Russo-German War, Autumn 1941: Defeat of Barbarossa/No 27 by Madeja, W. Victor - 1988

Valor Publishing Co, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Madeja, W. Victor : Russo-German War: Autumn 1941: Defeat of Barbarossa/No 27. Allentown (PA) : Valor Publishing Co, PB, 1988. First edition. Demy quarto (4to) size, 10 7/8"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy stock wrappers glued to textblock; front cover features color reprod of German situation map for 6 Dec, 1941, Army Group North; back is 20 September '41, also northern sector. ii pp prelim material, 81 numbered pp, three unnumbered following. 14 separate orders of battle for German army groups during the period in question, along with 11 tables/charts, 19 photos or sketches, 66 b&w maps, four color glossy maps; small errata sheet tipped in on copyright page. Condition notes: Nine pp have pink highlighting of specific units in orders of battle, pages are thin, so the highlighting shows through to reverse side - irritating, but does not greatly affect utility (all text readable). Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. An extremely data-rich and interesting volume for those interested in the Russo-German War of 1941-45 (the "Eastern Front" of the European Theater of WWII). Russian units/strengths are treated on maps, in tables, and in descriptive text, but not in OOBs. Author/editor Madeja acknowledges that much of the text in the volume is taken directly from US army and captured German army records, but it is not clear where the line is between Madeja's writing and those records. We personally inspect every book we offer.