The Second World War on the Eastern Front

Baker, Lee 1961- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781405840637 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1405840633 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxix, 140 p. : maps, ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Pearson Longman, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. Analysis -- 1.Introduction -- 2. The Background -- The Origins of the War on the Eastern Front -- Planning 'Operation Barbarossa' -- Soviet Preparations for War -- 3. 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 -- 4. 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 -- 5. The Soviet Union on the Offensive -- Battles for the Ukraine -- Relief of Leningrad -- 'Operation Bagration' -- The Destruction of Army Groups North and South -- The Battle for Berlin -- 6. Assessment.