Moscow 1941 : a city and its people at war / Rodric Braithwaite.
The 1941 Battle of Moscow--unquestionably one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War--marked the first strategic defeat of the German armed forces in their seemingly unstoppable march across Europe. The Soviets lost many more people in that one battle than the British and Americans lost in the whole of the war. Now, Rodric Braithwaite tells the story in large part through the individual experiences of ordinary Russian men and women. Setting his narrative firmly against the background of Moscow and its people, Braithwaite begins in early 1941, when the Soviet Union was still untouched by the war raging to the west. We see how--despite abundant secret intelligence--the breaching of the border by the Wehrmacht in June took the country by surprise, and how, when the Germans pushed to Moscow in November, the Red Army and the capital's inhabitants undertook to defend their city. Finally, in the winter of 1941--1942, they turned the Germans back on the very outskirts. Braithwaite's narrative of the military action offers portraits of Stalin and his generals. By interweaving the personal remembrances of soldiers, politicians, writers, artists, workers, and schoolchildren, he gives us an understanding of how the war affected the daily life of Moscow, and of the extraordinary bravery, endurance, and sacrifice--both voluntary and involuntary--that was required of its citizens.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400044308
- ISBN: 9781400044306
- Physical Description: 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-374) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- New Year, 1941 3 -- Part I Slow Approach of Thunder -- 1 Shaping of the City 9 -- 2 Forging Utopia 20 -- 3 Wars and Rumours of Wars 38 -- Part II Storm Breaks -- 4 22 June 1941 61 -- 5 Russians Fight Back 81 -- 6 Volunteers 95 -- 7 Mobilising the Masses 115 -- 8 Stalin Takes a Grip 132 -- 9 Eye of the Storm 152 -- 10 Fire over Moscow 167 -- Part III Typhoon -- 11 Germans Break Through 191 -- 12 Panic 212 -- 13 Evacuation 235 -- 14 Compressing the Spring 251 -- 15 Spring Uncoils 270 -- 16 Defeat into Victory 290 -- 17 Aftermath 311.
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