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Operation Barbarossa : the history of a cataclysm /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Soviet Union.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Maps
  • Preface
  • Part one: The slide to war. Paving the way
  • Dictators and democrats
  • Shuttle diplomacy
  • Self-delusion and bad faith
  • A pact with Satan
  • Thieves fall out
  • Stalin ignores the warnings
  • Part two: invasion. The blitzkrieg
  • Hatred and horrors
  • Watching on
  • Stalin's rallying cry
  • A shaky alliance
  • Hideous realities
  • America makes a move
  • Disarray on the Soviet front
  • Hitler's hiatus
  • Part three: counterstrike. Between the lines
  • The carnage of Kiev
  • Leningrad
  • Wars of words
  • Operation Typhoon
  • The Great Panic
  • General Mud
  • The Jewish question
  • Allied preoccupations
  • Mood changes
  • Part four: retreat. The final assault
  • The fateful terminus
  • A global war
  • The retreat
  • Eden meets Stalin
  • The fatal gamble
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgements.