Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia

Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia
ISBN-10
1526771918
ISBN-13
9781526771919
Series
Operation Barbarossa
Category
History
Pages
283
Language
English
Published
2010-11-30
Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Author
Ian Baxter

Description

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world. Indeed, if there was one critical turning point in the Second World War, it would have to be this. The latest book in the Images of War series uses over 300 rare contemporary photographs to capture the scale, intensity and brutality of the fighting that was unleashed on 22 June 1941. No less than 4.5 million men of the Axis Power advanced on a 2,900 kilometer front. We see how the apparently unstoppable German led assaults crushed the Soviet resistance. But not for the first time Russian determination aided by the terrible winter conditions and over extended lines of communication checked the Nazi onslaught. In the annals of warfare there has never arguably been such a bitter and costly campaign.

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