Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories) - Hardcover

Stahel, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521768470 ISBN 13: 9780521768474

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a Blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the East, and the summer of 1941 is well-known for the German army's unprecedented victories and advances. Yet the German Blitzkrieg depended almost entirely upon the motorised Panzer groups, particularly those of Army Group Centre. Using previously unpublished archival records, David Stahel presents a new history of Germany's summer campaign from the perspective of the two largest and most powerful Panzer groups on the Eastern front. Stahel's research provides a fundamental reassessment of Germany's war against the Soviet Union, highlighting the prodigious internal problems of the vital Panzer forces and revealing that their demise in the earliest phase of the war undermined the whole German invasion.

About this title

Book Description:

A fundamental reassessment of Germany's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union - a key turning point of the Second World War. This book highlights the enormous internal problems of the vital Panzer forces and reveals that their demise in the earliest phase of the war undermined the whole German invasion.

About the Author:

David Stahel is an independent researcher based in Berlin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521768470
• ISBN 13: 9780521768474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500