THE DRIVE ON MOSCOW, 1941: OPERATION TAIFUN AND GERMANY’S FIRST GREAT CRISIS OF WORLD WAR II

Book ID/图书代码： 02820017C00001

English Summary/英文概要： At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders. German panzer spearheads cut through enemy defences and thrust deeply to encircle most of the Soviet soldiers on the approaches to Moscow. Within a few weeks, most of them marched into captivity, where a grim fate awaited them.

Despite the overwhelming initial German success, however, the Soviet capital did not fall. German combat units as well as supply transport were bogged down in mud caused by autumn rains. General Zhukov was called back to Moscow and given the desperate task to recreate defence lines west of Moscow. The mud allowed him time to accomplish this, and when the Germans again began to attack in November, they met stiffer resistance. Even so, they came perilously close to the capital, and if the vicissitudes of weather had cooperated, would have seized it. Though German units were also fighting desperately by now, the Soviet build-up soon exceeded their own.

The Drive on Moscow, 1941 is based on numerous archival records, personal diaries, letters and other sources. It recreates the battle from the perspective of the soldiers as well as the generals. The battle, not fought in isolation, had a crucial role in the overall German strategy in the East, and its outcome reveals why the failure of the German assault on Moscow may well have been true turning point of World War II.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1941年9月底，百万训练有素的德军士兵阵列于莫斯科以西180英里的前线，意图一举拿下东线战场。面对规模同样庞大的苏军，德军士气旺盛，以装甲师为先锋打破了苏军防御，楔入纵深，并围困住了援往莫斯科的大部苏军。

然而，这并未击败苏维埃政府。朱可夫将军回到莫斯科，作出了绝地反击的部署，重建莫斯科以西的防线。雨季的泥泞拖住了德国的作战部队和后勤部队，为朱可夫争取了足够的时间。德军在11月再次开始攻击，苏德双方进行了殊死较量。苏军凭借极其坚强的抵抗和熟悉的自然条件，顶住了德军进攻，转入反攻。

本书基于众多档案记录、个人日记、信件和其他来源进行编撰，并从士兵和将领的角度重现了战斗。这场战斗对整个德国的东线战略有着至关重要的影响，其结果揭示了为什么德国对莫斯科的袭击未能成为第二次世界大战的真正转折点。(DB)

Awards/获奖情况：Well-written and complete with 24 photographs and 7 maps this is an excellent publication from authors Niklas Zetterling and Anders Frankson. -- Rebecca Lawther Warfare

Well-written and complete with 24 photographs and 7 maps this is an excellent publication from authors Niklas Zetterling and Anders Frankson. (Rebecca Lawther Warfare)

About the Author/作者介绍： 尼克拉斯·泽特林：瑞典国防学院的研究员。他曾与安德斯·弗兰克森一起写过《库尔斯克1943：统计分析》《科森口袋1944：一支德国军队的包围和突破》，另著有《“俾斯麦”号》。两位作者目前住在瑞典。

Format:照片

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：暂无

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无