
- 250 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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
- Cover
- Hitler’s Greatest Defeat
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- INTRODUCTION
- PROLOGUE: ‘SECOND FRONT NOW!’
- CHAPTER 1: THE GERMAN ARMY
- CHAPTER 2: HITLER AND HIS GENERALS
- CHAPTER 3: THE TURN OF THE TIDE
- CHAPTER 4: STALIN AND THE STAVKA
- CHAPTER 5: THE SOVIET ARMY
- CHAPTER 6: 1944 – A YEAR FOR DECISIONS
- CHAPTER 7: MASKIROVKA (DECEPTION)
- CHAPTER 8: THE GERMAN VIEW
- CHAPTER 9: THE PARTISANS
- CHAPTER 10: FINAL SOVIET PREPARATIONS
- CHAPTER 11: IN THE NORTH
- CHAPTER 12: TO THE BEREZINA
- CHAPTER 13: FOURTH ARMY AND MOGILEV
- CHAPTER 14: IN THE SOUTH: NINTH ARMY AND BOBRUISK
- CHAPTER 15: 5TH PANZER DIVISION AND 5TH GUARDS TANK ARMY
- CHAPTER 16: 12TH PANZER DIVISION IN THE SOUTH
- CHAPTER 17: THE FATE OF FOURTH ARMY
- CHAPTER 18: AFTERWARDS
- CHAPTER 19: THE LONG MARCH HOME
- CHAPTER 20: TO THE WEST
- CHAPTER 21: 50 YEARS ON
- APPENDIXES
- ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Copyright