Operation Barbarossa The History of Nazi Germany Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II (Audible Audio Edition) Charles River Editors Kenneth Ray Books
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In the warm predawn darkness of June 22, 1941, three million men waited along a front hundreds of miles long, stretching from the Baltic coast of Poland to the Balkans. Ahead of them in the darkness lay the Soviet Union, its border guarded by millions of Red Army troops echeloned deep throughout the huge spaces of Russia. This massive gathering of Wehrmacht soldiers from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and his allied states - notably Hungary and Romania - stood poised to carry out Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise attack against the country of his putative ally, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
At precisely 100 am that morning, the radios of command and headquarter units all along the line crackled to life. Officers and generals heard a single code word "Dortmund" for Army Group North, and "Wotan," the name of the one-eyed pre-Christian god of knowledge, war, and runes, for Army Group South. In answer to shouted orders and tactical-level radio transmissions, men threw aside camouflage nets, truck, halftrack, and panzer engines started with a throbbing rumble, and artillerists prepared their weaponry for the terrific barrage generally preceding a Wehrmacht assault. Soldiers swarmed onto trains, and the propellers of thousands of German aircraft, including the still-formidable Stuka dive-bombers, roared amid the nighttime stillness on dozens of airfields throughout Eastern Europe.
The Soviets were so caught by surprise at the start of the attack that the Germans were able to push several hundred miles into Russia across a front that stretched dozens of miles long, reaching the major cities of Leningrad and Sevastopol in just three months. The first major Russian city in their path was Minsk, which fell in only six days. In order to make clear his determination to win at all costs, Stalin had the three men in charge of the troops defending Minsk executed for their failure to hold their position. This move, along with unspeakable atrocities by the German soldiers against the people of Minsk, solidified the Soviet will. In the future, Russian soldiers would fight to the death rather than surrender, and in July, Stalin exhorted the nation, "It is time to finish retreating. Not one step back! Such should now be our main slogan...Henceforth the solid law of discipline for each commander, Red Army soldier, and commissar should be the requirement - not a single step back without order from higher command."
Though the attack caught Stalin utterly by surprise, the tension between the two violent, predatory states made such a clash almost inevitable. The USSR had no plans to invade Germany in 1941, but it had remained an aggressive military state infused with the savage zeal to abolish all borders into one international "workers' paradise" through force of arms, as Vladimir Lenin (and many other Soviet leaders and writers) made clear. Hitler, for his part, wanted Lebensraum for the Germans - at the expense, of course, of the Slavs - and viewed the communist state as an existential threat to Europe itself. Driven by a mix of raw acquisitive ambition, ideology, and actual understanding of the Soviet Union's own minatory intent, the Fuhrer launched a full-scale invasion. Likely with intentional malice, the declaration of war delivered by Gustav von Schulenburg several hours after the invasion's start mirrored almost exactly the Soviet pretext of "defending their borders" used during the USSR's invasions of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland.
Operation Barbarossa The History of Nazi Germany Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II (Audible Audio Edition) Charles River Editors Kenneth Ray Books
This is a pretty lengthy look at the preparations that went into Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, starting with their nonaggression pact before the war. It covers up until the stalemate sieges the Germans found them in at places like Leningrad and Stalingrad as 1941 came to a close. Definitely a good book for WWII fans.Product details
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Operation Barbarossa The History of Nazi Germany Invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II (Audible Audio Edition) Charles River Editors Kenneth Ray Books Reviews
This is when Germany attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941. The Germans destroyed the Soviet Air Force on the ground and initially caught the Soviets off guard.
Charles Rivers Editors have produced an extensive collection of well researched, concise, informative, and exceptioally well written historical books that chronical the lives of important people, key events, important cultures, nations, and peoples. I have read a number of their offerings and am extremly pleased by the quality and balanced perspectivof their works Operation Barbarossa The History of Nazi Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II; is the best of their offering I have read. Based on a rich selection of first person sources it analyzes Hitler's invasion of Soviet Russia begining June 22, 1941, the first year of war on the Eastern Front. Based on the narrative fighting on the Eastern Front, was the deadliest part of history’s deadliest war, Operation Barbarossa was arguably the most fateful choice of the World War Two (WW II). Anyone who knows the least bit about WW II knows how Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union ends, but just about every history written about Operation Barbarossa readily indicates, far from representing an inevitable loss, it bears many of the hallmarks of a highly successful campaign carried out with forethought, a superb degree of professionalism, and execution with exceptional logistical suppor. The comparison between Napoleon's and Hitler's campaigns too often obscures the profound differences between the two invasions of Russia. Germany did not suffer defeat due to either the size of Russia or the Soviet opposition. The Wehrmacht smashed the Soviets in nearly every encounter during Barbarossa, while their few setbacks had essentially no strategic importance. The German work battalions performed magnificantly to ensure a full and costant supply of fuel, ammo, food, and all other essential logistical requirements. The capture of Moscow was the key to victory. In the early 19th century, a capital city merely represented a large concentration of people. In the 20th century, Moscow held a considerable portion of the Soviet Union's manufacturing capability – as much as 25% – and represented a key rail hub for the entirety of European Russia. This book asserts, and I concur, that if the German's seized it, they would have attained a stranglehold on the supply lines for Leningrad and other peripheral areas and forces, compelling Russia's surrender or weakening them enough for rapid destruction. Based on the facts Adolf Hitler is the reason for failure of operation. His diverson of Guderian's Panzar Corps from Army Group Center at the exact time they were in the midst of sucessful push towards Moscow doomed the operation. Hitler's fatal flaw as a wartime leader lay in his refusal to seize the fruits of Blitzkrieg because of his fear of the climactic battle. He won in France despite this flaw because the French and British collapsed even without the delivery of a knockout blow. But when the Fuhrer shrank from dealing a death blow to the USSR by taking Moscow, he cast away the victory delivered to him within two months of the invasion. Further, he ensured the eventual defeat of the Third Reich in a war of attrition. This was a compielng, thought provoking, and sobering account of battle. The intensity of battlefield descriptions is stunning. The take away from this book is the hugh what if, what if Hitler had not interfered and the Soviet Union was out of the war by January 1942. Our world might have been a great deal different. This book is must reading for reader's of history, especially the history of WW II.
GR8
A short, concise history of the German invasion of Russia during the early stages of WW2. It was very interesting without excessive details.
A quick read covering the largest battles of Barbarossa. Not a lot of detail, too brief to do history justice.
This is a pretty lengthy look at the preparations that went into Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, starting with their nonaggression pact before the war. It covers up until the stalemate sieges the Germans found them in at places like Leningrad and Stalingrad as 1941 came to a close. Definitely a good book for WWII fans.
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