of offensives from November 1942 that pushed the Germans back hundreds of kilometers. The Germans had no more significant reserves available, and enormous breaches had opened between defensive lines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636244394
• ISBN13: 9781636244396
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 128 Pages