Barbarossa Unleashed
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Barbarossa Unleashed

The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June–December 1941

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Barbarossa Unleashed

The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June–December 1941

About this book

This book examines in unprecedented detail the advance of Germany's Army Group Center through central Russia, toward Moscow, in the summer of 1941, followed by brief accounts of the Battle of Moscow and subsequent winter battles into early 1942. Based on hundreds of veterans' accounts, archival documents, and exhaustive study of the pertinent primary and secondary literature, the book offers new insights into Operation Barbarossa, Adolf Hitler's attack on Soviet Russia in June 1941. While the book meticulously explores the experiences of the German soldier in Russia, in the cauldron battles along the Minsk-Smolensk-Moscow axis, it places their experiences squarely within the strategic and operational context of the Barbarossa campaign. Controversial subjects, such as the culpability of the German eastern armies in war crimes against the Russian people, are also examined in detail. This book is the most detailed account to date of virtually all aspects of the German soldiers' experiences in Russia in 1941.

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Information

Publisher
Schiffer Military History
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781507304723
Topic
History
Subtopic
German History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Notes on Style
  8. List of Maps
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Foreword
  11. Preface
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. Introduction
  14. Chapter 1: Initial Planning & Preparations (July - Dec. 1940)
  15. Chapter 2: Trains, Planes, Trucks and Horses: Aufmarsch for the Offensive (January - May 1941)
  16. Chapter 3: The Adversaries I: The State of the Wehrmacht
  17. Chapter 4: The Adversaries II: The State of the Red Army
  18. Chapter 5: The Eve of War: Final Preparations for the Russian Campaign (May - June 1941)
  19. Chapter 6: Barbarossa Unleashed: Army Group Center goes to War (Sunday, 22 June 1941)
  20. Chapter 7: Vormarsch I: The Frontier Battles (The Encirclement Battles of Belostok - Minsk) (23 June - 9 July 1941)
  21. Chapter 8: The German Soldiers’ Initial Experiences in the East - Panzermaenner, Infanterie, Luftwaffe
  22. Chapter 9: Cultural Collisions & Crimes of War on the Eastern Front
  23. Chapter 10: Vormarsch II: The Encirclement Battle of Smolensk & Transition to Positional Warfare (10 July - 5 August 1941)
  24. Chapter 11: Barbarossa Denied - The Collapse of the Eastern Blitzkrieg (August - December 1941)
  25. Appendices
  26. Select Bibliography
  27. Index of Names
  28. Photo Essay NO. 1: Commanders and Weapons
  29. Photo Essay NO. 2: Vormarsch of Army Group Center through Central Russia - Summer 1941
  30. Photo Essay NO 3: Battle of Moscow and Winter Battles (October 1941 - March 1942)