The Siege of Brest, 1941: the Red Army's Stand against the Germans during Operation Barbarossa

On 22 June 1941, the first German shells smashed into the Soviet frontier fortress of Brest--Hitler's Operation Barbarossa had begun. As the Wehrmacht advanced, taking the Red Army by surprise, the isolated stronghold of Brest held out in one of World War II's most legendary defenses. This graphic account chronicles the siege of Brest during the opening days of Operation Barbarossa.

  • OCLC #: 886486014
  • ISBN #:
    • 9780811715522
    • 0811715523
  • Call #: D764.3.B7A4513 2015
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Storage — D764.3.B7
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2015.
  • Series Statement:
    • Stackpole military history series
  • Physical Description: xix, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Originally published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
  • Contents:
    • Part 1: Thunderstorm is approaching
    • "Gentlemen, our objective is Brest-Litovsk"
    • King tiger
    • The Brest Fortress
    • Dortmund
    • Part II: The assault
    • Like a knife through butter
    • Like a scythe around a stone
    • The Church of Saint Nikolai
    • Part III: Mopping up
    • Leutnant Hurm's operation
    • The officers' house
    • The East Fort
    • Epilogue.