02909nam 2200613 450 991081638760332120200520144314.00-7425-4482-61-4616-4683-9(CKB)2550000001110368(EBL)1343720(OCoLC)855970044(SSID)ssj0001046540(PQKBManifestationID)11668781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001046540(PQKBWorkID)11137733(PQKB)10643856(MiAaPQ)EBC1343720(Au-PeEL)EBL1343720(CaPaEBR)ebr10926734(CaONFJC)MIL510291(EXLCZ)99255000000111036820140911h20072006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar of annihilation combat and genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941 /Geoffrey P. MegargeeLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,2007.©20061 online resource (195 p.)Total War: New Perspectives on World War IIDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-4481-8 1-299-79040-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 THE ROOTS OF THE WAR OF ANNIHILATION; 2 PLANS AND PREPARATIONS, 1940-1941; 3 INITIAL VICTORIES AND ATROCITIES, JUNE TO AUGUST; 4 THE SECOND PHASE: EXPANDING CONQUESTS AND GENOCIDE, AUGUST TO OCTOBER; 5 THE FINAL DRIVE ON MOSCOW AND SYSTEMATIC KILLING, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER; 6 FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, TO EARLY 1942; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1 The Levels of Command; APPENDIX 2 Principal German Army Commands and Staffs on June 22, 1941; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY; INDEXABOUT THE AUTHORIn War of Annihilation, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a clear, concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, Megargee dispels the myths that have distorted the role of Germany's military leadership in both the military operations themselves and the unthinkable crimes that were part of them.Total War: New Perspectives on World War IIWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsEastern FrontWorld War, 1939-1945AtrocitiesEurope, EasternWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945Atrocities940.54/217Megargee Geoffrey P.1959-966074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816387603321War of annihilation3991120UNINA