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.
The Second World War Part 5 The Eastern Front 1941-45 [Essential Histories 024]
Author: Geoffrey Jukes
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 25 Jul 2002
Серия: Essential Histories
ISBN: 9781841763910
Страниц: 98 pages
Язык: english
Формат: pdf в rar
Размер: 52,8 МБ
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