The Second World War on the Eastern Front

by Baker, Lee

• ISBN13: 9781405840637
• ISBN10: 1405840633
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This new addition to theSeminar Studies in Historyseries provides a much needed overview of the much studied Russian conflict with Germany during World War II, and includes valuable primary source material. Provides a clear and comprehensive overview of Russia's engagement with Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II Contains primary source material, documents, a glossary of terms, and recommendations for further reading and study Essential for any course on World War II, complementing the suite ofSeminar Studiescovering twentieth century history

Author Biography

Lee Baker is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Cincinnati.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. x
List of Maps	p. xiii
List of Plates	p. xiv
Chronology	p. xviii
Who's Who	p. xxii
Glossary xxii
Maps	p. xxv
Analysis	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Background	p. 10
The Origins of the War on the Eastern Front	p. 10
Planning 'Operation Barbarossa'	p. 18
Soviet Preparations for War	p. 28
22 June 1941: The Invasion	p. 32
The Border Battles	p. 32
The Battle for Leningrad	p. 40
The Battle for Kiev	p. 44
The First Major German Defeat: Rostov	p. 46
Mass Murder in the USSR	p. 48
The Battle for Moscow	p. 50
The War Turns Against The Germans, 1942-43	p. 57
'Operation Blue'	p. 57
The Battle for Stalingrad	p. 65
German Efforts to Halt the Red Army	p. 68
The Partisans	p. 70
'Operation Citadel'	p. 73
The Soviet Union On The Offensive	p. 82
Battles for the Ukraine	p. 82
The Relief of Leningrad	p. 86
'Operation Bagration'	p. 87
The Destruction of Army Groups North and South	p. 95
The Battle for Berlin	p. 98
Assessment	p. 103
Documents	p. 109
Nazi-Soviet Pact, 23 August 1939	p. 110
Hitler letter to Mussolini, 21 June 1941	p. 110
Directive for 'Operation Barbarossa'	p. 111
Directive for Special Areas during 'Operation Barbarossa,'13 March 1941	p. 112
Decree for the Conduct of Courts-Martial in the East, 13 May 1941	p. 113
'Commissar Decree,' 6 June 1941	p. 113
Stalin's speech on 3 July 1941	p. 114
Decree on the Treatment of Civilians, 23 July 1941	p. 115
Haider's Diary, 3 July 1941	p. 115
Haider's Diary, 11 August 1941	p. 116
Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau's order, 10 October 1941	p. 116
Hitler comments on motorization, 29 October 1941	p. 117
Order for German forces to go on the defensive, 8 December 1941	p. 118
Hitler comments on the winter 1941-42, 12 and 17 January 1942	p. 118
Order for 'Operation Blue,' 5 April 1942	p. 119
Soviet order concerning discipline in the Red Army, 28 July 1942	p. 119
A German witness to a mass shooting, 5-6 October 1942	p. 120
A German soldier describes the retreat in the Ukraine, Summer 1943	p. 121
'Fortified Areas' Order, 8 March 1944	p. 122
A Soviet soldier reports on combat during 'Operation Bagration,' 29 June 1944	p. 122
A German soldier reports on fighting on the Eastern Front,14January 1945	p. 123
Decree for the destruction of German industry, 30 March 1945	p. 124
Hitler's Last Proclamation to the Eastern Front, 15 April 1945	p. 124
Further Reading	p. 127
References	p. 131
Index	p. 135
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