Operation Typhoon
by David Stahel
Germany. Heer. Heeresgruppe MitteMilitary HistoryMoscow, Battle of, Moscow, Russia, 1941-1942GermanyBock, fedor von, 1880-1945
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"The launch of Operation Typhoon heralded the opening of one of the biggest German offensives of World War II. Indeed it is surpassed in scale only by the German operations to invade France and the Low Countries in May 1940 (Case Yellow) and the Soviet Union itself in June 1941 (Operation Barbarossa). Although the fighting on the Eastern Front is arguably best known for Hitler's 1942 offensive to reach and conquer the oil fields of southern Russia (Case Blue), culminating in the battle for Stalingrad, Army Group South's 1942 summer offensive involved only half the number of German troops employed for Operation Typhoon"--
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Germany. Heer. Heeresgruppe MitteMilitary HistoryMoscow, Battle of, Moscow, Russia, 1941-1942GermanyBock, fedor von, 1880-1945Germany, heer
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Tula (Russia)Bri︠a︡nsk (Russia)Vi︠a︡zʹma (Smolenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)Moscow (Russia)20th century
About the author
David Stahel
1975
David Stahel (born 1975 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a historian, author and senior lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales. He specialises in German military history of World War II. Stahel has authored several books on the military operations of the first six months of the Eastern Front, including on the launching of Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Kiev (1941) and the Battle for Moscow.
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