Thunder in the east : the Nazi-Soviet war 1941-1945

Author(s)

• Mawdsley, Evan

Bibliographic Information

Thunder in the east : the Nazi-Soviet war 1941-1945

Evan Mawdsley

（Modern wars）

Bloomsbury, 2016

2nd ed.

• : pb

Note

First ed.: 2005

"History"--Backcover

Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-497) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Thunder in the East, originally published in 2005, is widely regarded as the best short history of the entire Nazi-Soviet military conflict. It tells the story from the pre-war expectations of Hitler and Stalin, through the pivotal battles deep in Russia in 1942-43, and on to the huge Soviet offensives across Eastern Europe in 1944-45. This final 'march of liberation' destroyed the Third Reich and set Europe's history for the next 45 years. The book provides penetrating answers to vital questions: Why did the war in the East develop as it did? Why did Hitler's Wehrmacht lose? Why did the Red Army win, and why did the people of Soviet Russia pay such a high price for victory? The first edition took advantage of the flood of new sources that followed the end of the Soviet era. This second edition takes account of what has been written over the last decade; the Nazi-Soviet war, in all its aspects, has continued to be the subject of extensive and innovative research and heated controversy.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface Preface Part I: The Nazi Onslaught, 1941-42 1. Hitler's War 2. Preparations and Perceptions 3. Operation BARBAROSSA, June to September 1941 4. Moscow and the End of BARBAROSSA, October to December 1941 5. The First Soviet Offensive, December 1941 to May 1942 6. Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, June 1942 to January 1943 Part II: The Soviet Victory, 1943-45 7. Total War I: Wartime Arms and Armies 8. Total War II: Occupation and Diplomacy 9. The Turning Tide, January to September 1943 10. The Ukraine and Leningrad, August 1943 to April 1944 11. To the Soviet Frontiers, June to October 1944 12. The March into Eastern Europe, July 1944 to May 1945 13. The Destruction of Nazi Germany, October 1944 to May 1945 14. Conclusion Chronology of Events, 1939-45 Glossary Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB21735414
• ISBN:
  • 9781472507563
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 507 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D764
  • DC23 : 940.54/217
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front/
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Soviet Union
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA25183731