The Road to StalingradIn this volume of John Erickson's history of the grueling Soviet-German war of 1941-1945, the author takes us from the pre-invasion Soviet Union, with its inept command structures and strategic delusions, to the humiliating retreats of Soviet armies before the Barbarossa onslaught, to the climactic, grinding battle for Stalingrad that left the Red Army poised for its majestic counteroffensive. |
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Reforms and Repairs | 13 |
22 June 1941 ΙΟΙ | 136 |
Towards the Edge of Destruction | 180 |
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