LEADER 05554cam a2200469 i 4500001 278282 005 20240621233143.0 008 210322s2019 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 2018017491 019 10310424491031306373 020 9780811737807 |qhardcover ; |qalkaline paper 020 0811737802 |qhardcover ; |qalkaline paper 020 |z9780811767651 |q(ebook) 035 (OCoLC)on1031154066 035 278282 042 pcc 043 e-ur--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCQ |dOCLCF |dYDX |dOCLCO |dDLC |dT3Q |dOCL |dU3G |dRIU |dOCL |dLHM 050 00 D764 |b.L8765 2019 100 1 Luther, Craig W. H., |eauthor. 245 14 The First Day on the Eastern Front : |bGermany invades the Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 / |cCraig W.H. Luther. 264 1 Guilford, Connecticut : |bStackpole Books, |c[2019] 300 xxxii, 471 pages ; |c27 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 June 22, 1941: three million German soldiers invaded the Soviet Union as part of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, aiming to destroy the Soviet Union and secure its land for the Third Reich. In the spirit of the classic First Day on the Somme, Craig Luther narrates the events of that fateful day on the Eastern Front, one of the pivotal days of WW II. 505 00 |gCh. 1 |tPlanning for Armageddon -- Adolf Hitler and His General Staff Prepare to Unleash War on Soviet Russia -- |g1.1. |tPrologue -- France 1940 and the Nimbus of Invincibility -- |g1.2. |tHider and Russia I -- The Fuhrers Strategic (Political-Military) Case for War -- |g1.3. |tHitler and Russia II -- The Fuhrers Programmatic (Ideological) Case for War -- |g1.4. |tGerman General Staff Planning -- July to December 1940 (A Concise Overview) -- |g1.5. |tAufmarsch Ost: The German Strategic Force Buildup in the East (January -- June 1941) -- |g1.6. |tStatus of the Red Army (Spring 1941) -- |gch. 2 |tOn the Cusp of War -- Berlin, Moscow, and the Eastern Front -- |g2.1. |tBerlin -- A City and Its Fuhrer on Edge -- |g2.2. |t"Soldaten der Ostfront!" -- Three Million Men Are Poised to Strike! -- |g2.3. |tMoscow -- Stalin Still in Denial about the Impending German Attack -- |g2.4. |tRed Army Courts Disaster at the Western Frontier -- |tPhoto Essay: Commanders and Weapons -- |tIntermezzo: Operation Barbarossa Begins -- From the Baltic to the Black Sea -- |gch. 3 |tArmageddon Unleashed (I) -- Army Group North Goes to War -- |g3.1. |tOpposing Forces and Battle Plans (Northern Axis) -- |g3.2. |tSixteenth Army Operations -- |g3.3. |t4 Panzer Group Operations -- |g3.4. |tEighteenth Army Operations -- |g3.5. |tAbendlage: Precis of the Combat Actions of Army Group North -- |gch. 4 |tArmageddon Unleashed (II) -- Army Group Center Goes to War -- |g4.1. |tOpposing Forces and Battle Plans (Central Axis) -- |g4.2. |tOpening Acts along the Army Group Front -- |g4.3. |t2 Panzer Group Operations -- |g4.4. |tFourth Army Operations -- |g4.5. |tNinth Army Operations -- |g4.6. |t3 Panzer Group Operations -- |g4.7. |tAbendlage: Precis of the Combat Actions of Army Group Center -- |tPhoto Essay: The Front -- Operation Barbarossa Begins, June 22, 1941 -- |gch. 5 |tArmageddon Unleashed (III) -- Army Group South Goes to War -- |g5.1. |tOpposing Forces and Battle Plans (Southern Axis) -- |g5.2. |tEleventh Army Operations -- |g5.3. |tSeventeenth Army Operations -- |g5.4. |tSixth Army Operations -- |g5.5. |t1 Panzer Group Operations -- |g5.6. |tAbendlage: Precis of the Combat Actions of Army Group South -- |gch. 6 |tDeath from the Sky -- The Luftwaffe Wreaks Havoc and Smashes the Soviet Air Force -- |g6.1. |tA Brief Primer on Luftwaffe Organization and Combat Aircraft -- |g6.2. |tLuftwaffe Operations in Support of Army Group North -- |g6.3. |tLuftwaffe Operations in Support of Army Group Center -- |g6.4. |tLuftwaffe Operations in Support of Army Group South -- |g6.5. |tAbendlage: Precis of Luftwaffe Operations in Support of Ostheer -- |gch. 7 |tBerlin, Moscow, and the First Twenty-One Hours of War on the Eastern Front -- |g7.1. |tBerlin: The Reaction to the First Successes -- |g7.2. |tMoscow: The Response to the Initial Defeats -- |tPostscript: Reflections on Day One of the Most Destructive War in History and the Ultimate Failure of Operation Barbarossa -- |tMaps -- |tAppendices -- |g1. |tEquivalent Military Ranks (German/American) -- |g2. |tDirective No. 21 -- Case Barbarossa (December 18, 1940) -- |g3. |tGerman 6 Infantry Division: Personnel and Weapons (June 20, 1941) -- |g4. |tOrder of Battle of a German Panzer Division (June 1941) -- |g5. |t56 Infantry Division's Order No. 1 for the Attack across the Bug River (June 19, 1941) -- |g6. |tPeoples Commissariat of Defense (NKO) Directives 1,2,3 (June 22, 1941). 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zEastern Front. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zSoviet Union. 650 7 Military campaigns. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945)) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01900002 651 7 Soviet Union. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210281 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 0 History. 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iOnline version:Luther, Craig W.H. |tFirst Day on the Eastern Front. |dGuilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, 2018 |z9780811767651 |w(DLC) 2018017951 852 0 |bscstacks |hD764 |i.L8765 2019