The Second World War (5) The Eastern Front 1941–1945,9781841763910

The Second World War (5) The Eastern Front 1941–1945

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ISBN13: 9781841763910
ISBN10: 1841763918
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-25
Publisher(s): Osprey Publishing
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Summary

In 1940, fresh from the success in France, Hitler turned his attention to the East. In this volume Geoffrey Jukes explains what led to Hitler's decision to instigate the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and offers a concise account of the campaign that followed. The Germans expected to conquer Russia in only four months, but at Stalingrad and then Kursk the Russians fought back. At a human cost of 27 million Soviet lives Hitler was forced into a humiliating retreat and Russia emerged from the war as a super power ready to take on the capitalist world.

Author Biography

After leaving Oxford in 1953 Geoffrey Jukes spent 14 years in the UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Colonial Office, specialising in Russian/Soviet military history, strategy and arms control. From 1967 to 1993 he was also on the staff of the Australian National University. He has written five books and numerous articles on the Eastern Front in the two World Wars.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(2)
Chronology 9(6)
Background to war
A dictators' deal and a double-cross
15(6)
Warring sides
Germany gambles on a quick win
21(3)
Outbreak
Germany achieves surprise
24(1)
The fighting
Red Army battered but not beaten
25(55)
Portrait of a soldier
The German and the Russian view
80(3)
The world around war
Propoganda, Lend-Lease and land grabs
83(3)
Portrait of a civilian
`We were as mobilised as the soldiers'
86(2)
How the war ended
Germany surrenders, Stalin joins the war on Japan
88(1)
Conclusion and consequences
From alliance to Cold War
89(4)
Bibliography 93(1)
Index 94

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