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The Western Allies and Soviet potential in World War II : economy, society, and military power / Martin Kahn.

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"World War II was the largest and most devastating war in modern history with far reaching consequences. The single most important campaign was the Soviet-German war, which consumed the lion share of Germany's military resources. In contrast to the tone in German and Anglo-American pre-cam...

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Main Author: Kahn, Martin (Author)
Other title:Western Allies and Soviet potential in World War Two.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Series:Routledge explorations in economic history ; 79.
Subjects:
Germany. > Wehrmacht > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Germany. > Wehrmacht.
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Armed Forces > Evaluation > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Manpower > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Soviet Union.
Armed Forces > Evaluation.
Economics.
International relations.
Manpower.
Military campaigns.
Social aspects.
Great Britain.
Soviet Union.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: General background; War potential and the general purpose of this study
  • The Anglo-American assessments in a wider context
  • The Soviet Union and the West : the pre-war experience and international great power politics before World War II
  • From the guarantee to Poland to the Molotov-Ribbentropp pact
  • U.S. pre-Barbarossa assessments
  • The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and its consequences
  • The Soviet-Finnish winter war
  • Assessments running up to Barbarossa
  • Trying to explain the assessments and compare them with reality
  • The beginning of Soviet-German war : assessments during Operation Barbarossa
  • The first turning point of the war : the Soviet winter offensive
  • The spring, the coming of summer and continued worries
  • The first year of the Soviet-German war : how realistic were the assessments?
  • The German summer offensive and Soviet prospects
  • The Anglo-American assessments in the context of the possibility to establish a second front in 1942
  • The autumn assessments and the Battle of Stalingrad
  • From Stalingrad to Kursk
  • The 1943 cross-channel attack that never was and the "90-division gamble"
  • The Red Army's first major push to the west
  • The final phase of the war : from Operation Bagration to the surrender of Germany (and the campaign against Japan)
  • Assessments compared to reality during the last period of the war
  • The assessments of war potential and material aid to USSR
  • A comment on the assessments in the context of the early Cold War
  • Conclusion.

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