The Battle for Moscow

Name: The Battle for Moscow
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: David Stahel
ISBN: 9798855503364

Author: David Stahel

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 12 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/09/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Wars, World War Ii, Russian History

Synopsis

In November 1941, Hitler ordered German forces to complete the final drive on the Soviet capital, now less than 100 kilometers away. Army Group Center was pressed into the attack for one last attempt to break Soviet resistance before the onset of winter. From the German perspective, the final drive on Moscow had all the ingredients of a dramatic final battle in the east, which, according to previous accounts, only failed at the gates of Moscow. David Stahel challenges this well-established narrative by demonstrating that the last German offensive of 1941 was a forlorn effort, undermined by operational weakness and poor logistics and driven forward by what he identifies as National Socialist military thinking. With unparalleled research from previously undocumented army files and soldiers' letters, Stahel takes a fresh look at the battle for Moscow, which even before the Soviet winter offensive, threatened disaster for Germany's war in the east.

About David Stahel

David Stahel was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1975. He completed an honors degree in history at Monash University in Melbourne, an MA in war studies at King's College London, and a PhD at the Humboldt University in Berlin. His research has centered primarily on German military history and particularly the Wehrmacht's war against the Soviet Union. Stahel is senior lecturer in European history at the University of New South Wales in Canberra. His titles include The Battle for Moscow, Retreat from Moscow, and Operation Typhoon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on July 25, 2020

The fourth of five volumes by Dr. Stahel, this work tells the story of Army Group Center's drive on Moscow in November 1941. As conditions worsened, the Wehrmacht found itself stuck as the autumn rains in Russia created its annual mud ("raputitsa"), forcing a suspension of the offensive for two week......more

Goodreads review by Rafa on November 18, 2024

Caso de libro de la lógica paradójica y es que cuanto más cerca se está del objetivo más difícil se hace conseguirlo. Este libro de David Stahel no es tan redondo como los anteriores que he leído de él. Quizás porque está a caballo de “Operación Tifón” y “La retirada de Moscú” hay momentos en que par......more

Goodreads review by Clarke on January 23, 2016

To really appreciate the book you pretty much have to do read all his titles -Barbarossa, Kiev, and Operation Typhoon because he has a couple of main themes he hammers on repeatedly and one book leads to another. I would recommend this for anyone interested in the first year of the Soviet German war......more

Goodreads review by Cropredy on May 09, 2020

I received this book as a gift and put off reading it for 16 months. My experience of books on the Eastern Front (with a few exceptions - see Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 or Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier) is that they read like this: On November 21, advance units of t......more

Goodreads review by Ellis on March 14, 2020

A much more engaging and academically interesting than 'Operation Typhoon', and especially 'The Battle for Kiev. There is significantly more relevant text and information, in addition to regular maps that actually show all of the events taking place. The thesis that the German high command exhibited......more