The Great Patriotic War

v1.0.1 / TOC (15 chapters) / 01 mar 08 / greg goebel / public domain

* On 22 June 1941, Adolf Hitler's armies invaded the Soviet Union, touching off one of the most destructive military campaigns in history. This document provides a history of the Nazi-Soviet war, or as it is known in Russia, the Great Patriotic War.

[1.0] Stalin's Terror

• [1.1] THE RISE OF JOSEF STALIN
  
• [1.2] THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER
  
• [1.3] STALIN'S PURGES
  

[2.0] A Friendship Of Thieves

• [2.1] WAR & SHADOWS OF WAR
  
• [2.2] THE NAZI-SOVIET NONAGGRESSION PACT
  
• [2.3] WORLD WAR II BEGINS / THE WINTER WAR
  
• [2.4] THE THIEVES FALL OUT
  
• [2.5] HITLER PLOTS AGAINST THE USSR
  

[3.0] The German Invasion Of Russia

• [3.1] THE EVE OF THE INVASION
  
• [3.2] BARBAROSSA BEGINS / THE FALL OF MINSK
  
• [3.3] STALIN AGAINST THE ROPES / THE FALL OF SMOLENSK
  

[4.0] The Soviets Stand Fast

• [4.1] THE WEST REACTS / THE ANGLO-SOVIET OCCUPATION OF IRAN
  
• [4.2] THE INVASION SLOWS / THE CAPTURE OF KIEV / LENINGRAD ISOLATED
  
• [4.3] THE BATTLE FOR MOSCOW
  
• [4.4] THE AGONY OF LENINGRAD
  
• [4.5] COUNTERSTROKE
  

[5.0] The German Occupation Of The USSR

• [5.1] THE NAZI TERROR
  
• [5.2] THE GERMAN MASTERS
  
• [5.3] THE WAR IN THE REAR
  
• [5.4] THE PEOPLE'S WAR / ALLIED ASSISTANCE
  

[6.0] Germans Resurgent

• [6.1] SOVIET FUMBLINGS / OPERATION FREDERICUS
  
• [6.2] PLAN BLUE / THE FALL OF SEVASTOPOL
  
• [6.3] CALM BEFORE THE STORM / RED ARMY STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES
  
• [6.4] THE GERMANS DRIVE EAST
  

[7.0] The Battle For Stalingrad (1)

• [7.1] INVESTING THE CITY
  
• [7.2] THE STRUGGLE IN THE RUINS: SEPTEMBER 1942
  
• [7.3] THE STRUGGLE IN THE RUINS: OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1942
  

[8.0] The Battle For Stalingrad (2)

• [8.1] COUNTERSTROKE: OPERATION URANUS
  
• [8.2] OPERATION WINTER STORM
  
• [8.3] PAULUS SURRENDERS
  
• [8.4] STALINGRAD: THE AFTERMATH
  
• [8.5] SOVIETS RESURGENT
  

[9.0] Operation Citadel

• [9.1] PREPARING FOR BATTLE
  
• [9.2] THE BATTLE OF THE KURSK SALIENT
  
• [9.3] THE RECAPTURE OF BELGOROD, OREL, & KHARKOV
  
• [9.4] TO THE DNIEPER / THE RECAPTURE OF KIEV
  

[10.0] The Three Blows

• [10.1] THE TEHERAN CONFERENCE
  
• [10.2] THE THREE BLOWS: THE RELIEF OF LENINGRAD
  
• [10.3] THE THREE BLOWS: THE BATTLE OF THE CHERKASSY POCKET
  
• [10.4] THE THREE BLOWS: THE RECONQUEST OF THE CRIMEA
  
• [10.5] STALIN'S TERROR RETURNS
  

[11.0] Driving Out The Fascists

• [11.1] OPERATION BAGRATION
  
• [11.2] OPERATION FRANTIC: THE SHUTTLE BOMBING MISSIONS
  
• [11.3] THE WARSAW UPRISING
  

[12.0] The Hour Before Midnight

• [12.1] QUIET BEFORE THE STORM IN THE EAST
  
• [12.2] ACROSS THE VISTULA, ON TO THE ODER
  
• [12.3] RED VENGEANCE
  
• [12.4] THE YALTA CONFERENCE
  
• [12.5] PREPARING FOR THE FINAL OFFENSIVE
  

[13.0] On To Berlin

• [13.1] STALIN'S FINAL OFFENSIVE
  
• [13.2] HITLER ON THE ROPES
  
• [13.3] ENCIRCLING BERLIN / MEETING ON THE ELBE
  
• [13.4] THE STRUGGLE FOR BERLIN
  

[14.0] The Fall Of The Reich

• [14.1] THE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER
  
• [14.2] THE FALL OF BERLIN
  
• [14.3] GERMANY SURRENDERS
  
• [14.4] RESTORING ORDER
  
• [14.5] DAY OF RECKONING
  

[15.0] The Iron Curtain Falls

• [15.1] STALIN'S PEACE
  
• [15.2] RECONSTRUCTION & REPRESSION
  
• [15.3] THE COLD WAR BEGINS / DEATH OF STALIN
  
• [15.4] COMMENTS, SOURCES, & REVISION HISTORY