German Campaign in Russia: Planning and Operations (1940-1942)
Operation Barbarossa, Eastern Front Strategy, Logistics, and Command DecisionsBy U.S. Department of Defense
Length8h 22m
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German Campaign in Russia: Planning and Operations (1940–1942) is a rigorous study of the strategic conception, preparation, and early execution of Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Tracing the movement from prewar planning through the campaigns of 1941 and 1942, it examines command decisions, logistical limitations, intelligence assessments, force employment, and the widening gap between operational ambition and material reality. Its style is analytical and documentary rather than literary, reflecting the traditions of official military history and professional staff study. The book's value lies in its reconstruction of war as a complex institutional process, linking high-level strategy with the practical difficulties faced by armies in an immense and unforgiving theater. Produced by the U.S. Department of Defense, the volume belongs to the postwar body of American military scholarship designed to preserve operational lessons and support the education of officers, planners, and historians. Its institutional authorship reflects an interest not merely in recounting Nazi Germany's defeats, but in understanding planning assumptions, command relationships, mobilization, sustainment, and adaptation under combat conditions. The study therefore bears the imprint of a defense establishment seeking comparative insight from the experience of a recent, consequential conflict. This book is especially recommended for readers of World War II history, military strategy, operational art, and twentieth-century geopolitics. Students and specialists will appreciate its disciplined chronology, attention to planning, and sober treatment of causation. It is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand why the eastern campaign became a prolonged war of attrition rather than the swift victory Germany anticipated.
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GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 22 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great (Annotated)
2FOREWORD
3PART ONE PLANNING
4Chapter 1 Strategic Planning
5Initial Discussions (July 1940)
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6The Marcks Plan (5 August 1940)
7Staff Work (August-September 1940)
8Admiral Raeder's Suggestions (26 September 1940)
9Strategic Survey (October 1940)
10The Preliminary Plan (November-5 December 1940)
11General Staff and Command Post Exercises (November-December 1940)
12Economic Survey
13Directive BARBAROSSA (18 December 1940)
14Chapter 2 Operational Planning
15The Army's Operation Order (3 February 1941)
16Initiation of Subordinate Staffs (February-March 1941)
17Changes in Plans (March-April 1941)
18Army Group South
19Far North
20Delay in the Start
21The Draft of Directive No. 32 (11 June 1947)
22Strategic Concentration (21 June 1941)
23Air Support
24Other Factors
25Estimate of Soviet Strength (June 1941)
26Sources of Information
27Estimate of Red Army Dispositions
28Estimate of Soviet Air Force Strength
29PART TWO OPERATIONS IN 1941
30Chapter 3 The Initial Operations (22 June-31 July 1941)
31D Day
32The Situation on 30 June 1941
33Developments in Early July 1941
34The Mid-July Estimate
35Directive No. 33 (19 July 1941)
36The Army's Letter to the Armed Forces High Command
37The Situation Toward the End of July 1947
38Chapter 4 Planning for Future Operations
39The Army's Order of 28 July 1941
40Directive No. 34 (30 July 1941)
41Hitler's Vacillation Over Strategy
42The Supplement to Directive No. 34 (12 August 1941)
43Developments to Mid-August 1941
44The Army Memorandum of 18 August 1941
45Hitler's Decision (20 August 1941)
46Chapter 5 The Diversion and Reassembly
47The Personnel Situation (End of August 1941)
48Increasing Logistical Difficulties (Early September 1941)
49POL
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