Table of Contents

Introduction

The opposing sides
Zhlobin: 6 July 1941
Smolensk: 15–23 July 1941
Vas’kovo–Voroshilovo: 23–27 July 1941
Analysis
Aftermath
Unit organizations

Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study places the reader at the heart of the struggle between these two adversaries at the height of World War II.

About the Author

David Campbell has worked as a freelance new media producer and content specialist for many years, including roles at IBM, the BBC, various internet consultancies and the civil service. He has a broad range of interests in literature and history, including the Middle Ages, the Napoleonic era, naval warfare, and the genesis of the 'military revolution' to name a few. He is the co-author of Men-at-Arms 476 Napoleon's Swiss Troops. Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Edouard Detaille.

Reviews

"German Infantryman Versus Soviet Rifleman uses first-hand accounts, color maps and artwork, and vintage black and white photos to capture the first three battles of the Barbarossa campaign of 1941, and is a recommended pick for any military history collection. It assesses combat performances, considers how the battles set the course of the Eastern Front's events, and creates a powerful survey key to any in-depth military analysis of the times." --James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review "Author David Campbell assesses a battle at Zlobin, the struggle for the destroyed city of Smolensk and the prolonged clash along a dangerously sketched German defensive perimeter at Vas'kovo-Voroshilovo. The book compares the highly skilled and veteran motorized German infantryman and the often ill-trained and poorly equipped Soviet rifleman." --Model Retailer