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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
''The best single-volume account of the Barbarossa campaign to date'' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
''A page-turning descent into Hell and back . . . this fresh and compelling account of Hitler''s failed invasion of the Soviet Union should be on everyone''s reading list for 2021'' Dr Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire
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The largest military operation in history. The turning point of the Second World War. The most important year of the twentieth century.
Operation Barbarossa, Hitler''s invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a war of extermination to annihilate Soviet communism, liquidate the Jews and create Lebensraum for the German master race. But it led to the destruction of the Third Reich, and was cataclysmic for Germany with millions of men killed, wounded or registered as missing
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The best single-volume account of the Barbarossa campaign to date -- Andrew Roberts, author of 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny'
It's a vital story, one everyone should know, and Dimbleby tells it with verve and elan -- Laurence Rees, author of 'Hitler and Stalin'
Should be on everyone's reading list for 2021 -- Dr Amanda Foreman, author of 'A World on Fire'
Masterly -- General Sir Mike Jackson
Vivid and engrossing -- Brendan Simms, author of 'Hitler: Only The World Was Enough'
An impressive achievement . . . a fast-paced, gripping read -- Julia Boyd, author of 'Travellers in the Third Reich'
A great read . . . he brings Barbarossa very vividly to life, as if you are there -- Robert Kershaw, author of 'War Without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941-1942' and 'Borodino Field 1812/1941'
Thought-provoking . . . a captivating eye-opener -- Prof Dr Gerhard Hirschfeld, University of Stuttgart, former President of the International Committee for the Study of the Second World War
Superbly well-written . . . the most comprehensive study of Hitler's invasion of the USSR in years -- Keith Lowe, author of 'Savage Continent'
Expertly narrated and written with piercing clarity -- Frederick Taylor, author of '1939: A People's History'
A chilling account of war at its worst -- Bear Grylls
Superb . . . stays with you long after you have finished -- Henry Hemming, bestselling author of 'Our Man in New York'
Brilliant . . . a wonderful piece of history -- Robert Fox
Epic . . . captures all of Barbarossa's drama and magnitude -- Martin Sixsmith
Brings to life the sheer, staggering scale of these events... with great skill, care and attention to detail * Sunday Times *
[An] encyclopedic new account... a vivid, meticulous tapestry, densely weaving the threads of German and Soviet military strategy, political calculation from Washington and London to Moscow, and war's pitiless human cost * The Telegraph *
[Dimbleby] skilfully tracks the shifts and turns of the campaign, sparing no detail . . . a riveting account * Daily Mail, Book of the Week *
Dimbleby tells the story of strategic miscalculation and (self-)deception on all sides, and then Hitler's 'war of extermination', magnificently * The Spectator *
Amazing . . . fascinating -- Jeremy Vine
My best history book of 2021 -- a masterful account of maybe the biggest event ever . . . essential! -- Lee Child
