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<p class="null1">The gripping history of the ferocious turning point of World War Two, when Hitler’s armies were halted on the Eastern Front</p> <p>At the moment of crisis in late 1941 on the Eastern Front,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this feat of endurance was a prelude to a long and arduous retreat in which Soviet troops, inspired by&nbsp;deep beliefs in the sacred Motherland, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the <i>Ubermensch—</i>the iron-willed fighter.&nbsp;Supported by tanks and ski battalions, Soviet troops engaged in this desperate struggle in the harshest Russian weather.</p> <p>Michael Jones draws upon a&nbsp;wealth of new eyewitness testimonies from both sides of the conflict to&nbsp;vividly chronicle this pivotal&nbsp;chapter in&nbsp;the Second World War as he takes us from the German invasion of the Soviet Union on the morning of June 22 through the counteroffensive that carried into the spring of 1942. From the German soldier finding his comrades frozen into blocks of ice to the Russian lieutenant crying with rage at the senseless destruction of his unit, the a

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Author

Michael Jones

Publisher

New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312628192

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

3.99 / 5 (135 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14