Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War Hardcover

ENDGAME 1944
DIMBLEBY JONATHAN

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 24, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 640 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0197765319
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0197765319
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 2.1 x 8.7 inches

A gripping account of the Soviet victories of 1944

The year 1944 was the turning point of World War Two, and nowhere was this more evident than on the Eastern Front. For three years, following the onslaught of the German Army during Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the Red Army had retreated and then eventually held, fighting to a stalemate while the Germans occupied and ravaged large parts of the Soviet Union and its republics. Finally, following the breaking of the German siege of Leningrad in January 1944, Stalin and his generals were able to consider striking back. In June, they launched Operation Bagration, during which more than two million Red Army soldiers began an offensive, pushing west. The results were almost immediate and devastating. Within three weeks, Army Group Centre, the core of the German Army, had lost 28 of its 32 divisions. The ending had begun.