Barbarossa Campaign in 1941: Hungarian Perspective (Connoisseurs

Kagero

Barbarossa Campaign in 1941Hungarian Perspective\nAuthor(s): Peter Mujzer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza, Poland\nImprint: Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza\nISBN-13: 9788366673670, 978-8366673670\nSynopsis\nIn this book, I would like to introduce to our readers the first major campaign of the Royal Hungarian Army fought against the Red Army in Ukraine from July until November of 1941. The Barbarossa campaign started 80 years ago, on 22 June 1941, pitting the forces of the Soviet Union against those of the Third Reich and its allies. Hungary was among the less willing allies who participated on the side of the Germans. On strategically level the Hungarian involvement during the first phase of the war against the Soviet Union was minimal. On the other hand, the Hungarian committed their most modern, partially motorized units; the Mobile Corps and the elite mountain jagers and border guard troops of the VIII Corps and the selected units of the Royal Hungarian Air Forc.