Hitler's Greatest Defeat
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Hitler's Greatest Defeat

The German Collapse, 1944

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Hitler's Greatest Defeat

The German Collapse, 1944

About this book

How the Nazis lost the war

1944 was a year of trial for the German Army. While the Allies were preparing to invade the Third Reich from the west, Stalin was set on a massive offensive to liberate the last remaining areas of Soviet territory still held by the Germans. Hitler was determined to hold fast. His muddled strategic thinking nullified the undoubted operational ability of his generals, and disaster was the inevitable result.

This book is a gripping analysis of the Soviet campaign to capture Byelorussia, the German attempts to counter it, and the final, terrible collapse of Army Group Centre, inflicting even greater losses on the Germans than their earlier defeat at Stalingrad. It was a catastrophe of unbelievable proportions: 28 of 34 divisions, over 300,000 men, were lost. Hitler's war effort was doomed and broken.

An unputdownable history perfect for readers of Antony Beevor or James Holland.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Hitler’s Greatest Defeat
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. PROLOGUE: ‘SECOND FRONT NOW!’
  7. CHAPTER 1: THE GERMAN ARMY
  8. CHAPTER 2: HITLER AND HIS GENERALS
  9. CHAPTER 3: THE TURN OF THE TIDE
  10. CHAPTER 4: STALIN AND THE STAVKA
  11. CHAPTER 5: THE SOVIET ARMY
  12. CHAPTER 6: 1944 – A YEAR FOR DECISIONS
  13. CHAPTER 7: MASKIROVKA (DECEPTION)
  14. CHAPTER 8: THE GERMAN VIEW
  15. CHAPTER 9: THE PARTISANS
  16. CHAPTER 10: FINAL SOVIET PREPARATIONS
  17. CHAPTER 11: IN THE NORTH
  18. CHAPTER 12: TO THE BEREZINA
  19. CHAPTER 13: FOURTH ARMY AND MOGILEV
  20. CHAPTER 14: IN THE SOUTH: NINTH ARMY AND BOBRUISK
  21. CHAPTER 15: 5TH PANZER DIVISION AND 5TH GUARDS TANK ARMY
  22. CHAPTER 16: 12TH PANZER DIVISION IN THE SOUTH
  23. CHAPTER 17: THE FATE OF FOURTH ARMY
  24. CHAPTER 18: AFTERWARDS
  25. CHAPTER 19: THE LONG MARCH HOME
  26. CHAPTER 20: TO THE WEST
  27. CHAPTER 21: 50 YEARS ON
  28. APPENDIXES
  29. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  30. Copyright