Moscow 1941 : a city and its people at war
"This book tells the story of 1941 and the Battle of Moscow, and the Russian people who fought in it. This was the first time the Wehrmacht had ever been stopped in its tracks, and by some criteria it was the biggest battle in history. Seven million men and women fought over a territory the size of France. More than 900,000 Soviet soldiers died - dwarfing British losses in the First World War, and the combined casualties of the British and Americans in the whole of the Second." "Based on extensive research and interviews, and illustrated with striking images, this book combines a narrative of the military action with the myriad experiences of a great city at war. It tells the stories of individuals, soldiers, politicians and intellectuals, writers and artists and dancers, school children and peasants. And it offers some telling portraits of Stalin and his generals as they strove to recover from disaster and lay the ground - regardless of cost - for the overwhelming victory which came four years later."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
Profile Books, London, 2006