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KNIGHT'S CROSS, OAK-LEAVES AND SWORDS RECIPIENTS
THE EASTERN FRONT 1941-45 |
| By: |
Gordon Williamson, Ramiro Bujeiro (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841766437 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841766430 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
10 September, 2005 |
| Pages: |
64 |
| Synopsis: |
On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmacht stormed forward across frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight's Cross decoration for galantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler's 'brother-in-law'; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |