Germany and the Second World War Volume IV: The Attack on the Soviet Union

Horst Boog, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History),Jurgen Forster, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History),Joachim Hoffman, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History),Ernst Klink, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History),Rolf-Dieter Muller, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History),Gerd R. Ueberschar, Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History)

Project co-ordinated by the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Part I: German War Policy and the Soviet Union 1940-1941
1. Hitler's Decision in Favour of War Against the Soviet Union
2. The Soviet Union up to the Eve of the German Attack
3. From Economic Alliance to a War of Colonial Exploitation
4. The Military Concept of the War Against the Soviet Union
5. Germany's Acquisition of Allies in South-East Europe
6. The Involvement of Scandinavia in the Plans for Barbarossa
7. Operation Barbarossa as a War of Conquest and Annihilation
Part II: The War against the Soviet Union until the Turn of 1941/1942
1. The Conduct of Operations
2. The Conduct of the War Through Soviet Eyes
3. Strategy and Policy in Northern Europe
4. The Decisions of the Tripartite Pact States
5. Volunteers for the 'European Crusade against Bolshevism'
6. The Failure of the Economic 'Blitzkrieg Strategy'
7. Securing 'Living-Space'
Operation Barbarossa in Historical Perspective
Bibliography
Index of Persons