Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk Volumes 1–4 (Paperback Edition)
Contains the following titles:
Barbarossa Derailed The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941 Volume 4 : Atlas - Paperback
£177.45 £106.47 FREE UK delivery on orders over £30
Exclusive Bundle Deal: 40% Off
This definitive four-volume study by David Glantz tells the full story of the pivotal Battle of Smolensk, July–September 1941, the campaign that shattered Hitler’s hopes for a rapid march on Moscow. Drawing on a vast range of German and Soviet archival sources, Glantz reconstructs the German advance, the encirclement battles, and the fierce Soviet counteroffensives that ultimately derailed Operation Barbarossa.
Volumes 1 & 2 provide a detailed chronological narrative of operations, highlighting German offensive planning, Soviet counterstrokes, and the attritional strategy that bled Army Group Center.
Volume 3 presents a unique collection of translated orders, reports, and operational summaries from both sides, offering rare insight into commanders’ thinking under relentless pressure.
Volume 4 serves as a richly illustrated battlefield atlas, with over 100 specially commissioned maps tracing the campaign in unprecedented detail.
Together, these volumes form the most comprehensive account available of the Smolensk campaign, a turning point that determined the fate of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. Essential reading for scholars, military historians, and all readers of Eastern Front history.
