Disaster at Moscow: Von Bock's Campaigns 1941-1942 - Alfred Turney

Title: Disaster at Moscow: Von Bock's Campaigns 1941-1942
Author: Alfred W. Turney
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd.
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First published in Great Britain, 1971
ISBN: 0-304-93668-5
Condition: Second-hand. Good. Ex-library copy with State Library Board of Western Australia stamps to the copyright page and a library number written on the dust-jacket spine. The dust jacket shows rubbing, edge wear, small chips and creasing, with general age-related marks and light spotting. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Alfred Turney examines Field Marshal Fedor von Bock and the German Army Group Centre during the 1941-42 drive on Moscow, using von Bock's war diary and other contemporary military sources to explore the campaign's command decisions, setbacks and ultimate failure.

A detailed account of one of the decisive campaigns of the Eastern Front, combining military biography with operational history. It will appeal to readers interested in the Second World War, Operation Barbarossa, German command and the Battle of Moscow.