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

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Essential Histories - World War I & II

MSRP old price: $17.95


Product Info

Title
Second World War, The (5) - The Eastern Front 1941-1945
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2002
Dimensions
9x11x.75"
NKG Part #
1105786585
MFG. Part #
OSPESS024
Type
Softcover
Series
ESS24

Description

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.