Onslaught The German Invasion of Soviet Russia 1st Edition by Karl Berne ISBN 0980659337 9780980659337

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ISBN 10: 0980659337 
ISBN 13: 9780980659337
Author: Karl Berne

In Onslaught: The German Invasion of Soviet Russia, historian Karl Berne delivers a gripping and meticulously researched account of one of the most ambitious and catastrophic military campaigns in history—Operation Barbarossa. With a narrative that combines strategic insight, human experience, and political context, Berne brings to life the events of June 22, 1941, when Hitler unleashed over three million German troops across a thousand-mile front into the heart of the Soviet Union. The book explores the staggering scale of the conflict, the ideological fervor that fueled it, and the brutal consequences for soldiers and civilians alike. Berne navigates the complex motives behind the Nazi leadership’s decision to attack, the state of the Red Army reeling from Stalin’s purges, and the early triumphs and eventual frustrations of the Wehrmacht as it plunged deeper into Soviet territory. Drawing from archival documents, personal accounts, and military records, the first edition of Onslaught offers readers not only a comprehensive military history but also a chilling examination of a war fought without mercy, where strategy and savagery walked hand in hand. It is both a tribute to those who endured the unimaginable and a stark reminder of the devastating cost of unchecked ambition and totalitarian ideology.

Onslaught The German Invasion of Soviet Russia 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Barbarossa Unleashed

• Prelude to Invasion

• Hitler’s Ambitions in the East

• Strategic Miscalculations

• The Three Army Groups

Chapter 2: Stalin’s Russia in 1941

• The Red Army Before the Storm

• Purges and Paranoia

• Soviet Industrial Readiness

• Intelligence Ignored

Chapter 3: June 22, 1941 – The Day of Infamy

• Surprise at Dawn

• Initial Air Strikes

• The Collapse of the Border Defenses

• Chaos and Shock in Moscow

Chapter 4: Army Group North – The Push to Leningrad

• Blitzkrieg Through the Baltics

• Siege Begins

• Resistance and Survival

Chapter 5: Army Group Center – The Drive to Moscow

• Battles at Minsk and Smolensk

• The Road to Vyazma

• Moscow in the Crosshairs

Chapter 6: Army Group South – Clash in Ukraine

• The Battle of Uman

• Encirclement at Kiev

• Odessa and the Black Sea

Chapter 7: The Soviet Fightback

• Scorched Earth Tactics

• Stalin’s Order No. 227: “Not One Step Back”

• The Role of Soviet Partisans

• Zhukov Enters the Stage

Chapter 8: Winter Strikes – Operation Typhoon Falters

• German Overreach

• The Mud, the Snow, the Cold

• Moscow Defiant

• The Soviet Counteroffensive

Chapter 9: A War Without Mercy

• Atrocities on the Eastern Front

• Commissar Order and Racial Ideology

• Civilian Suffering

• The Holocaust Behind the Lines

Chapter 10: Turning Point in the East

• Strategic Stalemate

• German Losses and Soviet Recovery

• Reassessing Blitzkrieg

• What Operation Barbarossa Set in Motion

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