Barbarossa: invasion of Russia, 1941 (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Campaign book no. 11) by John Keegan - 1971

New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. First printing. Ink name and address on title page. 1971 Trade Paperback. 160 pp. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest land offensive in human history, with around 10 million combatants taking part. The operation, code-named after Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard"), a 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor and Crusader, put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union to repopulate it with Germans. The German Generalplan Ost aimed to use some of the conquered people as forced labour for the Axis war effort while acquiring the oil reserves of the Caucasus as well as the agricultural resources of various Soviet territories, including Ukraine and Byelorussia. Their ultimate goal was to create more Lebensraum (living space) for… Read More

Random House Publishing Group, 1971. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Ballantine Books, 1971-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!