Fortress dark and stern : the Soviet home front during World War II / Wendy Z. Goldman and Donald Filtzer.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (528 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190092672 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union | World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Soviet Union | Soviets (People) -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944 | War and society -- Soviet Union -- History | Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190618414DDC classification: 940.5347 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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