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On June 22, 1941, before dawn, German tanks and guns began firing across the Russian border. It was the beginning of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, one of the most brutal campaigns in the history of warfare. Four years later, the victorious Red Army has suffered a loss of seven million lives. Alan Clark's incisive analysis succeeds in explaining how a fighting force that in one two-month period lost two million men was nevertheless able to rally to defeat the Wehrmacht. The Barbarossa campaign included some of the greatest episodes in military history: the futile attack on Moscow in the winter of 1941-42, the siege of Stalingrad, the great Russian offensive beginning in 1944 that would lead the Red Army to the historic meeting with the Americans at the Elbe and on to victory in Berlin.

Barbarossa is a classic of miltary history. This paperback edition contains a new preface by the author.

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Many histories of the Second World War written by American and English authors downplay Russia's critical role in the Allied triumph over Germany. Some of this has to do with the Cold War rivalry that emerged after 1945, and perhaps more of it comes from a lack of Russian source material and unfamiliarity with the Russian language. In any event, Alan Clark's classic study of the Eastern Front remains the best book on the subject, "the greatest and longest land battle which mankind has ever fought." These pages concentrate on four major events: Moscow in the winter of 1941, Stalingrad, the Kursk offensive in 1943, and the battles on the Oder at the start of 1945. The author, first a historian and later Margaret Thatcher's secretary of state, suggests that the Russians might very well have won the war on their own, or at least fought the Germans to a standstill, without American intervention. He also makes the provocative point that Hitler's military instincts were often quite good, and usually better than his generals'--contrary to received wisdom. Barbarossa is a reliable and readable account.

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Alan Clark, the noted historian, entered poilitics in 1972. He was Secretary of State in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.

Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; Reissue edition (June 25, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0688042686
ISBN-13: 978-0688042684
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1010 in Books > History > Asia > Russia
- #3659 in Books > History > Military > World War II

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BySol y Sombraon August 18, 2017

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Good starting point for understanding the war on the eastern front between Germany and Russia.

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Different perspective.on the Eastern Front

ByErnest D. Kingsleyon May 8, 2012

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I consider myself reasonably well read on the Eastern Front... this book has a unique perspective in the evaluation of personalities and circumstances affecting the Eastern Front war from beginning to end. A careful study is made of the events leading to the war, the conduct of it and the effect of many decisions. Old Man Winter does not get the simple credit for the defeat of the German Army, and the three separate major defeats of the German Army (Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk) are examined in relation to the surrounding battles, the decisions impacting each defeat, and the effect personalities played in those consequences.

I recommend it.

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Best book of all time. Told like a story.

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This is the most readable and authoritative book on the subject.

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The Soviets vanquish the Nazis

BySamuel T. Goldbergon June 11, 2011

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Barbarossa, (1966) by Alan Clark (later Secretary of State for Margaret Thatcher), tells the story of what has been and likely will remain by far the largest land war in history, the Eastern Front of WWII. Intending to exterminate or enslave the Eastern populations , to appropriate for themselves their resources and "living space" , the Nazis invaded, but ultimately were vanquished by, the Russians. From June 1941 until VE day, millions of men, and tens of thousands of tanks, planes and artillery on opposing sides of a line of over a thousand miles, make laughable Time Magazine's naming Dwight Eisenhower (great and wise as he was), "The Man Who Won the War". Among various reflections: Writing at the height of the Cold War, Clark, like many on the Right, excoriated Roosevelt for his sacrificing Eastern Europe to the Soviets at Yalta. But, from today's perspective, Roosevelt's wisdom shines clearly through. Compared to our small European force, the Soviets already had over ten times the men and divisions occupying those vast territories. Churchill's campaign to head off the Soviet advance by striking northward through the Balkans was roundly rejected by his own military. The outcome of an American attempt to continue the war Eastward and displace the Russians most likely would have been our decimation and Soviet tanks on the English Channel. As bad as it was for those nations to be under the heel of the Soviets for forty-five years, today they are free. Another irony: Until the very end, the Nazi leadership (excluding Hitler) hoped to persuade the advancing British and Americans to join them, and "defend Western Civilization" against "the Bolshevik menace". Regarding the significance of their own depredations, they lacked insight, and deluded themselves from taking seriously Roosevelt's demand for "unconditional surrender". sglmn61@aol.com

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THIS BOOK WAS RAW!!!!!!!!!

Byhistory majoron April 19, 2012

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This was an amazing book! It was in good enough condition. One more time, this book was amazing! It had really good accounts of Operation Barbarossa and the first hand accounts were haunting.

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What did the Russians do in the war, daddy?

Almost all Americans share a belief that our fathers and grandfathers fought a “good war” that eliminated fascism.Read more

Published 5 months ago by Harry Eagar

Redbeard's return

Alan Clark’s history of the greatest military conflict the world has ever known and the core clash of the Second World War is a riveting read.Read more

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Not worth it

[1] fascinating history; [2] very detailed research; [3] most poorly written book I've read in quite some time

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And the German General Staff does not come out looking pretty. Clark paints a picture of morally weak generals ...

Despite the age of this book, and despite the fact that some of its information is dated, I still believe Barbarossa is a classic.Read more

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Wonderfully written and full of insights contrary to the conventional wisdom - that it was Hitler's refusal to retreat after his defeat before Moscow in winter 1941 that saved the...Read more

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Excellent product, rapidly delivered, thorough and enlightening account of the Easter Campaign of WWII.
Alan Clark is a very good writer.

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