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Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict
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Product Description
Using material unavailable to earlier historians, "Barbarossa" is an account of one of the main theatres of World War II, when the might of Germany and the Soviet Union fought each other across thousands of miles of Eastern Europe in one of the most gruelling campaigns in military history. By the author of "The Donkeys: A History of BEF in 1915".
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1015692 in Books
- Published on: 2000-11-16
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 528 pages
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About the Author
Alan Clark, educated at Eton and Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practise. Tory MP for Plymouth Sutton 1972-1992; Kensington and Chelsea, 1997-99. Various junior ministerial appointments in the Margaret Thatcher and John Major governments of the 1980s. Best-known for his Diaries (three vols) which The Times placed in the Samuel Pepys class. They were filmed by teh BBC with John Hurt as Clark and Jenny Agutter as Jane Clark. Alan Clark died in 1999.
Customer Reviews
Fascinating
A book about an amazing period in history. It tells the story of how WW2 was really won. The war was won on the Eastern Front. It covers the lead up to Operation Barbarossa and ends with the aftermath of the fall of Germany. It is an amazing account of the most brutal of all wars. It shows us that Hitler was not the blundering idiot that we are usually led to believe - at least not in the early years of the war. In fact if not for either his blundering disobedient generals Moscow would have fallen, Russia would have been defeated, millions of men would have been freed from the Eastern Front and there would have been no Normandy landings, no victory in Africa and the Battle of Britan would have not been in the air but on the ground, with the invasion of the UK. The scale of the Eastern Front battles is beyond comprehension as is the loss of life - on both sides. This is fascinating read. Clark manages to convey the battles so as not to get bogged down with details but still tells us all we need to know. I highly recommend this book.
