{"product_id":"operation-barbarossa-the-history-of-a-cataclysm-9780197547212","title":"Operation Barbarossa: The History of a Cataclysm","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor of an acclaimed history of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War Two (OUP 2016)  Jonathan Dimbleby now offers a compelling account of the largest military operation not only of World War Two but of all time--the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany in 1941. Often seen as the turning point of the war in Europe  Operation Barbarossa turned allies into mortal enemies  triggering the atrocities that would characterize the Holocaust.  Historians have spent generations puzzling over Barbarossa. For Hitler and the other Nazi leaders  who began planning the invasion even as the pact with the Soviets was in full force  the invasion would annihilate communism  eradicate inferior races   and provide the German people (and military) with resources that would guarantee not just survival but global domination. What followed was catastrophe. Between June  when the invasion began  and December 1941  when it stalled  some six million men were killed  wounded  or registered as missing in action. Soldiers on both sides committed atrocities on a scale that few events in the history of warfare can rival. When German commanders were forced to retreat  it was clear to the world clear that the German war machine was not only not infallible but fatally weakened. Once the invasion began to falter  it all but guaranteed the Germans would eventually lose the war.  Operation Barbarossa has been much written about in histories of World War Two. However  no single general-audience book focused purely on the operation dominates the field  either covering only aspects of what was a massive undertaking or simply outdated. Moreover  Dimblebys book makes ample use of memoirs  diaries  and letters  along with unpublished and untranslated correspondence from newly opened Russian archives. It promises to become the standard general history of Operation Barbarossa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665879982133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0197547214","price":40.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780197547212.jpg?v=1782412174","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/operation-barbarossa-the-history-of-a-cataclysm-9780197547212","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}