T-34 vs StuG III: Finland 1944

The Red Army launched a massive armoured assault up the Karelian Isthmus in 1944 to eliminate German and Finnish forces facing Leningrad. Soviet units sent into Finland were equipped with new T-34-85 tanks and StuG III assault guns, making the StuG III battalion the most modern and powerful element of the Finnish armoured division. This is the story of the epic battles in Finland during June and July 1944, featuring specially commissioned artwork and archive photographs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 80 pages
Publication date: 22 August 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Red Army launched a significant armored attack up the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944 to eliminate any remaining German and Finnish forces threatening the Leningrad region. Most of the Soviet units dispatched to Finland were new to the area, having recently fought in the Leningrad area. Consequently, some of these units were equipped with the latest Soviet equipment, including the advanced T-34-85 tank, which was deployed alongside the older T-34-76 model. Germany initially refused to sell new tanks to the Finns without a strengthened military alliance, but in 1943, it began supplying them with a limited number of StuG III assault guns. This made the StuG III battalion the most modern and formidable component of the Finnish armored division, and it saw extensive combat in the June-July summer battles. This book features commissioned artwork and a collection of archive photographs, providing a captivating account of the roles played by Soviet and Finnish armored forces in the epic clashes in Finland during June and July 1944.

Weight: 258g
Dimension: 248 x 184 x 6 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472832351