1942
Hitler's Gamble for Victory
-
GET 18% OFF
- Publisher's listprice GBP 30.00
-
13 545 Ft (12 900 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 18% (cc. 2 438 Ft off)
- Discounted price 11 107 Ft (10 578 Ft + 5% VAT)
- Discount is valid until: 31 May 2026
11 107 Ft
Availability
Not yet published.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 18 June 2026
- ISBN 9781472874962
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages496 pages
- Size 238x160x46 mm
- Weight 760 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8-page section in b&w 700
Categories
Short description:
A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eyes of those who were there.
MoreLong description:
A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eyes of those who were there.
Drawing upon sources in German, Russian, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian and English, 1942: Hitler's Gamble describes the spring and summer campaigns in the Soviet Union and Africa which crowned the Axis forces with fresh laurels. Impressive victories were won at Kharkov, Sevastopol and Tobruk. Axis powers were then on the cusp of victory in Egypt, the Caucasus and Stalingrad until the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut was brought to a halt in the autumn of 1942.
Based upon 15 years of research in archives, museums and libraries across Europe, this is a unique account of this critical year in World War II. No other history has looked at the Eastern and North African theatres in conjunction, masterfully illustrating how the crushing gains on both fronts would be lost by the end of the year.
Richard Hargreaves shines a light on the little studied areas of the war such as the aftermath of Tobruk and challenges traditional German-centric accounts of the Caucasus campaign. Strategy and the hubris of Hitler and his generals is brilliantly illustrated but so too are the lives and deaths of ordinary soldiers caught up in these extraordinary events.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Unfinished business - mopping up 'leftovers' of the 1941 campaign: the battle for Kharkov (May 1942); the capture of the Crimean peninsula and fall of Sevastopol (May-June 1942)
Gazala and Tobruk - Rommel's defeat of Commonwealth forces at Gazala and subsequent rout leading to the fall of Tobruk in June
To the Volga and Elbrus - start of the summer campaign in Russia: advance to Stalingrad and into the Caucasus mountains
Into Egypt - Rommel's advance through Egypt to the Alamein position (June-July 1942)
Axis Armies on the Don - the fate of Italian, Hungarian and Romanian troops sent to Russia to support the German advance
Second to Third Alamein - Rommel's final attempt to break through the British position at Alamein and defensive preparations ahead of the British counter-offensive in October
Stalingrad and the Caucasus - fighting in the city of Stalingrad and in the mountains up to mid-November 1942
Postscript - beginning of the Allied counter-offensives at Alamein and Stalingrad causing the collapse of the German fronts in Africa and Russia and the loss of all 1942's gains.
