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'With his customary literary flair and capacity to master and mobilize very many and varied sources, Jonathan Dimbleby gives us the best single-volume account of the Barbarossa campaign to date' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
'Like a fast-moving juggernaut of horror,…
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1 author picked Barbarossa as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Somewhat cavalierly, I chose to read this exhaustive account of war on the Eastern Front while on a transatlantic cruise.
The author, Jonathan Dimbleby, achieves what I find to be the most satisfying approach to complex historical events like Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. He synthesizes a vast amount of archival and secondary detail and generates a fast-moving narrative that’s neither too broad nor too granular.
The first half of Barbarossa, focused on the two countries’ tortured diplomatic history between the wars, is especially engrossing. Full disclosure: By the book’s end, I knew with certainty this…
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