The attack on the Soviet Union
By: Horst Boog ... [et al.] ; translated by Dean S. McMurrey, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot.
Contributors: Boog, Horst, 1928-
Series: Germany and the Second World War ;; v. 4; Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg.; v. 4.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1364
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
Description: This is the second in the comprehensive ten-volume Germany and the Second World War. The five volumes so far published in German take the story to the end of 1941, and have achieved international acclaim as a major contribution to historical study. Under the auspices of the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History), a team of renowned historians has combined a full synthesis of existing material with the latest research to produce what will be the definitive history of the Second World War. This volume surveys the first year of the war deliberately begun by Nazi Germany. The authors examine the train of interconnected political and military events, and set military operations against the background of Hitler's war policy and general aims, both immediate and long term. The authors show that the conflict took a course quite different from that which Hitler had intended, but nevertheless resulted in a series of conquests for the Third Reich.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1256]-1351) and index.