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Battle For Moscow
Hardback Edition: 1
The Battle for Moscow is a major new account of the German drive on Moscow in November 1941, one of the largest and most significant battles of the Second World War.
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Drawing from unparalleled research, David Stahel explores the disastrous erosion of German strength, which
even before the Soviet winter had spelled disaster. Drawing from unparalleled research, David Stahel explores the disastrous erosion of German strength, which even before the Soviet winter had spelled disaster. In November 1941 Hitler ordered German forces to complete the final drive on the Soviet capital, now less than 100 kilometres away. Army Group Centre was pressed into the attack for one last attempt to break Soviet resistance before the onset of winter. From the German perspective the final drive on Moscow had all the ingredients of a dramatic final battle in the east, which, according to previous accounts, only failed at the gates of Moscow. David Stahel now challenges this well-established narrative by demonstrating that the last German offensive of 1941 was a forlorn effort, undermined by operational weakness and poor logistics, and driven forward by what he identifies as National Socialist military thinking. With unparalleled research from previously undocumented army files and soldiers' letters, Stahel takes a fresh look at the battle for Moscow, which even before the Soviet winter offensive, threatened disaster for Germany's war in the east. David Stahel was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1975. He completed an honours degree in history at Monash University in Melbourne, an MA in War Studies at King's College London and a PhD at the Humboldt University in Berlin. His research focus has centered primarily on German military history and particularly Hitler's war against the Soviet Union. He is a Lecturer in European history at the University of New South Wales in Canberra. Featured in the 11 January 2016 New Zealand Newsletter.
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Pages : 480
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Publication date : 2015-03
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, History