Thunder in the east : the Nazi-Soviet war 1941-1945 / Evan Mawdsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawdsley, Evan, 1945- author.

Series:

Modern wars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union.

Military campaigns.

Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945)).

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 507 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

Thunder in the East widely regarded as the best short history of the entire Nazi-Soviet military conflict. 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I. The nazi onslaught, 1941-42

Hitler's war

Preparations and perceptions

Operation Barbarossa, June to September 1941

Moscow and the end of Barbarossa, October to December 1941

The first Soviet general offensive, December 1941 to May 1942

Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, June 1942 to January 1943

Part II. The Soviet victory, 1943-45

Total war I: wartime arms and armies

Total war II: occupation and diplomacy

The Red Army takes the initiative, January to September 1943

The Ukraine and Leningrad, August 1943 to April 1944

To the Soviet frontiers, June to October 1944

The march into Eastern Europe, July 1944 to May 1945

The destruction of Nazi Germany, October 1944 to May 1945

Conclusion.

Notes:

Original edition published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472507563

1472507568

OCLC:

932261771