The Second World War, Vol. 5 : The Eastern Front 1941-1945 (Essential Histories)

Jukes, Geoffrey

Routledge（2003/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 96 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415968492
• DDC分類 940.54

Full Description

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 invade the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and offers an account of the campaign that followed. The Germans expected to conquer Russia in only four months, but at Stalingrad and then at Kursk the Russians held their ground. At a human cost of 27 million Russian lives, Hitler was forced into a humiliating retreat, while the Soviet Union emerged from the war as a global superpower.

Contents

Introduction, Chronology, Background to war A dictators' deal and a double-cross, Warring sides Germany gambles on a quick win, Outbreak Germany achieves surprise, The fighting Red Army battered but not beaten, Portrait of a soldier The German and the Russian view, The world around war Propaganda, Lend-Lease and land grabs, Portrait of a civilian 'We were as mobilised as the soldiers', How the war ended Germany surrenders, Stalin joins the war on Japan, Conclusion and consequences From alliance to Cold War, Bibliography, Index