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Loading... Enemy in the East: Hitler's Secret Plans to Invade the Soviet Union (original 2011; edition 2015)by Rolf-Dieter Müller (Author)
Work InformationEnemy in the East: Hitler's Secret Plans to Invade the Soviet Union by Rolf-Dieter Müller (2011)
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"Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, led to one of the most brutal campaigns of World War II: of the estimated 70 million people who died in World War II, over 30 million died on the Eastern Front. Although it has previously been argued that the campaign was a pre-emptive strike, in fact, Hitler had been planning a war of intervention against the USSR ever since he came to power in 1933. Using previously unseen sources, acclaimed military historian Rolf-Dieter Muller shows that Hitler and the Wehrmacht had begun to negotiate with Poland and had even considered an alliance with Japan soon after taking power. Despite the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, at the declaration of war in September 1939, military engagement with the Red Army was still a very real and imminent possibility. In this book, Muller takes us behind the scenes of the Wehrmacht High Command, providing a fascinating insight into an unknown story of World War II."--Bloomsbury Publishing. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.532443History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War IILC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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A rather dry writing style made for a heavy going read. ( )