Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 507 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Second edition
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781474279437
Series Statement:
Modern wars
Content:
Thunder in the East, originally published in 2005, is widely regarded as the best short history of the entire Nazi-Soviet military conflict. It tells the story from the pre-war expectations of Hitler and Stalin, through the pivotal battles deep in Russia in 1942-43, and on to the huge Soviet offensives across Eastern Europe in 1944-45. This final 'march of liberation' destroyed the Third Reich and set Europe's history for the next 45 years. The book provides penetrating answers to vital questions: Why did the war in the East develop as it did? Why did Hitler's Wehrmacht lose? Why did the Red Army win, and why did the people of Soviet Russia pay such a high price for victory? The first edition took advantage of the flood of new sources that followed the end of the Soviet era. This second edition takes account of what has been written over the last decade; the Nazi-Soviet war, in all its aspects, has continued to be the subject of extensive and innovative research and heated controversy
Note:
Original edition published: 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-497) and index
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Part I. The Nazi onslaught, 1941-2 -- 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 general offensive, December 1941 to May 1942 -- Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, June 1942 to January 1943 -- Part II. The Soviet victory, 1943-5 -- Total war I: wartime arms and armies -- Total war II: occupation and diplomacy -- The Red Army takes the initiative, 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.
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Also published in print
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472513458
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472507563
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472511669
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1472511662
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1472507568
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472510082
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781474279437
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