The Retreat: Hitler's First Defeat - Hardcover

Jones, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312628196 ISBN 13: 9780312628192

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2010

Synopsis

A dramatic account of a World War II turning point introduces the military tradition of the ubermensch iron-willed fighter while documenting how Moscow was saved from German forces during an arduous Soviet retreat supported by tanks and ski battalions. By the author of Stalingrad.

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Review:

Praise for STALINGRAD and LENINGRAD by Michael Jones (:)

'A milestone in the treatment of the battle ... highly effective and utterly captivating. Previous accounts have been unable to fully convey the desperate ferocity of the battle. Now we see it in all its horror - and better understand the courage of Stalingrad's defenders. This is the finest history of its type published to date' (David Glanz)

'Where the book stands out is in the portrait of ordinary life in extraordinary circumstances... Fluently written... the uniquely terrible experience of suffering, especially of 1941-2, is effectively described' (BBC History)

'A tribute to the resilience of the human spirit' (Herald)

'A mass of first-person material that has been cleverly assembled to paint a striking picture' (BBC History Magazine)

Book Description:

The thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312628196
• ISBN 13: 9780312628192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328