Enemy in the East, Hitler's secret plans to invade the Soviet Union, Rolf-Dieter Müller ; translated by Alexander Starritt
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Enemy in the East, Hitler's secret plans to invade the Soviet Union, Rolf-Dieter Müller ; translated by Alexander Starritt
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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Enemy in the East
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bibliography
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Rolf-Dieter Müller ; translated by Alexander Starritt
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Hitler's secret plans to invade the Soviet Union
Summary
"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."--Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Germany and Its Neighbours to the East -- A War of Intervention against the Soviet Union? -- The Turning Point in German-Polish Relations -- Preparations for the War in the East -- From the Hitler-Stalin Pact to Operation Barbarossa
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- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Political and social views
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Russia (Federation)
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Eastern Front
- Military policy
- Germany -- Military policy
- World War, 1939-1945 + Diplomatic history
- Germany -- Relations -- Soviet Union
- International relations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- Soviet Union -- Relations -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
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- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Political and social views
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Russia (Federation)
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Eastern Front
- Military policy
- Germany -- Military policy
- World War, 1939-1945 + Diplomatic history
- Germany -- Relations -- Soviet Union
- International relations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- Soviet Union -- Relations -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
- Content3
- Author1
- Is Part Of1
- Translator1