World War II. The Eastern Front, 1941-1945 / Geoffrey Jukes ; Robert O'Neil, series editor.

Título:

ISBN:

9781435891340

Autor personal:

Jukes, Geoffrey

Información de publicación:

New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2010.

Descripción física:

96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.

Nota general:

Originally published as v. 5 of The Second World War. Oxford: Osprey, 2002-2003.

Contenido:

Background to war: a dictators' deal and a double-cross -- Warring sides: Germany gambles on a quick win -- Outbreak: Germany achieves surprise -- The fighting: Red Army battered but not beaten -- Portrait of a soldier: the German and the Russian view -- The world around war: propoganda, lend-lease and land grabs -- Portrait of a civilian: "we were as mobilised as the soldiers" -- How the war ended: Germany surrenders, Stalin joins the war on Japan -- Conclusion and consequences: from alliance to Cold War.

Materia personal:

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Término geográfico:

Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944

Germany -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Germany

DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns--Eastern Front

Autor añadido:

O'Neill, Robert John

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