TY  - BOOK
AU  - STAHEL David
TI  - Kiev 1941: Hitler's battle for supremacy in the East 
SN  - 9781107014596 (hbk.) :
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - GERMANY
KW  - ARMORED TROOPS
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - 20TH CENTURY
KW  - KIEV (UKRAINE)
KW  - SIEGE, 1941
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [432]-456) and index
N2  - This book charts the battle's course and aftermath, uncovering the losses suffered by Germany's 'panzer groups' despite their battlefield gains, and the implications of these losses for the German war effort. The author illuminates the inner workings of the German army as well as the experiences of ordinary soldiers, showing that with the Russian winter looming and Soviet resistance still unbroken, victory came at huge cost and confirmed the turning point in Germany's war in the East
ER  -