The Defence and Evacuation of the Kuban Bridgehead, January -October 1943: examining a forgotten campaign in the German-Soviet War
Journal: Journal of Military History and Defence Studies
Year: 2020

This article examines the little-known battles fought by German and Soviet forces over the Kuban bridgehead on the north-eastern coast of the Black Sea from January to October 1943. The bridgehead formed when the German Seventeenth Army withdrew into the Taman Peninsula as Army Group A retreated from the Caucasus in the wake of the defeat at Stalingrad. Seventeenth Army held the position through the spring, summer and autumn of 1943, before withdrawing to the Crimea. The campaign can be viewed a