Three Kings: Axis Royal Armies on the Russian Front 1942, discusses the battles and campaigns, in which the Romanian, Italian, and Hungarian Royal Armies fought on the Eastern Front, in 1942, up until the eve of the Soviet counteroffensive, Operation Uranus.
Cloutier studies in detail the fighting in the Crimea, Izyum, the capture of the Kerch Peninsula, the fall of Sevastopol and the execution of Case Blue.
He traces the development of that operation and the role of the Romanian, Italian, and Hungarian armies.
Cloutier examines how the German departure from the original plan, set the stage for the Axis strategic defeat that winter.
The author also examines the war against the partisans and illustrates the substantial role that the Axis royal armies played in that struggle.
In the discussions of each Axis royal army, Mr.
Cloutier demonstrates that it was not the Romanian 1st Mountain Division which captured the feature known as the Sugar Loaf, but rather the Romanian 4th Mountain Division.
He offers a detailed description of the Italian Savoia Cavalry Regiment's victory in the Battle of Izbushenskiy and discusses the rigorous battles fought by the Hungarian 1st Armored Division.
For this historical work, Mr.
Cloutier made use of books written from the Russian, Romanian, Italian, Hungarian, and German viewpoints.
About the Author: Mr.
Cloutier studied the Russian language at Defense Language Institute and the University of Connecticut.
He has written two previous military history titles: Regio Esercito: the Italian Royal Army in Mussolini's Wars 1935-1943 and Three Kings: Axis Royal Armies on the Russian Front 1941.
Cloutier has also written opinions and guest editorials over the years, for a number of newspapers, including The Providence Journal, The New Haven Register, The Waterbury Republican-American, The Connecticut Post, and The Austin-American Statesman.
He can be contacted at cloutier_patrick@att.
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