Operation Barbarossa : the German invasion of Soviet Russia / Robert KIrchubel.

By:

Kirchubel, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford, UK ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey Publishing, 2013Description: 400 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781782004080
1782004084

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DDC classification:

940.54217 23

LOC classification:

D764 .K4932 2013

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Contents:

Chronology -- Introduction -- Opposing plans -- Opposing armies -- Opposing commanders -- The frontier battles -- Three steps forward, one step back -- Barbarossa in the balance -- End game -- Conclusions.

Summary: When Hitler ordered the start of Operation Barbarossa, millions of German soldiers flooded into Russia, believing that their rapid blitzkrieg tactics would result in a victory similar to the ones enjoyed by the Wehrmacht over Poland and France. This book examines how the failure of the invasion contributed to the final defeat of Nazi Germany.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Kenya Military Academy	D764 .K4932 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		KMA003676

"Includes over 90 percent of the original Campaign trilogy text ... [with] new material"--Page 6.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-384) and index.

When Hitler ordered the start of Operation Barbarossa, millions of German soldiers flooded into Russia, believing that their rapid blitzkrieg tactics would result in a victory similar to the ones enjoyed by the Wehrmacht over Poland and France. This book examines how the failure of the invasion contributed to the final defeat of Nazi Germany.

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Operation Barbarossa : the German invasion of Soviet Russia / Robert KIrchubel.