War of Annihilation Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941

by Megargee, Geoffrey P.

• ISBN13: 9780742544826
• ISBN10: 0742544826
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

On June 22, 1941, Hitler began what would be the most important campaign of the European theater. The war against the Soviet Union would leave tens of millions of Soviet citizens dead and large parts of the country in ruins. The death and destruction would result not just from military operations but also from the systematic killing and abuse that the German army, police and SS directed against Jews, Communists and ordinary citizens. In iWar of Annihilationi, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941.

Author Biography

Geoffrey P. Megargee is an applied research scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
The Roots of the War of Annihilation	p. 1
Plans and Preparations, 1940-1941	p. 19
Initial Victories and Atrocities, June to August	p. 43
The Second Phase: Expanding Conquests and Genocide, August to October	p. 73
The Final Drive on Moscow and Systematic Killing, October to December	p. 99
Failure and its Consequences, to Early 1942	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 149
The Levels of Command	p. 155
Principal German Army Commands and Staffs on June 22, 1941	p. 157
Notes	p. 159
Bibliographic Essay	p. 165
Index	p. 169
About the Author	p. 177
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