Before Stalingrad: Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941 (Battles & Campaigns) by David M. Glantz - 2003

Tempus, 2003., 2003. 319p. Photos. Maps. Wraps. Fine Copy. Large Paperback. Fine.

Tempus. Very Good. 2003. Paperback. Paperback; a new (unread) copy in creased card covers. ; Illustrated. ; 319 pages .

(Subject: World War II - Eastern Front) On 22 June 1941 Hitler unleashed his forces on the Soviet Union. Spearheaded by four powerful Panzer groups and protected by air support, the Wehrmacht advanced from the Soviet Union's western borders to the immediate outskirts of Leningrad, Moscow and Rostov in less than six months. The sudden, deep, relentless German advance virtually destroyed the entire peacetime Red Army and captured almost 40 percent of European Russia before expiring inexplicably at the gates of Moscow and Leningrad. (Published: 2003) (Publisher: Tempus) (ISBN: 0752426923) (Pagination: 319pp illustrations) (Condition: Very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

U.S.A.: Tempus, 2003. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Operation Barbarossa-as this campaign is famously called-was arguably the greatest land campaign mankind has ever fought. Hitler named his assault after the 12th-century Frederick I Barbarossa, an emperor of the First Reich. Although he succeeded in capturing almost 40 percent of European Russia, Hitler was defeated there. Exploiting newly available Soviet archives, David M. Glantz challenges the time-honored explanation that poor weather, bad terrain, and Hitler's faulty strategic judgment produced the German defeat. He reveals how and why the Red Army thwarted Hitler's seemingly inexorable progress.

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