Images of Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Russia, 1941

Dulles, Virginia:: Brassey's, Inc. , 2001. 7.25" wide by 9" tall. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. Includes many previously unpublished photographs, and maps that allow readers to follow the troop movements throughout the campaign. Appendices. Index. From the rear cover: "IMAGES OF BARBAROSSA is an illustrated account of the greatest land invasion in history. On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the German attack of the Soviet Union. Over 3,000,000 men, more than 3000 tanks, and over 2000 aircraft advanced eastward to destroy Bolshevism and carve out 'living space' for the Thousand Year Reich. During the first few weeks of the invasion, the Germans achieved staggering results, as whole Soviet armies were annihilated. Yet as the Wehrmacht advanced deeper into Russia, casualties mounted and the Red Army's manpower seemed inexhaustible. Soviet doggedness and the brutally cold Russian winter combined to halt the Germans… Drawing on many previously unpublished images from Russian archives, Christopher Ailsby chronicles engagements at Bialystok, Minsk, and Smolensk, and the annihilation battles of Uman and Kiev. Away from the battlefield, he examines the atrocities of the German SS and paramilitary units that were charged with implementing the murderous racial policies of Nazism. IMAGES OF BARBAROSSA vividly conveys the horror and destructiveness of the war on the Eastern Front." Keywords: WWII. WW2. Military history. . First Printing of the First Edition. Soft Cover. New condition.. 224pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.