The war behind the Eastern Front : the Soviet partisan movement in North-West Russia, 1941-1944 /

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Author / Creator:Hill, Alexander, 1974-
Imprint:London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2005.
Description:xxv, 195 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war, 1462-0960 ; 18
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5585404
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ISBN:0714657115
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Soviet partisan movement and German occupation policy in Western, Soviet and post?Soviet writing
  • Chapter 2. The case study area - The Rear Areas of Army Group North
  • Chapter 3. Soviet and German preparations for occupation and resistance
  • Chapter 4. The establishment and nature of German military government
  • Chapter 5. The fledgling partisan movement
  • Chapter 6. Who was winning the partisan war during 1941? - The military effectiveness of the partisan movement
  • Chapter 7. Life under German military government c. December 1941 - spring/summer 1943
  • Chapter 8. German 'anti-partisan' warfare and the civilian population
  • Chapter 9. The Soviet partisan movement comes of age
  • Chapter 10. The suppression of the adolescent partisan movement - Partisan losses, the fragmentation of units and forced withdrawal to Soviet lines
  • Chapter 11. Evacuation, scorched earth, and the emergence of a 'vsenarodnoe' partisan movement Conclusion - German brutality, the changing fortunes of the partisan movement and the partisan movement in the general context of the Soviet war effort Sources