Poland betrayed: the Nazi-Soviet invasions 1939
Poland betrayed: the Nazi-Soviet invasions 1939
"[The author] looks at the ... situation of the Polish nation caught between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, reconsiders the pre-war policies of the other European powers, particularly France and Britain, and assesses the state of the opposing armed forces before the Germans …
Poland betrayed: the Nazi-Soviet invasions 1939
Hitler's attack on Poland in 1939 was the first brutal act in six years of world war, but the campaign is often overshadowed by the momentous struggle that followed across the rest of Europe. David Williamson, in this timely and thought-provoking study, reconstructs each stage o…
Prelude to disaster -- Barbarossa -- Ebb Tide -- Pause for breath -- Stalingrad -- The end of the beginning -- Deceptive calm -- The beginning of the end -- Return to the Stalin Line -- Out of Russia -- Berlin -- The butcher's bill
Overy recreates the course of the Great Patriotic War from the point of view of the military and the ordinary people. From the Hitler-Stalin pact to the capture of Berlin, Overly brilliantly recreates the apocalyptic struggle.