The Retreat by Michael Jones
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, draws upon a mass of new eye-witness testimony from both sides of the conflict to tell, 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.
'A gripping account of the opening stages of Hitler's war of extermination against the RussiansMichael Jones shows how the Wehrmacht nearly captured Moscow, which would have won the Second World War for the Nazis, and why they were eventually flung back at the cost of over 900,000 casualties. In many ways this was even more of a fulcrum moment of the war than the battle of Stalingrad, and Jones tells the story of the struggle with verve and scholarship' * Andrew Roberts *
'Jones deserves full credit for the remarkable personal testimonies he has amassed' * Max Hastings, Sunday Times *
'A mass of first-person material that has been cleverly assembled to paint a striking picture' * BBC History Magazine *
'Jones deserves full credit for the remarkable personal testimonies he has amassed' * Max Hastings, Sunday Times *
'A mass of first-person material that has been cleverly assembled to paint a striking picture' * BBC History Magazine *
Michael Jones has a PhD in History from Bristol University. He subsequently taught at Bristol Polytechnic, Glasgow University and Winchester College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and now works freelance as a writer, media historical consultant and presenter. He has written two books and for the last 5 years he has conducted Battlefield Tours of the Eastern Front.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719569524 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719569524 |
| Title | The Retreat |
| Author | Michael Jones |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2009-11-12 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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