http://blog.unijimpe.net/rss https://www.bubok.es/ Puedes comprar en nuestra librería todos los libros publicados en Bubok. es info@bubok.com (Bubok Publishing) info@bubok.com (Bubok Publishing) https://www.bubok.es/libros/237538/operation-barbarossa-army-group-north-22-june-1941Army Group North under Feldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb advanced to Leningrad, its primary objective. Von Leeb's plan called for capturing the city on the move, but due to Hitler's recall of 4th Panzer Group (persuaded by his Chief of General Staff, Franz Halder, to transfer this south to participate in Fedor von Bock's push for Moscow), von Leeb had to lay the city under siege indefinitely after reaching the shores of Lake Ladoga, while trying to complete the encirclement and reaching the Finnish Army under Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim waiting at the Svir River, east of Leningrad. Finnish military forces were located north of Leningrad, while German forces occupied territories to the south. Both German and Finnish forces had the goal of encircling Leningrad and maintaining the blockade perimeter, thus cutting off all communication with the city and preventing the defenders from receiving any food or supplies. The Germans planned on food being their chief weapon against the citizens; German scientists had calculated that the city would reach starvation after only a few weeks. https://www.bubok.es/libros/237536/operation-barbarossa-22-june-1941Operation Barbarossa was named after Frederick Barbarossa, the medieval Holy Roman Emperor. The invasion was authorized by Hitler on 18 December 1940 (Directive No. 21) for a start date of 15 May 1941, but this would not be met, and instead the invasion began on 22 June 1941. Tactically, the Germans won resounding victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of the Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine. Despite these successes, the German offensive stalled on the outskirts of Moscow and was then pushed back by a Soviet counter offensive without ever having taken the city. The Germans could never again mount a simultaneous offensive along the entire strategic SovietGerman front. The Red Army repelled the Wehrmacht's strongest blow, and Adolf Hitler did not achieve the expected victory, but the Soviet Union's situation remained dire. Operation Barbarossa's failure led to Hitler's demands for further operations inside the USSR, all of which eventually failed, such as continuing the Siege of Leningrad, Operation Nordlicht, and Operation Blue, among other battles on occupied Soviet territory. Operation Barbarossa was the largest military operation in history in both manpower and casualties. Its failure was a turning point in the Third Reich's fortunes. Most importantly, Operation Barbarossa opened up the Eastern Front, to which more forces were committed than in any other theater of war in world history. Regions covered by the operation became the site of some of the largest battles, deadliest atrocities, highest casualties, and most horrific conditions for Soviets and Germans alike�all of which influenced the course of both World War II and 20th-century history. The German forces captured over three million Soviet POWs in 1941, who were not granted the protection stipulated in the Geneva Conventions. Most of them never returned alive. Germany deliberately starved the prisoners to death as part of its "Hunger Plan", i.e., the program to reduce the Eastern European population. https://www.bubok.es/libros/237421/battle-of-prokhorovka-5-july-1943The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on the Eastern Front during the Second World War as part of the Battle of Kursk in the Soviet Union (450 kilometers / 280 miles south of Moscow). Principally, the German Wehrmacht's Fourth Panzer Army clashed with the Soviet Red Army's 5th Guards Tank Army. It is the largest tank battle in military history. On 5 July 1943 the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht launched Operation Citadel. The aim of the German High Command was to destroy the considerable Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. Destroying the Red Army in the field would recover the strategic initiative for the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. The operation was to be achieved by five German field armies, which were to strike in a pincer movement on either side of the Kursk Bulge. In the ensuing Battle of Kursk, German forces were halted on the northern Orel sector. However, in the south the formations of Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS achieved a deeper penetration, approaching Prokhorovka. The Red Army was forced to commit its operational reserves sooner than it would have wished. The resulting clash of armour occurred on 12 July 1943 and became known as one of the largest tank battles in history. https://www.bubok.es/libros/205107/fieldmarshall-erwin-rommelThe realization of a man's ambition is possible only within the limitations imposed by his physiology and psychology. If, in addition to exploiting their natural endowments to the full, illustrious leaders could but detect, evaluate and subjugate their frailties, how much more contented and effective they might be, and how different the course of history. Consider the biographical details of the 'Great Captains': how many of them managed to check the onward rush of their careers before becoming overstretched by sheer exhaustion or by attempting feats beyond their capacityIn particular, recall to mind the men of action who sought fame at the cannon's mouth, and ask how many of them considered in any depth the consequences of their search for glory.https://www.bubok.es/libros/205106/rommel---campana-en-africa-del-norteOfensiva italiana en AfricaEn 1935 el Ejercito Italiano contaba solamente con una fuerza de 20.000 hombres destacada en Libia, considerada para esa época adecuada a las necesidades de seguridad interna. Con ocasión de la guerra contra Etiopía, se trasladaron algunos contingentes mas, pero realmente no se hizo nada en labores de proveer dispositivos defensivos, no mejorar el apoyo logístico. En Enero de 1937 se decidio la creación de un Mando Superior para Africa Septentrional, disponiendo de dos Cuerpos de Ejercito y cuatro divisiones. En 1938 se destaco un Cuerpo Expedicionario constituido por dos Cuerpos de Ejercito mas y cuatro divisiones. Sin embargo no se disponía de los medios acorazados necesarios a este tipo de teatro de guerra ampliamente favorable a la utilización de ellos en campañas de extremada movilidad.En 1940 una vez se inicio la guerra se dispuso del traslado de vehículos medios de once toneladas, armados con cañones de 37mm, pero que prontamente presentaron problemas de tipo mecánico. Además tampoco se contaba con unidades antiaéreas y contracarro necesarias para poder montar un verdadero sistema defensivo adecuado a la guerra moderna.https://www.bubok.es/libros/205105/divisiones-panzer-1939-1945El concepto que lidero el camino para el desarrollo del futuro de los tanques alemanes fue formulado en detalle, por primera vez, por un grupo de trabajo conformado alrededor del mas tarde Generaloberst Heinz Guderian en los años 30. Nadie podia imaginar en esa epoca que el tanque concebido como vehiculo de apoyo, seria el que acompañaria a las tropas Panzer - Panzertruppen - desde sus dias de gloria, hasta la caida del III Reich. En 1930 se penso en contar con dos tipos de tanques, uno equipado con un arma antitanque y el otro como vehiculo de apoyo. Para estos vehiculos en el rango de las 18 toneladas, se opto por el nombre encubierto de «Blegeitwagen» , por la restriccion que tenia Alemania en el campo de la construccion o tenencia de tanques debido a las clausulas del Tratado de Versalles. El vehiculo «BW» debia equipar las compañias medias, las compañias de apoyo de las Panzertruppen. El armamento estaria conformado por un cañon de gran calibre y dos ametralladoras, una en la torreta, coaxial al cañon y otra en la superestructura. La denominacion para este vehiculo fue «Gesch.Kpfw (75mm) (Vskfz. 618» que fue cambiada oficialmente en Abril 3 de 1936 a «Panzerkampfwagen IV (7.5 cm) (Vskfz 622). https://www.bubok.es/libros/17162/revista-de-historia-militar-no-4Revista de Historia Militar dedicada a las batallas, campañas, equipos y personajes de la II Guerra Mundial