Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 1941-45

<p>This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the ‘Great Patriotic War’ of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45.</p><p>Despite the historical significance of the war, few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides translations of a range of extracts from Soviet documents relating to the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front during World War II, with commentary. This is the only single-volume work in English to use documentary evidence to look at the Soviet war effort from military, political, economic and diplomatic perspectives. The book should not only facilitate a deeper study of the Soviet war effort, but also allow more balanced study of what is widely known in the West as the ‘Eastern Front’.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of military history, Soviet history, and World War II history.</p> <p>Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction 1 Lenin, Stalin and the West 1917-1939 2 The Icebreaker controversy and Soviet Intentions in 1941 3 Barbarossa 4 The Battle of Moscow 5 The Tide Turns – The Battle for Stalingrad 6 The Battle of Kursk and the Race for the Dnepr 7 The Siege of Leningrad 8 Lend-Lease Aid, the Soviet Economy and the Soviet Union at War 9 The Soviet Partisan Movement 10 The "Ten ‘Stalinist’ Crushing Blows" of 1944 11 From the Vistula to Berlin – the end of the Reich 12 The Soviet Invasion of Manchuria Conclusion Chronology of Key Events</p>