Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. I have previously offered a summary of suvorovs book, and have since updated my timeline to war to reflect information found therein. Soviet military commanders in 1941 were wellqualified to lead stalin s war of aggression against europe. I dont think there can be anything more evil than killing someone for them being inferior. The outbreak of the war between germany and the western allies in 1939 gave stalin the opportunity to prepare an attack against europe which was unparalleled in history both in terms of stalins farreaching goals as well as in terms of the amount of troops and armaments amassed at the soviet. She cites stalins famous letter to sholokhov blaming peasants for shortages, but does not mention that he sent food relief to sholokhovs region. The goal can be outwarddirected or inward, against elements of ones own population.
Stalins war of extermination, by joachim hoffmann the. From the middle of the 1980s, hoffmann was involved in the debate about alleged soviet preparations for an attack on germany since the summer of 1940. Stalins war against his own troops the tragic fate of soviet prisoners of war in german captivity dr. The outbreak of war between germany and the western allies in 1939 gave stalin the opportunity to prepare an attack against europe which was unparalleled in history both in terms of stalins farreaching goals as well as in terms of the amount of troops and armaments amassed at the soviet border. According to this thesis, stalin would have waged war on nazi germany in the late. Stalins secret war successfully counters such treatments of this period as harrison salisburys the unknown war and alexander werths russia at war, 19411945. While frankly exploring the full extent of stalins brutalities and their impact on the soviet people, roberts also uncovers evidence leading to the stunning conclusion that stalin was both the greatest military leader of the twentieth century and a remarkable politician who sought to avoid the cold war and establish a longterm detente with. Antigerman liars and fanatics like ilya ehrenburg and stephen wise wrote the convenient history that our rulers enthusiastically took up to demonise their mutual enemies. The stalinist line, as pointed out by british historian antony beevor in the introduction to a writer at war. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Planning, realization and documentation joachim hoffmann on. Stalins war against his own troops the tragic fate of. Soviets killed you for what you didkulaks that were violent were killed, the rest were moved. Which was morally worse, hitlers germany or stalins. Since the 1920s, josef stalin had planned to invade and. Don heddesheimer, the first holocaust 8 in a comparative analysis of benz study with a major revisionist analysis of jewish population losses during world war two,5 i pointed out that benz work has so many logical, methodic, and systematic flaws that its result have to be rejected. Stalins war of extermination castle hill publishers codoh. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalins war of extermination not only reveals as never before the red armys grisly record of atrocities against soldiers and civilians, but establishes beyond doubt that torture, murder, and rape of the captive and the helpless was official soviet policy, as ordered by comrade j. An indispensable book for all students of world war ii as it actually happened. Stalins war of extermination, 19411945 open library.
Stalins colleagues sent him urgent messages from all around the ussr, describing the crisis. Stalins war of extermination is the result of this eyeopening and enduring research. Another addition to holocaustianity is the distinction that is now made between work camps and extermination camps. In 1937, the commanderinchief of the red army and 7 leading generals were shot. The breakthrough bestseller by a german academic and longtime researcher with the german military archives that documented stalins murderous war against the german army and the german people to todays german public. Submitted to the graduate degree program in history and the graduate faculty of the university of kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Joachim hoffmanns stalins war of extermination 194145 is another horrifying chronicle of the wrath stalin visited upon his own troops, their families, etc. This book caused great controversy, because of some of its thesis. In 1995, right after he had retired, he published his work stalins vernichtungskrieg 19411945 stalins war of extermination. Indeed, between the mid1930s and the end of world war two no notable organized actions are known to have taken place.
Vernichtungskrieg or war of extermination is a type of war in which the goal is the complete annihilation of a state, a people or an ethnic minority through genocide or through the destruction of their livelihood. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. It deserves to be considered a standard reference work about stalin and his role in world war ii. Planning, realization and documentation by joachim hoffmann. The results included stalins dictatorship, collective farming and a centralised command economy. An economist best book of the yearfrom the author of the pulitzer prizewinning gulag and the national book award finalist iron curtain, a revelatory history of one of stalins greatest crimesthe consequences of which still resonate todayin 1929 stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivizationin effect a second russian revolutionwhich forced millions of peasants off their. This is the blog that first led me to look at the beginning of the war from the soviet perspective.
Perhaps the best book yet written on josef stalins plan for a world revolution by conquering europe in a war of complete extermination. The horrible fate of the almost six million soviet pows captured by the germans in world war iideclared defectors and traitors of the motherland in stalins order no. This, in fact, is the most outstanding feature of hoffmanns welldocumented booknamely, that it is not runofthemill history but is, instead, a judicious, resourceful exploration and disclosure of stalins aggressive war of extermination waged determinedly from 1941 to 1945. Books by joachim hoffmann author of stalins war of. How stalin, the breaker of nations, hated, murdered jews. The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. A radical new theory of the origins of the second world war. Certainly there was none that even came close to threatening stalins power. The doctors plot and the soviet solution, by louis rapoport. Stalins war of extermination, by joachim hoffma axis history. And equally forgotten was stalins purge of the red army during which 40,000 officers were executed, among them 169 jewish generals. Stalins preparations for an offensive war in the summer. The picture that emerges from this collection is a depressing one and raises many questions about why ordinary men got involved as perpetrators and bystanders in an unprecedented program of extermination of racially inferior men, women, and children in eastern europe and the soviet union during the second world war.
Planning, realization and documentation 1st english edition by hoffmann. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content 144 shofar stalins war against the jews. Stalins own public statements warned of nefarious activities by western warmongers, especially churchill and his friends. Stalins war of extermination 19411945 by joachim hoffman, 9780967985688, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
In stalins war of extermination joachim hoffmann examines both the underlying causes and the ruthless execution of the war by russians and germans alike, in a thoroughly engrossing, systematic approach that is unsurpassed with respect to comprehensiveness, objectivity, and documentation. During those years sovietization often took the form of. Ebeling f or most of the period since the end of world war ii the general interpretation about the role of the soviet union in the events leading up to the beginning. When ginzburg asked the old woman why she was being held, the woman, more than a little perplexed, said that the officers accused. This book describes in detail the desperate attempt of the german army to prevent stalins plan for a world revolution by conquering europe in. Lays to rest once and for all the distorted, one sided view of war on the eastern front. Ernst topitsch stalins war pdf download by tabaszfreewhle. Stalins war of extermination 19411945 by joachim hoffmann, 9781591481201, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Stalins genocides an analysis and opinion piece about marxist leninist genocide and massmurder in the soviet union. The collapse of the grand alliance in 1947 provoked widespread fear that the cold war would soon develop into a hot war. Hoffmann has made extensive use of interrogations of. Americans think of world war ii as the good war, a moment when the forces of good resoundingly triumphed over evil. Was stalin necessary for russias economic development. In the mid1930s the abstract threat of war gave way to real threats from germany and japan. Joachim hoffmann has 18 books on goodreads with 114 ratings. This study is a major effort to draw together the findings of both earlier and more recent literature on germanys invasion of the soviet union and the purpose and conduct of that invasion, as well as the terrible fighting that ensued and made it the major front of world war ii. If stalins aspirations were not fully realized, the outcome of the war does not detract from topitschs theory that the second world war was only a phase though an important one in the realization of lenins grand strategy to subjugate the capitalist or imperialist nations in other words, all those which had not yet undergone the. Thus, although the 1927 war scare was just a scare, with no real threat of immediate war, it served to trigger change. In short, the war fought on the eastern front is arguably the single most important chapter in modern military history but it is a chapter that in many essential ways is only now being written. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalins war of extermination not only revealsas never.
Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalins war of extermination not only revealsas never beforethe red armys grisly record of atrocities against soldiers and civilians, but establishes beyond cavil that torture, murder, and rape of the captive and the helpless was official soviet. Based on the late joachim hoffmanns lifelong study of german and russian military records, stalin s war of extermination not only revealsas never beforethe red armys grisly record of atrocities against soldiers and civilians, but establishes beyond cavil that torture, murder, and rape of the captive and the helpless was official soviet policy, as ordered by comrade j. Since the 1920s, stalin planned to invade western europe in order to initiate the world revolution. Nevertheless, suspicions that opposition still did. Joachim hoffmanns most popular book is stalins war of extermination 19411945. Planning, realization and documentation 9780967985688 by joachim hoffmann and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Joachim hoffmann 1 december 1930 8 february 2002 was a german historian and. Stalin knew when he established the draft that in two years, in the summer of 1941, the soviet union must enter into a major war. Stalins grand design to start world war ii, by viktor suvorov an offensive, not a defensive, war. The fact that jews were singled out for extermination by the german invaders of the ussr was inconvenient to stalins political agenda. Stalins war of extermination by joachim hoffmann 2001. An indispensable book for all students of world war ii as it actually happened, as well as a revisionist classic that has shaken antigerman propagandists to the. This book describes in detail the desperate attempt of the german army to prevent stalins plan for a world revolution by conquering europe in a war of extermination. While peasants were dying in the countryside, the soviet.
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