The Second World War on the Eastern Front /
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| Author / Creator: | Baker, Lee, 1961- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Pearson Longman, 2009. |
| Description: | 140 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7792092 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- List of Maps
- List of Plates
- Chronology
- Who's Who
- Glossary|xxii
- Maps
- Part 1. Analysis
- Introduction
- 1. The Background
- The Origins of the War on the Eastern Front
- Planning 'Operation Barbarossa'
- Soviet Preparations for War
- 2. 22 June 1941: The Invasion
- The Border Battles
- The Battle for Leningrad
- The Battle for Kiev
- The First Major German Defeat: Rostov
- Mass Murder in the USSR
- The Battle for Moscow
- 3. The War Turns Against The Germans, 1942-43
- 'Operation Blue'
- The Battle for Stalingrad
- German Efforts to Halt the Red Army
- The Partisans
- 'Operation Citadel'
- 4. The Soviet Union On The Offensive
- Battles for the Ukraine
- The Relief of Leningrad
- 'Operation Bagration'
- The Destruction of Army Groups North and South
- The Battle for Berlin
- 5. Assessment
- Part 2. Documents
- 1. Nazi-Soviet Pact, 23 August 1939
- 2. Hitler letter to Mussolini, 21 June 1941
- 3. Directive for 'Operation Barbarossa'
- 4. Directive for Special Areas during 'Operation Barbarossa,'13 March 1941
- 5. Decree for the Conduct of Courts-Martial in the East, 13 May 1941
- 6. 'Commissar Decree,' 6 June 1941
- 7. Stalin's speech on 3 July 1941
- 8. Decree on the Treatment of Civilians, 23 July 1941
- 9. Haider's Diary, 3 July 1941
- 10. Haider's Diary, 11 August 1941
- 11. Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau's order, 10 October 1941
- 12. Hitler comments on motorization, 29 October 1941
- 13. Order for German forces to go on the defensive, 8 December 1941
- 14. Hitler comments on the winter 1941-42, 12 and 17 January 1942
- 15. Order for 'Operation Blue,' 5 April 1942
- 16. Soviet order concerning discipline in the Red Army, 28 July 1942
- 17. A German witness to a mass shooting, 5-6 October 1942
- 18. A German soldier describes the retreat in the Ukraine, Summer 1943
- 19. 'Fortified Areas' Order, 8 March 1944
- 20. A Soviet soldier reports on combat during 'Operation Bagration,' 29 June 1944
- 21. A German soldier reports on fighting on the Eastern Front,14January 1945
- 22. Decree for the destruction of German industry, 30 March 1945
- 23. Hitler's Last Proclamation to the Eastern Front, 15 April 1945
- Further Reading
- References
- Index
