The Second World War (5): The Eastern Front 1941-1945

Jukes, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 1841763918 / ISBN 13: 9781841763910

Edité par Osprey Publishing (UK), 2002

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Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l?auteur: After leaving Oxford in 1953 Geoffrey Jukes spent 14 years in the UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Colonial Office, specialising in Russian/Soviet military history, strategy and arms control. From 1967 to 1993 he was also on the staff of the Australian National University. He wrote several articles and books on the Eastern Front in the two World Wars, before his death in 2010.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Second World War (5): The Eastern Front ...
Éditeur : Osprey Publishing (UK)
Date d'édition : 2002
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
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