Atlas of the Battle for Kiev Part III - The Encirclement and Destruction of the Southwestern Front

This large-format (11 x 17) atlas contains German Army High Command (OKH) Lage Ost daily situation maps depicting actual German and suspected Red Army force dispositions, blown-up maps detailing Axis operations and Red Army counterattacks and counterstrokes, and translated Soviet archival maps depicting Red Army force dispositions throughout this phase of the battle for Kiev, as well as complete orders of battle for the opposing forces as of 1 September and 1 October 1941. Graphically depicts in detail the southward advance by Army Group Center’s Second Army and Second Panzer Group to and across the Desna River, German attacks and Soviet counterstrokes in the Chernigov, Korop, and Konotop regions, Army Group South’s seizure of the Kremenchug bridgehead, the encirclement and destruction of the Southwestern Front, and Soviet attempts to relieve their encircled forces.