RARE ORIGINAL ARMY GROUP NORTH 1943 SECRET BATTLE PLANS AND ANALYSIS

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RARE ORIGINAL ARMY GROUP NORTH 1943 SECRET BATTLE PLANS AND ANALYSIS

‘SECRET OBJECT…UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR’

Outstanding presentation book: “The Campaign Against the Soviet Union by Army Group North Year of the War 1943”, 17 1/2″ x 12″, beige cloth covers with emblem of Army Group North at lower corner. Approx. 200pp. marked as a “Secret Object…until the end of the war” with multiple maps, illustrations, photographs, graphs, etc., ‘Prüfnummer’ (proof number) 39 (probably of 100 published copies). A mountain of information is contained within these covers, certainly meant only for top level review. Includes frontis portraits of commanding Gen. Georg von Kuchler and his immediate subordinates, list of Knights Cross recipients, and about 70 full-page maps showing the disposition of hundreds of infantry, panzer, artillery, flak, and transport units at several periods during the year, with explanatory text. These maps have been meticulously prepared and contain an extraordinary amount of detail including the advance and retreat of German and enemy forces. The rear of the presentation bears graphs showing losses and replenishment of soldiers in the 16th and 18th Armies, those wounded and sick (44% died or were permanently relieved), replenishment of fuel, ammunition, provisions, etc., shipping arrived per port, ammunition consumed, etc. and finally, a map showing the position of the group as of Dec. 31, 1943. At this point, the war had started to turn as the siege of Leningrad was becoming fruitless thanks to intense Soviet pressure and the Lake Ladoga lifeline, and the Germans barely escaped the Demyansk Pocket. This item was never for public sale and who knows how few copies have survived. A rare piece of history in nice condition.

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