{"title":"10% OFF Casemate Special Offer","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"defeat-at-the-dnepr","title":"Defeat at the Dnepr","description":"\u003ch1 id=\"product-title\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003eDefeat at the Dnepr\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"product-subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe XLVIII. Panzerkorps’ Counterattack at Kiev, November 1943\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-details\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003e Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSimon Waring\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHardback\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e6\" x 9\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e336\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003ePhotos:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e9 maps and 19 images\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCasemate\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-barcode\" class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e9781636245041\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-sku\" style=\"margin-top: 15px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem No. 9781636245041\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 15px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-description\" style=\"text-indent: 25px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e“Drawing on an impressive body of primary sources, Waring’s book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the desperate fighting of German army formations on the Eastern Front following the epic defeat at the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943. A particularly interesting and instructive aspect is his analysis and critique of the often self-justifying post-war memoirs of former commanders on the Eastern Front. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in World War II or military history and strategy in general.\" — Christer Bergström, author of Black Cross Red Star: Air War on the Eastern Front and Barbarossa: Hitler Versus Stalin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn late 1943, the German Army on the Eastern Front was in dire straits. Its southern army group had been pushed out of eastern Ukraine, and on 6 November 1943, Kiev—one of the Soviet Union’s largest cities—was retaken by an increasingly capable Soviet Red Army. To prevent the total collapse of his army group’s front line, \u003cem\u003eGeneralfeldmarschall\u003c\/em\u003e von Manstein had no choice but to launch a counterattack to halt the Red Army’s advance and recapture the Ukrainian capital. On 7 November, two \u003cem\u003ePanzer \u003c\/em\u003edivisions attached to the \u003cem\u003eXLVIII Panzerkorps\u003c\/em\u003e plunged into the Red Army’s positions southwest of Kiev, stopping the Red Army in its tracks. Five days later, two more \u003cem\u003ePanzer\u003c\/em\u003e divisions joined the counterattack, and the \u003cem\u003eXLVIII Panzerkorps\u003c\/em\u003e achieved numerous tactical victories as it marched northeast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommanded by \u003cem\u003eGeneral der Panzertruppen\u003c\/em\u003e Balck after mid-November, the \u003cem\u003eXLVIII Panzerkorps\u003c\/em\u003e continued producing tactical success as it swept aside disorganized resistance from Soviet General Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Front, and recaptured important towns and logistics hubs on the path to Kiev. German hopes for the city’s recapture were dashed in late November, however, as Vatutin’s armies were finally able to stop the German advance, inflict heavy losses, and force Balck to end the counterattack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his postwar memoir, \u003cem\u003eGeneral der Panzertruppen\u003c\/em\u003e Balck claimed that meddling by higher-level commanders and poor weather squandered his efforts to recapture Kiev. His Soviet opponents claimed the opposite: a superior Red Army defeated the \u003cem\u003eXLVIII Panzerkorps\u003c\/em\u003e, and claims about poor weather were merely self-serving justifications for German failure. This first full-length treatment of this forgotten battle definitively answers these questions, correcting the historical record on many unknown, ambiguous, and contentious details relating to the \u003cem\u003eXLVIII Panzerkorps\u003c\/em\u003e counterattack, and in doing so, shedding light on the nature of combat on the Eastern Front in late 1943.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e","brand":"Casemate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638094413998,"sku":"9781636245041","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/2486\/9806\/files\/9781636245041_8f3cce88-d827-4779-b783-ed01ad8510c2.jpg?v=1783024204"},{"product_id":"german-counterinsurgency-campaigning-in-the-balkans-1942-45","title":"German Counterinsurgency Campaigning in the Balkans, 1942–45","description":"            \u003ch1 id=\"product-title\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003eGerman Counterinsurgency Campaigning in the Balkans, 1942–45\u003c\/h1\u003e      \u003ch2 id=\"product-subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJaegers and Partisans\u003c\/h2\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv id=\"product-details\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCharles. 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Focusing on the 7. SS-Mountain Division “Prinz Eugen” as a case study, it reveals how moral, legal, and operational imperatives clashed in a campaign waged in the so-called “gray zone” of modern warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a mix of German primary sources, oral testimony, and critical historiography, the book challenges familiar narratives by engaging with recent debates on Wehrmacht complicity, military ethics, and the reinterpretation of unit histories. It offers a conceptual and operational analysis that moves beyond traditional timelines, instead using a dialectical approach to examine “what” happened and “why” these actions were shaped by the doctrinal ideas of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a unit history, this is a philosophical and doctrinal inquiry into how counterinsurgency was understood, practiced, and justified—then and now. It interrogates the space between necessity and atrocity, between tactical effectiveness and moral failure. 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