Thunder in the East

The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945

AvEvan Mawdsley,Hew Strachan

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2015-11-19
Mått:150 x 232 x 30 mm
Vikt:780 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Modern Wars
Antal sidor:536
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781472507563

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Evan Mawdsley is former Professor of International History at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has written extensively on 20th-century Russia and World War Two.

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The historiography of the Nazi-Soviet war has changed radically over time leading to a confusing array of competing narratives on many issues. Capturing this vast war in a single condensed, accessible and even-handed volume has eluded most attempts until relatively recently and Mawdsley’s Thunder in the East is without doubt the best. This new edition is brilliantly comprehensive and delightfully rich in German, Russian and English source material. The narrative is engaging, the analysis remarkably perceptive and Mawdsley’s conclusions are, as always, well-reasoned. This is the book to own on the Nazi-Soviet war.

Innehållsförteckning

Series Editor's PrefacePrefacePart I: The Nazi Onslaught, 1941-421. Hitler's War2. Preparations and Perceptions3. Operation BARBAROSSA, June to September 19414. Moscow and the End of BARBAROSSA, October to December 19415. The First Soviet Offensive, December 1941 to May 19426. Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, June 1942 to January 1943Part II: The Soviet Victory, 1943-457. Total War I: Wartime Arms and Armies8. Total War II: Occupation and Diplomacy9. The Turning Tide, January to September 194310. The Ukraine and Leningrad, August 1943 to April 194411. To the Soviet Frontiers, June to October 194412. The March into Eastern Europe, July 1944 to May 194513. The Destruction of Nazi Germany, October 1944 to May 194514. ConclusionChronology of Events, 1939-45GlossaryBibliographyIndex

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