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  The Retreat: Hitler's First Defeat (Paperback) By (author) Michael Jones

  

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  Short Description for The RetreatAt the moment of the Second World War in 1941 on the Eastern Front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Many of Russia's 27 million military and civilian deaths occurred in this desperate struggle. This title presents the history of this turning point.
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  • Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
  • Published: 01 December 2009
  • Format: Paperback
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  • Categories: Battles & Campaigns | European History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Military History | Second World War
  • ISBN 13: 9780719569265 ISBN 10: 0719569265
  • Sales rank: 570,079

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• This is the thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front. At the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat, in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred motherland, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the ubermensch, the iron-willed fighter. Many of Russia's 27 million military and civilian deaths occurred in this desperate struggle. In "The Retreat", Michael Jones, acclaimed author of "Leningrad", tells, with matchless vividness and comprehensiveness, of the crucial turning point of the Second World War - the moment when the armies of Hitler could go no further - and of the titanic and cruel struggle of two mighty empires.