Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Mansteins Kharkov Counteroffensive - February-March 1943 - George M M. Nipe - Hardcover

Last Victory in Russia is a well written detail-oriented look at the last great achievement of the German Armed Forces in World War Two the defense and retaking of the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov. *A battle so vicious it produced more casualties than all American losses during the entire Vietnam war *. Knowing how badly he was outnumbered, outgunned and outsupplied, General Manstein assembled 4 of the most battle-worthy and prestigious combat divisions the German Wermacht could field for his operation the SS divisions Leibstandarte, Das Reich, and Totenkopf, and the elite Army division Grossdeutschland. In February of 1943 General Manstein unleashed the fury of his SS divisions on the 4 massive Russian armies defending the recently captured city of Kharkov.Nipe, George M., Jr. is the author of 'Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Mansteins Kharkov Counteroffensive - February-March 1943 - George M M. Nipe - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780764311864 and ISBN 0764311867.