: Provided large formations that occupied vast sectors of the front, particularly along the Don River.
By the summer of 1942, more than half a million non-German troops were essential to Hitler's push toward the Caucasus oil fields and Stalingrad. These armies were often used to guard the long, vulnerable flanks of the German Sixth Army. The Destruction of Germany's Allies on the East...
The phrase "The Destruction of Germany's Allies on the Eastern Front" primarily refers to the subject of by Jonathan Trigg . This book details the catastrophic collapse of over 500,000 Axis troops from Romania, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, and Croatia during the Soviet winter offensives of 1942–43. The Role of Axis Allies : Provided large formations that occupied vast sectors