World War II
Subtitle: the Eastern Front 1941-1945
By: Geoffrey Jukes.
Contributors: O'Neill, Robert John.
Series: World War II--essential histories
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781435891340
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 -- Juvenile literature; Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953 -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front -- Juvenile literature; Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944 -- Juvenile literature; Germany -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Germany -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Other titles: World War Two; Second World War.
Notes: "Robert O'Neill, series editor."

Originally published as v. 5 of The Second World War. Oxford: Osprey, 2002-2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background to war: a dictators' deal and a double-cross; title: Warring sides: Germany gambles on a quick win; title: Outbreak: Germany achieves surprise; title: The fighting: Red Army battered but not beaten; title: Portrait of a soldier: the German and the Russian view; title: The world around war: propoganda, lend-lease and land grabs; title: Portrait of a civilian: "we were as mobilised as the soldiers"; title: How the war ended: Germany surrenders, Stalin joins the war on Japan; title: Conclusion and consequences: from alliance to Cold War.