Beschreibung:
This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the 'Great Patriotic War' of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45.
Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction 1 Lenin, Stalin and the West 1917-1939 2 The Icebreaker controversy and Soviet Intentions in 1941 3 Barbarossa 4 The Battle of Moscow 5 The Tide Turns - The Battle for Stalingrad 6 The Battle of Kursk and the Race for the Dnepr 7 The Siege of Leningrad 8 Lend-Lease Aid, the Soviet Economy and the Soviet Union at War 9 The Soviet Partisan Movement 10 The "Ten 'Stalinist' Crushing Blows" of 1944 11 From the Vistula to Berlin - the end of the Reich 12 The Soviet Invasion of Manchuria Conclusion Chronology of Key Events