02343cam a2200301 i 4500 1164326349 TxAuBib 20141006120000.0 130219s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780199660780 hbk. 0199660786 hbk. (OCoLC)854907861 NLE eng rda NLE OCLCO YDXCP BTCTA UKMGB BDX EYM OKU OCP COD MUU GWDNB BKL TxAuBib rda eng ger Operation Barbarossa : Nazi Germany's war in the East, 1941-1945 / Christian Hartmann. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. xiii, 184 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index. Introduction -- Politics 1940-1941. Europe in July 1940; Hitler's ideology and strategy; The monstrous scheme: a Greater Germanic empire; Stalin's ideology and strategy -- The Eve of War. The invaders; Allies; The Soviet Union's land and people; The defenders -- War 1941-1942. The war from above: overview; 1941: the German invasion; 1942: the second German offensive; The war from below: soldiers and civilians -- The German Occupation. Organization; Between collaboration and resistance: Soviet society under the occupation; Stateless spaces: the erosion of German power -- German War Crimes and Atrocities. Jews; Prisoners of war; Partisans; Leningrad; Economic exploitation; Scorched earth -- Politics 1941-1945. German foreign policy; Soviet foreign policy; The mobilization of Soviet society; The other side of the coin: Soviet war crimes and atrocities 1939-1945 -- War 1943-1945. 1943: the turn of the tide; 1944: the collapse of the Eastern Front; 1945: the Soviet victory; A military reckoning -- Aftermath. The endpoint: Europe in May 1945; The outcome -- Chronology of events -- Further reading -- Photographic acknowledgements. 20141006. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Eastern Front. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Soviet Union. Soviet Union History German occupation, 1941-1944. TXKIP