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Military History - Northeast Slovakia

Dukla Pass 1944 Overview | 1944 Dukla Soviet Battle Maps - Annotated | Post-Dukla Military Operations  | 1939 Hungary Annexation | Military Records - Archives | General Maps | WWII Battle Maps

Much material is available on the Military History of this region at a macro level and will not be repeated herein.  What is lacking are English-language documentation of local military operations, especially as they involved the local citizens.  This section is limited to unique accounts and local research not found elsewhere.

Local (Northeast Slovakia) Operations

• 1939 Hungary Annexation of East Slovakia

• 1944 Battle of Dukla Pass - World War II

• Dukla Pass 1944 Overview

• 1944 Soviet Dukla Battle Maps - Carpathian Mountains (produced by Soviet Military) - Offsite

• 1944 Soviet Dukla Battle Maps - Annotated - Same as above but with place name and regimental information

• Russian Offensive, Post-Dukla

1938-1945 World War II European Battle Maps

World War II European Battle Maps Battle Maps Related to Operations In/Near Eastern Slovakia (produced & hosted by the US Military Academy)

• Soviet Offensives, 2 December 1943 - 30 April  1944

• Soviet Offensives, 22 June - 19 August 1944

• Soviet Offensives, 19 August - 31 December 1944

• Soviet Offensives, 12 January - 30 March 1945

• Campaign in Poland. 31 August 1939

• Campaign in Poland, 1 September 1939

• Campaign in Poland, 1 - 14 September 1939

Regional/Global Resources

• 1914-1918 World War I Battle Maps (U.S. Military Academy)

Related Material

• Military Records in Upper Hungary (Slovakia)

• General Map References

• Military Discussion Groups

Bibliography

1. "The Great March of Liberation", Konev, Zakharov, Zheltov, Grechko, Sharokhin, Telegin, Progress Publishers, USSR, 1972

2. "Dukla", Vydavatelstvo Osveta, Vychodoslovenske Vydavatelstvo & Dukla Museum in Svidnik, 1979, CSSR Below Snina Rock (1964) - Translated to English

3. "Below Snina Rock", 1964, Vladimír Slimák

4. "Road To Berlin", John Erickson, Westview Press, 1983 ISBN 0891587950

5. Feldgrau.com - research on the German armed forces 1918-1945 Dukla Soviet Battle Map Sep-Nov 1944 Dukla Soviet Battle Map - Engagement

6. "Srazheniye v Karpatakh", Levchenko V.S., Moscow, 1960

7. Moskalenko, K. S. Na wgo-zapadnom napravlenii (On the Southwestern Front). Moscow: Izdatelstvo Nauka, 1969

8. "Forgotten Battles of the Soviet-German War 1941-1945", Glantz, Col. David M., Volumes 1-7, 1998-2004, Privately printed by the author    (Volume 7, to include Dukla and Debrecen anticipated in 2007)

9. "The good soldier Švejk and his fortunes in the World War", Hašek, Jaroslav, 1883-1923, published 1973.  Available in public libraries and from used booksellers.

10. Über die Karpaten' "Over the Karpats", Marshal Grechko's

11. http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=55407

12. Military Records Bibliography

Last Update: 13 April 2005                                                 

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