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Greatest Battle, The

By: Simon & Schuster

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Simon & Schuster)

Last Stocked on 12/11/2022

Product Info

Title
Greatest Battle, The
Publisher
Category
Author
Andrew Nagorski
Publish Year
2007
Pages
366
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147834264
Type
Hardcover

Description

The Battle for Moscow was the deadliest battle of World War II--and the deadliest battle of all time. Between September 30, 1941 and April 20, 1942, seven million German and Soviet troops took part in the battle, and 2.5 million of them were killed, taken prisoner, missing or severely wounded. As German troops approached Moscow, half of the city's population fled, while others looted stores, staged strikes and attacked those who were escaping. In the end, the German drive fell short, but Stalin's regime was so embarrassed by how close they came, by the mistakes the Soviet dictator made that allowed them to do so, and the behavior of many of its own citizens, that the battle was given short shrift in their history books.