The retreat : Hitler's first defeat /
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| Author / Creator: | Jones, Michael K. |
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| Imprint: | London : John Murray, 2009. |
| Description: | xxi, 328 p., [16] p. of plates : 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/7917851 |
| Summary: | At the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat, in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred motherland, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the ubermensch , the iron-willed fighter. Many of Russia's 27 million military and civilian deaths occurred in this desperate struggle.<br> <br> In THE RETREAT, Michael Jones, acclaimed author of LENINGRAD, tells, with matchless vividness and comprehensiveness, of the crucial turning point of the Second World War - the moment when the armies of Hitler#65533; could go no further#65533; - and of the titanic and cruel#65533; struggle of two mighty empires. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 328 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780719569265 0719569265 9780719569524 0719569524 |
