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Barbarossa Through Soviet Eyes. The First Twenty-Four Hours

Door Artem Drabkin e.a.

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#218840
Titel
Barbarossa Through Soviet Eyes. The First Twenty-Four Hours
Auteur
Drabkin, Artem & Alexei Isaev & Christopher Summerville
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Pen & Sword, Barnsley
Jaar van uitgave
2012
ISBN10
184415923X
ISBN13
9781844159239
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

22 June 1941 changed the direction of the Second World War. It also changed the direction of human history. Unleashing a massive, three-pronged assault into Soviet territory, the German army unwittingly created its own nemesis, forging the modern Russian state in the process. Thus, for most Russians, 22 June 1941 was a critical point in their nation's history. After the first day of 'Barbarossa' nothing would be the same again - for anyone. Now, for the first time in English, Russians speak of their experiences on that fatal Sunday. Apparently caught off guard by Hitler's initiative, the Soviets struggled to make sense of a disaster that had seemingly struck from nowhere. Here are generals scrambling to mobilise ill-prepared divisions, pilots defying orders not to grapple with the mighty
... (Lees verder) Luftwaffe, bewildered soldiers showing individual acts of blind courage, and civilians dumbstruck by air raid sirens and radio broadcasts telling of German treachery.
Pagina's
186
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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