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Acknowledgments | |
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List of Maps | |
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List of Plates | |
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Chronology | |
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Who's Who | |
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Glossaryxxii | |
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Maps | |
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Analysis | |
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Introduction | |
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The Background | |
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The Origins of the War on the Eastern Front | |
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Planning 'Operation Barbarossa' | |
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Soviet Preparations for War | |
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22 June 1941: The Invasion | |
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The Border Battles | |
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The Battle for Leningrad | |
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The Battle for Kiev | |
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The First Major German Defeat: Rostov | |
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Mass Murder in the USSR | |
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The Battle for Moscow | |
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The War Turns Against The Germans, 1942-43 | |
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'Operation Blue' | |
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The Battle for Stalingrad | |
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German Efforts to Halt the Red Army | |
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The Partisans | |
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'Operation Citadel' | |
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The Soviet Union On The Offensive | |
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Battles for the Ukraine | |
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The Relief of Leningrad | |
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'Operation Bagration' | |
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The Destruction of Army Groups North and South | |
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The Battle for Berlin | |
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Assessment | |
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Documents | |
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Nazi-Soviet Pact, 23 August 1939 | |
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Hitler letter to Mussolini, 21 June 1941 | |
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Directive for 'Operation Barbarossa' | |
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Directive for Special Areas during 'Operation Barbarossa,'13 March 1941 | |
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Decree for the Conduct of Courts-Martial in the East, 13 May 1941 | |
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'Commissar Decree,' 6 June 1941 | |
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Stalin's speech on 3 July 1941 | |
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Decree on the Treatment of Civilians, 23 July 1941 | |
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Haider's Diary, 3 July 1941 | |
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Haider's Diary, 11 August 1941 | |
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Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau's order, 10 October 1941 | |
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Hitler comments on motorization, 29 October 1941 | |
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Order for German forces to go on the defensive, 8 December 1941 | |
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Hitler comments on the winter 1941-42, 12 and 17 January 1942 | |
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Order for 'Operation Blue,' 5 April 1942 | |
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Soviet order concerning discipline in the Red Army, 28 July 1942 | |
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A German witness to a mass shooting, 5-6 October 1942 | |
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A German soldier describes the retreat in the Ukraine, Summer 1943 | |
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'Fortified Areas' Order, 8 March 1944 | |
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A Soviet soldier reports on combat during 'Operation Bagration,' 29 June 1944 | |
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A German soldier reports on fighting on the Eastern Front,14January 1945 | |
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Decree for the destruction of German industry, 30 March 1945 | |
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Hitler's Last Proclamation to the Eastern Front, 15 April 1945 | |
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Further Reading | |
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References | |
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Index | |