Название: The Biggest Battles of the Eastern Front During World War II
Автор: Charles River Editors
Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 1535467851
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 212
Размер: 8,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

World War II was fought on a scale unlike anything before or since in human history, and the unfathomable casualty counts are attributable in large measure to the carnage inflicted between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during Hitler’s invasion of Russia and Stalin’s desperate defense. The invasion came in 1941 following a nonaggression pact signed between the two in 1939, which allowed Hitler to focus his attention on the west without having to worry about an attack from the eastern front. While Germany was focusing on the west, the Soviet Union sent large contingents of troops to the border region between the two countries, and Stalin’s plan to take territory in Poland and the Baltic States angered Hitler.