Barbarossa

Regular price €18.50
20th century history book
2nd world war
A01=Stewart Binns
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
army books
Author_Stewart Binns
automatic-update
Barbarossa
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HBW
Category=JPFQ
Category=NHW
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eastern front
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
European history
Hitler
Language_English
military history book
Nazis
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
red army
SAS
second world war
softlaunch
soviets
Stalin
Stalingrad
war books
World war 2
world war II
WW2
WWII

Product details

  • ISBN 9781472276292
  • Weight: 300g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jun 2022
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days

Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock

10-20 Working Days
: On Backorder

Will Deliver When Available
: On Pre-Order or Reprinting

We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!

Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War.

On June 22nd, 1941 the largest military invasion in human history was launched - an attack on the Soviet Union by almost four million men of Nazi Germany's brutal war machine.
Operation Barbarossa led to the bloodiest military campaign mankind has ever known. The statistics of death and destruction are almost impossible to believe. The cruelty, suffering and destitution it wrought are unimaginable . . . over forty million people lost their lives.

Yet, the real story of the Eastern Front is still not truly understood outside of Germany and Eastern Europe. Little is known of those who suffered in the horror of Hitler's 'War of Annihilation' - the soldiers and civilians of Eastern Europe who fought and died trying to save their homelands and their loved ones.

In Barbarossa, Stewart Binns tells the story of how they lived and survived, and how, once the tide had turned, they exacted an appalling revenge on the Nazi aggressors. This is the story of the bloodiest war in history.

Stewart Binns draws on Russian archives to paint a uniquely intimate picture of the war from the Soviet side of this terrible conflict - presenting this dark moment in history in panoramic detail, matching sweeping accounts of tactical manoeuvres with harrowing personal stories of civilian hardship and bravery.

'A masterful narrative, deeply enriched by extraordinary research and a profound analysis of the soul of Russia.' - Nick Hewer

Stewart began his professional life as an academic before becoming a teacher and a soldier. Later in life, he trained at the BBC and began a successful career in television, during which he won many awards, especially for his 'in-colour' documentary series, including a BAFTA for 'Britain at War'. Stewart has since published several fiction and non-fiction books. Barbarossa is his thirteenth book and sixth work of non-fiction.