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Cambridge Military Histories: Operation Barbarossa and Germany´s Defeat in the East
David Stahel
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Description for Cambridge Military Histories: Operation Barbarossa and Germany´s Defeat in the East
Paperback. This book is an important reassessment of the failure of Germany's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union. Series: Cambridge Military Histories. Num Pages: 500 pages, 20 b/w illus. 16 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 728. Series: Cambridge Military Histories. 499 pages, 20 b/w illus. 16 maps 2 tables. An important reassessment of the failure of Germany's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union, first published in 2009. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 154 x 225 x 24. Weight: 768.
Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a Blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the east, and the summer of 1941 is well-known for the German army's unprecedented victories and advances. Yet the German Blitzkrieg depended almost entirely upon the motorised Panzer groups, particularly those of Army Group Centre. Using archival records, in this book David Stahel presents a history of Germany's summer campaign from the perspective of the two ... Read more
Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a Blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the east, and the summer of 1941 is well-known for the German army's unprecedented victories and advances. Yet the German Blitzkrieg depended almost entirely upon the motorised Panzer groups, particularly those of Army Group Centre. Using archival records, in this book David Stahel presents a history of Germany's summer campaign from the perspective of the two ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
499
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Cambridge Military Histories
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521170154
SKU
V9780521170154
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About David Stahel
David Stahel is an independent researcher based in Berlin.
Reviews for Cambridge Military Histories: Operation Barbarossa and Germany´s Defeat in the East
'... thought-provoking and valuable. It dispels any illusions that the first months of Operation Barbarossa were a pushover for the Wehrmacht; Stahel documents in detail, from German war diaries and letters, the heavy fighting and the high casualties.' Evan Mawdsley, The English Historical Review '... a thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and convincing analysis of Barbarossa ... Any still-lingering notions of a ... Read more