The purpose of this book is to describe German planning and operations in the first part of the campaign against Russia. The narrative starts with Hitler's inital plans for an invasion of Russia and ends at the time of Germany's maximum territorial gains during the battle of Stalingrad. A subsequent volume will depict the course of events from the Russian counteroffensive in November 1942 to the capture of Berlin in April 1945.
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This review is from: Barbarossa: The German Campaign in Russia - Planning and Operations (1940-1942) (Paperback)
Given that this book was authored by George Blau in 1955, how is it possible that Amazon identifies Prof. Grant as the author? At best he would be the editor, but it does not appear that any editing was done. In which case, all that was done is to re-publish an older, out of copyright work. If I republish Goethe's Faust with no changes/editing, would I be allowed to pronounce myself the author on Amazon?
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This review is from: Barbarossa: The German Campaign in Russia - Planning and Operations (1940-1942) (Paperback)
If I am not mistaken the contents in the online review copy is the same as the book by the title "The German Campaign in Russia - Planning and Operations (1940 - 1942) which was previously the DOA Pamphlet 20-261a
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Wehrmacht hubris, Hitler's gamble, Russian grit.,
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This is a specialized work on the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. The inadequacies of materiale that could be produced and brought up to the front by the Reich are especially noteworthy with detailed descriptions of armanments, rolling stock, and petrol reserves. The hubris of the Wehrmacht in underestimating Russian production and ingenuity is evident. The miscalculations made by Hitler are clearly mapped out. Most interesting was the failure to secure the Baku region oil fields and the difficult dilemnas in the south. The division of fighting forces between the central sector and Ukraine resulted in the failure to take Moscow or secure the oil fields. The northern campaign appears to have been rather a wasted effort with the Finns joining in as rather reluctant allies. More effort in the north might have cut off American lend-lease supplies and more effort in the south could have secured the oil fields. Without the oil, the massive Russian armanment production in the Urals would have proved as useless as Speer's economic miracle in 1944 that sputtered to a halt without petrol for transport.
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