After the defeat at Stalingrad in January 1943, the German Army's front lines were slowly smashed to pieces by the growing might of the Soviet Army. Yet these soldiers continued to fight gallantly. Even after the failed battle of the Kursk in the summer of 1943, and then a year later when the Russians launched their mighty summer offensive, code names Operation BAGRATION, the German Army continued to fight on, withdrawing under constant enemy ground and air bombardments. As the final months of retreat were played out on the Eastern Front in early 1945, it depicts how the once vaunted German Army, with diminishing resources, withdrew back across the Polish/German frontier to Berlin itself. AUTHOR: Ian Baxter is a much published author and photographic collector whose many books draw an increasing following. He is the author of many books in the Images of War Series. SELLING POINTS: . A further addition to the popular Images of War series. . Records the long and costly German withdrawal from the heart of Russia. . The titanic struggles on the Eastern Front has massive appeal. . Superb images that vividly portray the campaign. . Successor volume to The German Army on the Eastern Front – The Advance. . Compiled by the leading Images of War author and collector. 250 photos