LEADER 03677nam 22006972 450 001 9910452660203321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-32343-6 010 $a1-107-19457-1 010 $a1-107-31591-3 010 $a1-107-32130-1 010 $a1-107-31784-3 010 $a1-107-31686-3 010 $a0-511-73237-6 010 $a1-299-40319-0 010 $a1-107-31493-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017967 035 $a(EBL)1303580 035 $a(OCoLC)853364274 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000857530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11529726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000857530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10855109 035 $a(PQKB)10800726 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511732379 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1303580 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1303580 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10697725 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL471569 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017967 100 $a20100316d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOperation Barbarossa and Germany's defeat in the East /$fDavid Stahel$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 483 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge military histories 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-76847-0 311 $a0-521-17015-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 452-473) and index. 327 $apt. I. Strategic plans and theoretical conceptions for war against the Soviet Union -- Fighting the bear -- The gathering storm -- Barbarossa's sword--Hitler's armed forces in 1941 -- The advent of war -- pt. II. The military campaign and the July/August crisis of 1941 -- Awakening the bear -- The perilous advance to the east -- The battle of Smolensk -- The attrition of army group centre -- In search of resurgence -- Showdown. 330 $aOperation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a Blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the east, and the summer of 1941 is well-known for the German army's unprecedented victories and advances. Yet the German Blitzkrieg depended almost entirely upon the motorised Panzer groups, particularly those of Army Group Centre. Using archival records, in this book David Stahel presents a history of Germany's summer campaign from the perspective of the two largest and most powerful Panzer groups on the Eastern front. Stahel's research provides a fundamental reassessment of Germany's war against the Soviet Union, highlighting the prodigious internal problems of the vital Panzer forces and revealing that their demise in the earliest phase of the war undermined the whole German invasion. 410 0$aCambridge military histories. 517 3 $aOperation Barbarossa & Germany's Defeat in the East 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zEastern Front 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTank warfare 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$yGerman occupation, 1941-1944 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTank warfare. 676 $a940.54/217 700 $aStahel$b David$f1975-$01051215 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452660203321 996 $aOperation Barbarossa and Germany's defeat in the East$92486172 997 $aUNINA