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Retreat from Moscow : a new history of Germany's winter campaign, 1941-1942
Author
Title
Retreat from Moscow : a new history of Germany's winter campaign, 1941-1942 / David Stahel.
ISBN
9780374249526
0374249520
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
545 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"A gripping and authoritative revisionist account of the Soviet Winter Offensive of 1941-1942."-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
New history of Germany's winter campaign, 1941-1942
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Hungry as a bear: the Soviet counteroffensive begins
Dodging the Soviet bullet: Army Group Centre holds
Between the hammer and the anvil: Army Group Centre Between Hitler and Stalin
Keeping the wolf from the door: the panzer groups retreat from Moscow
Digging in his heels: Hitler orders a halt
Put to the sword: the end of Brauchitsch
The bear without any claws: the inadequate Red Army
The battle of nerves: Army Group Centre on the brink
The more the merrier: Christmas 1941 and the supply crisis
Playing with fire: Guderian gets burned
Turning the screws: Ninth Army's near collapse
Rank and file: soldiering in Army Group Centre
Reinforcing failure: Stalin's January offensive
Hanging in the balance: Fourth Army's impending encirclement
The flood gates are breaking: Ninth and Fourth Panzer Armies rupture
Making a virtue of necessity: surviving the Russian winter
Defending the indefensible: Hitler's last stand
Lonely front: embattled homeland
Retreat and counterattack: Army Group Centre rebounds
Departing the Eastern Front: treacherous routes of escape
The last hurrah: the failure of the Soviet Winter Offensive
Conclusion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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