Format:
1 online resource (169 pages)
ISBN:
9781461646839
Series Statement:
Total War
Content:
In War of Annihilation, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a clear, concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, Megargee dispels the myths that have distorted the role of Germany's military leadership in both the military operations themselves and the unthinkable crimes that were part of them.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 - THE ROOTS OF THE WAR OF ANNIHILATION -- DEEP BACKGROUND -- DRESS REHEARSAL: POLAND -- 2 - PLANS AND PREPARATIONS, 1940-1941 -- THE DECISION TO ATTACK -- PLANNING THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN -- PLANNING THE WAR OF ANNIHILATION -- 3 - INITIAL VICTORIES AND ATROCITIES, JUNE TO AUGUST -- MILITARY OPERATIONS TO THE BEGINNING OF JULY -- GERMAN ASSESSMENTS, AND THE NEXT PHASE -- THE WAR BEHIND THE LINES BEGINS -- THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR -- THE TREATMENT OF ENEMY CIVILIANS, AND THE ANTIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN -- INITIAL MEASURES AGAINST THE JEWS -- 4 - THE SECOND PHASE: EXPANDING CONQUEST AND GENOCIDE, AUGUST TO OCTOBER -- OPERATIONS IN AUGUST: ARMY GROUP NORTH -- ARMY GROUP SOUTH: TO THE DNIEPER -- MOSCOW OR THE UKRAINE? -- ENCIRCLEMENT IN THE UKRAINE -- ARMY GROUP NORTH: OPERATIONS IN SEPTEMBER -- PLANNING TYPHOON -- BEHIND THE LINES: RADICALIZATION -- THE PARTISAN WAR AND THE GERMAN REACTION -- THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS EXPANDS -- 5 - THE FINAL DRIVE ON MOSCOW AND SYSTEMATIC KILLING, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER -- VYAZMA AND BRYANSK -- THE MOMENTUM FADES -- DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FLANKS -- REALITY INTRUDES-TO AN EXTENT -- STRAIN ON THE FLANKS -- THE LAST LUNGE TOWARD MOSCOW -- BEHIND THE LINES -- SUFFERING IN THE CIVILIAN SPHERE -- THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS -- THE ARMY'S ROLE -- 6 - FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, TO EARLY 1942 -- THE SOVIET COUNTEROFFENSIVE BEGINS -- THE WAR WIDENS -- CHANGES IN COMMAND -- BEHIND THE LINES -- THE FATE OF THE JEWS -- THE FINAL SOLUTION AND BARBAROSSA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- TOTAL WAR.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742544826
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780742544826
Language:
English
Keywords:
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