The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary ReaderThis book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the ‘Great Patriotic War’ of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45. Despite the historical significance of the war, few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides translations of a range of extracts from Soviet documents relating to the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front during World War II, with commentary. This is the only single-volume work in English to use documentary evidence to look at the Soviet war effort from military, political, economic and diplomatic perspectives. The book should not only facilitate a deeper study of the Soviet war effort, but also allow more balanced study of what is widely known in the West as the ‘Eastern Front’. This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of military history, Soviet history, and World War II history. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Lenin Stalin and the West 191739 | 5 |
2 The Icebreaker controversy and Soviet intentions in 1941 | 22 |
3 Barbarossa | 40 |
4 The Battle of Moscow | 68 |
The Battle for Stalingrad | 91 |
6 The Battle of Kursk and the race for the Dnepr | 117 |
7 The siege of Leningrad | 141 |
10 The Ten Stalinist Crushing Blows of 1944 | 220 |
The end of the Reich | 247 |
12 The Soviet invasion of Manchuria | 273 |
Conclusion | 283 |
Chronology of key events | 292 |
Glossary | 304 |
Notes | 314 |
Bibliography | 331 |
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The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader Alexander Hill Limited preview - 2008 |
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader Alexander Hill No preview available - 2010 |
The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader Alexander Hill No preview available - 2009 |