The final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia. Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to resupply troops or provide reserves, as well as the lack of decent German winter uniforms and transport with dramatic contemporary photographs detailing the unforgiving battlefield conditions. Full-colour artwork, maps and bird's-eye-views illustrate the campaign in detail, revealing how, despite lapses and flaws in Soviet defences, the Red Army was able to capitalize on every German weakness.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Origins of the Campaign: Tense Peace
• Opposing Plans
• Opposing Commanders
• Orders of Battle
• Opposing Armies
• Campaign
• Conclusion
• Chronology
• Bibliography
• Index