The Eastern Front
The Germans and Soviets at War in World War II
Published on 15. August 2018
160 pages
978-0-8117-6784-2 (ISBN)
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Stackpole's Battle Briefings series offers accessible and insightful summaries of battles, commanders, and other military history topics. This volume covers the epic clash between the Germans and Soviets on the Eastern Front during World War II. Highlights include Operation Barbarossa, the massive battles at Stalingrad and Kursk, and the final, desperate resistance of the Germans as the Red Army closed in. Throughout are accounts from the turrets of T-34 and Tiger tanks and from the men who fought, often hand-to-hand, in the snow, mud, and dust of the Eastern Front.
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Robert Edwards, a retired U.S. Army armor officer, has taught at West Point and is the author of Scouts Out (978-0-9117-1311-5), Tip of the Spear (978-0-81171571-3), and many others. He has also translated numerous books from German into English. He lives in Navarre, Florida.
Content
- Intro
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- PHASE 1: GERMAN DOMINANCE
- Events before Barbarossa
- 1941 on the Eastern Front
- Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Career Highlights
- Fedor von Bock Career Highlights
- Gerd von Rundstedt Career Highlights
- "Fight to the Last"
- 1942 on the Eastern Front
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky Career Highlights
- Not One Step Back!
- Semyon Timoshenko Career Highlights
- PHASE 2: STRATEGIC DOMINANCE IN THE BALANCE
- Victory at Stalingrad
- 1943 on the Eastern Front
- Heinz Guderian Career Highlights
- Erich von Manstein Career Highlights
- Ivan Konev Career Highlights
- Victory at Kursk: The Legend Is Refuted
- PHASE 3: SOVIET DOMINANCE
- "The Hour of Final Reckoning"
- 1944 on the Eastern Front
- 1945 on the Eastern Front
- Georgy Zhukov Career Highlights
- "Europe Will Never Be Russian"
- German Instrument of Surrender
- Stalin's Victory Speech
- Epilogue: The Costs of War
- Notes
- Suggested Reading
