Crucible of combat : Germany's defensive battles in the Ukraine, 1943-44 / Rolf Hinze ; translated and edited by Frederick P. Steinhardt.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-502).

List of maps; Key to map symbols, map, glossary; Translator's notes; Publishers' note; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Fighting Retreat of the Southern Wing of the German EasternFront, 1943/44; 2. Defending the Dnjepr; 3. Fighting in the Heeresgruppe A Sector; 4. Second Battle of Kirowograd; 5. Heeresgruppe Süd at the Dawn of the New Year; 6. Fighting on the Left Wing of Heeresgruppe Süd; 7. New Push to the West; 8. German Counterattack; 9. Renewed Soviet Offensive; 10. Defensive Battles at the Start of 1944; 11. Battle of Tscherkassy; 12. Situation after the Breakout from the Tscherkassy Pocket.

13. Retreat of Heeresgruppe A14. Soviet Advance to and past Kriwoi Rog; 15. Retreat in the Central Sector of Heeresgruppe Süd; 16. Soviet Attack against the Left Wing of the 8th Armee; 17. Soviet Attack against the Right Wing of the 8th Armee; 18. Soviet Advance into the Vacant Area Between the 8th ArmeeKorps and 1st Panzer Korps; 19. Defense toward the Northeast and East; 20. Battle of Targul-Frumos; 21. Situation at the Beginning of May; 22. The Battle of Tarnopol; 23. Operations in the Tarnopol Area; 24. Fighting in the Tarnopol Area.

25. The Situation on the Left Wing of Heeresgruppe Süd26. The Soviet 'Second Blow' Against the German Lines; 27. Review of the Situation; 28. Advance Against the 1st Panzer Armee; 29. The 'Second Blow' from the Area Southwest of Schepetowka; 30. The Offensive; 31. Fighting Retreat of the 59th Armee Korps; 32. Development of the Situation of the 1st Panzer Armee; 33. The Breakout of the 'Hube Kessel'; 34. Situation of the 17th Armee, Evacuation of Crimea; 35. Attack against the Isthmus near Perekop; 36. Fighting at the Kertsch Front, Eltingen and Mitridat; 37. The Situation of the 17th Armee.

38. The Battle of SewastopolEpilogue; Photographic Essay; Appendix: Orders of Battle; Glossary; Bibliography.

In his historical series Hinze provides the only comprehensive account of events on the central and southern portions of the German Eastern Front during the years of German retreat. This volume covers events on the southern portion of the Eastern Front from late 1943, in the aftermath of the Battle of Kursk, through the great Soviet summer offensives of 1943 and 1944. Following the final failure of German hopes in the great Battle of Kursk, the German forces in the Ukraine were forced ever back, losing ground gained in the years of victorious advance. This volume describes the bitter and eventf.

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