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    Behind Soviet Lines: Hitler's Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942

    Behind Soviet Lines: Hitler's Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942

    by David R. Higgins, Johnny Shumate (Illustrator), Mark Stacey (Illustrator)


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      ISBN-13: 9781782006015
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
    • Publication date: 10/20/2014
    • Series: Raid , #47
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 80
    • File size: 14 MB
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    David R. Higgins attended the Columbus College of Art & Design, and received a BFA from Ohio State University and an MISM from Keller. In addition to the Roer River Battles he has written over twenty articles for magazines such as Strategy & Tactics, Armchair General, and World at War, as well as MCSGroup, a conflict simulation provider for the US Defense Department.

    Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.
    Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Édouard Detaille.

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction 4

    Origins 7

    Germany's special forces 7

    World War II and the Brandenburgers 9

    Initial Strategy 12

    Operation Borbarossa 12

    The Eastern Front in 1942 13

    Operation Blau 18

    The Plan 22

    The war for oil 22

    Technical challenges 23

    Brandenburgers in Barbarossa 23

    An unconventional plan 25

    Training for the mission 27

    Operating behind the lines 28

    The Brandenburgers' opponents 28

    The Raid 30

    The Caucasus campaign 30

    The battle for Rostov-on-Don 33

    Hitler intervenes 38

    The Brandenburgers seize Bataisk Bridge 40

    Beyond the Don River 43

    'Not a single step back!' 46

    The Brandenburgers' chance to infiltrate Maikop 47

    Behind Soviet lines 50

    Guests of the NKVD 52

    Touring the Maikop defences 54

    The Panzers approach 54

    The Brandenburgers strike 58

    Belaya Bridge 62

    Aftermath 65

    Restarting oil production 66

    Analysis 68

    The military objectives 68

    The oil question 69

    The broader campaign 71

    Conclusion 75

    Bibliography 78

    Index 80

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    In the summer of 1942, following the invasion of Russia the previous year, Hitler's 'Brandenburger' commando units undertook a daring operation deep inside Soviet-held territory. Disguised as members of Stalin's NKVD, the secret police dreaded by most Soviet citizens and soldiers, the Brandenburgers passed unsuspected past the Red Army's checkpoints, before launching their surprise operation to seize the vital Soviet oil facilities around Maikop – delivering them intact into Nazi hands. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this expert assessment of the Maikop operation casts new light on German special-forces operations on the Eastern Front.

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