Bibliograph

Fortress dark and stern, the Soviet home front during World War II, Wendy Z. Goldman and Donald Filtzer

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Label

Fortress dark and stern, the Soviet home front during World War II, Wendy Z. Goldman and Donald Filtzer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fortress dark and stern

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Wendy Z. Goldman and Donald Filtzer

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

the Soviet home front during World War II

Summary

After Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, German troops conquered the heartland of Soviet industry and agriculture and turned the occupied territories into mass killing fields. The country's survival hung in the balance. In 'Fortress Dark and Stern', Wendy Z. Goldman and Donald Filtzer tell the epic tale of the Soviet home front during World War II. Against the backdrop of the Red Army's early retreats and hard-fought advances after Stalingrad, they present the impact of total war behind the front lines in a chronicle of spirited defense efforts, draconian state directives, teeming black markets, official corruption, and selfless heroism. In one of the greatest wartime feats in history, Soviet workers rapidly evacuated factories, food, and people thousands of miles to the east.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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