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  • Kiev 1941

  • Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East
  • By: David Stahel
  • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
  • Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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In just four weeks in the summer of 1941 the German Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on four Soviet armies, conquering central Ukraine and killing or capturing three quarters of a million men. This was the Battle of Kiev - one of the largest and most decisive battles of World War II and, for Hitler and Stalin, a battle of crucial importance. For the first time, David Stahel charts the battle's dramatic course and aftermath, uncovering the irreplaceable losses suffered by Germany's "panzer groups" despite their battlefield gains, and the implications of these losses for the German war effort. He illuminates the inner workings of the German army, as well as the experiences of ordinary soldiers, showing that with the Russian winter looming and Soviet resistance still unbroken, victory came at huge cost and confirmed the turning point in Germany's war in the East.
©2012 David Stahel (P)2019 Tantor
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  • Categories: History
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TIK History brought me here and I’m glad I came

This book dispels the myths of the unstoppable advances of the Wehrmacht in 1941.

It would seem that logistics and the lack of raw economic backing was what made this campaign a bridge too far for the Wehrmacht.

If lend lease support was given to the Wehrmacht instead of the USSR, I think the Germans would have been able to push their panzer drives much further to the east, thereby reducing the opposition to a guerrilla war or total capitulation.

I’d love to see stahel continue describing 1941-42, with emphasis on logistics, economics and the policies endured by eastern territories occupied by the Wehrmacht in their effort to win the war at any cost.

Certainly well researched and insightful.
I highly recommend.

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