1942: Hitler's Gamble for Victory

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, describes the spring and summer campaigns in the Soviet Union and Africa which crowned the Axis forces with fresh laurels. 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 illustrated, but so too are the lives and deaths of ordinary soldiers caught up in these extraordinary events. Contains 8-page section in black and white.