Table of Contents

Introduction and chronology - Background to war - Warring sides - Outbreak - The fighting - Portrait of a soldier (German and Soviet) - The world around war - Portrait of a civilian (German and Soviet) - How the war ended - Conclusion and consequences

About the Author

After leaving Oxford in 1953 Geoffrey Jukes spent 14 years in the UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Colonial Office, specialising in Russian/Soviet military history, strategy and arms control. From 1967 to 1993 he was also on the staff of the Australian National University. He has written five books and numerous articles on the Eastern Front in the two World Wars.