Thunder in the East The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945

Name: Thunder in the East The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945
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ISBN: 9780340808085

ISBN-10: 034080808X

ISBN-13: 9780340808085

Edition: 2005

Authors: Evan Mawdsley

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The battles in Russia played the decisive part in Hitler's defeat. Gigantic, prolonged, and bloody, they contrasted with the general nature of the fighting on other fronts. The Russians fought on their own in "their" theater of war and with an indepedent strategy. Stalinist Russia was a country radically different from its liberal democratic allies. Hitler and the German high command, for their part, conceived and carried out the Russian campaign as a singular "war of annihilation." This riveting new book is a penetrating, broad-ranging, yet concise overview of this vast conflict. It investigates the Wehrmacht and the Red Army and the command and production systems that organized and…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Hodder Education
Publication date: 2/23/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.310
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


List of Tables


List of Abbreviations


List of Code Names


General Editor's Preface


Preface



The Nazi Onslaught, 1941-42



Hitler's War



Preparations and Perceptions



Operation barbarossa, June to September 1941



Moscow and the End of barbarossa, October to December 1941



The First Soviet Offensive, December 1941 to May 1942



Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, June 1942 to January 1943



The Soviet Victory, 1943-45



Total War I: Wartime Arms and Armies



Total War II: Occupation and Diplomacy



The Turning Tide, January to September 1943



The Ukraine and Leningrad, August 1943 to April 1944



To the Soviet Frontiers, June to October 1944



The March into Eastern Europe, July 1944 to May 1945



The Destruction of Nazi Germany, October 1944 to May 1945



Conclusion


Chronology of Events, 1939-45


Glossary


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index