Hitler Versus Stalin

by John Erickson, Ljubica Erickson

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For millions of readers, World War II never loses its terrible fascination. This definitive account of Hitler's assault on Russia-the biggest and most destructive military campaign in history-will be published on the 70th anniversary of the start of that invasion. John Erickson, the world's leading authority on the subject, began the book, which has now been completed by his wife Ljubica, whose fluency in Russian was invaluable in its creation.

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There is a chapter for each year of the war. After a couple of pages of text highlighting the year in the chronology the rest is pictures, generally B&W and two to a page. This is a concise overview of the Eastern Front in Europe with many affecting, memorable photographs.

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John Erickson is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, an internationally renowned lecturer, writer, & broadcaster on Russian & German history & the author of "War with Germany", a groundbreaking addition to military history that has not been out of print since its first publication more than twenty years ago. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less
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Ljubica Erickson is the co-author of "The Soviet Armed Forces 1918-1992: A Research Guide to Soviet Sources". (Bowker Author Biography)

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Original publication date
2001
People/Characters*
Adolf Hitler; Joseph Stalin
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Genres
History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
940History & geographyHistory of EuropeHistory of Europe
LCC
D764 .E737History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaHistory (General)World War II (1939-1945)
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English, Estonian
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