Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

by Stephen G. Fritz

Book Overview

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front consumed enormous levels of resources and accounted for 75 percent of all German casualties. Despite the significance of this campaign to Germany and to the war as a whole, few English-language publications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813161193
• ISBN13: 9780813161198
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 9.2"