Ostkrieg

by Fritz, Stephen G.

• ISBN13: 9780813134161
• ISBN10: 0813134161
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-08
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front consumed enormous levels of resources and accounted for 75 percent of all German casualties. Despite the significance of this campaign to Germany and to the war as a whole, few English-language publications of the last thirty-five years have addressed these pivotal events. In Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East, Stephen G. Fritz bridges the gap in scholarship by incorporating historical research from the last several decades into an accessible, comprehensive, and coherent narrative. His analysis of the Russo-German War from a German perspective covers all aspects of the eastern front, demonstrating the interrelation of military events, economic policy, resource exploitation, and racial policy that first motivated the invasion. This in-depth account challenges accepted notions about World War II and promotes greater understanding of a topic that has been neglected by historians.

Table of Contents

Maps	p. vii
Abbreviations and Foreign Terms	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Dilemma	p. 1
Decision	p. 31
Onslaught	p. 77
Whirlwind	p. 135
Reckoning	p. 199
All or Nothing	p. 241
Total War	p. 303
Scorched Earth	p. 359
Disintegration	p. 405
Death Throes	p. 439
Conclusion	p. 473
Acknowledgments	p. 489
Appendix: Supplementary Data	p. 491
Notes	p. 499
Bibliography	p. 555
Index	p. 609
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