1. Parallel wars; 2. The stalled offensive; 3. Preparing the final showdown; 4. The Orsha conference; 5. Typhoon re-launched; 6. The long road to Moscow; 7. Victory at any price; 8. The frozen offensive; 9. Down to the wire; 10. To the gates of Moscow; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
A major new account of Germany's drive on Moscow in November 1941, one of the key battles of World War II.
David Stahel is the author of four previous books on Nazi Germany's war against the Soviet Union. He completed an MA in War Studies at King's College London in 2000 and a PhD at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2007. His research focus has concentrated primarily on the German military in World War II. Dr Stahel is a lecturer in European history at the University of New South Wales, and is currently working on a follow-up book to The Battle for Moscow looking at the German retreat in the winter of 1941–2.
'Another excellent account from David Stahel - whose thorough
appraisal of the German sources leads to a perceptive overall
analysis.' Michael Jones, author of Total War: From Stalingrad to
Berlin and after Hitler
'Stahel offers a fresh, definitive look at a major turning point of
World War II, illustrating again why he is one of the world's
foremost experts on Hitler's attack on Soviet Russia. His writing
is taut, insights provocative, and research exhaustive. A masterful
achievement!' Craig W. H. Luther, author of Barbarossa
Unleashed
'The Battle for Moscow was certainly one of the turning points of
the Second World War. In this carefully constructed and
well-researched account David Stahel explores the German options in
what was clearly becoming an unwinnable campaign. This is solid
military history revising what we thought we knew about the war in
the East.' Richard Overy, author of The Bombing War: Europe,
1939–1945
'Stahel convincingly argues that an overextended, exhausted and
incompetently led Wehrmacht suffered inevitable defeat in front of
Moscow. A crisp and judicious account that highlights the German
high command's self-delusion.' Jeff Rutherford, author of Combat
and Genocide on the Eastern Front: The German Infantry's War,
1941–1944
'… fast-paced and engagingly written, Stahel draws on many primary
sources, ranging from letters sent by troops and the war diaries of
commanders to previously undocumented army files. His voice remains
clear, consistent, and authoritative throughout, as he presents his
evidence and guides the reader through the myths and realities.'
Curtis Hutchinson, Military History Monthly
'Like the previous three books in the series, The Battle for Moscow
is very highly recommended for buffs and scholars alike. Stahel's
research, writing, and analysis give us a new and gripping account
of one of the greatest and most momentous campaigns in history.'
Scott Stephenson, Military Review
'David Stahel's thoroughly researched, persuasively argued, and
engagingly written work of strategic and operational history
deserves a wide readership among military professionals and the
interested public alike.' MacGregor Knox, RUSI Journal
'This book covers Germany's Army Group Center for the month of
November 1941 … Stahel's history is predominantly operational: the
war as seen from the viewpoint of Army Group and Army commanders.
He supplements this narrative with vignettes from the daily lives
of cold and demoralized frontline German soldiers, but his theme
lies elsewhere … he has made a powerful argument.' David R. Stone,
Slavic Review
'The Battle for Moscow establishes David Stahel alongside Robert
Citino as the leading historians of the German Army and the war in
the east. This is a superbly argued and crisply presented account
of German operational warfare that exposes the strategic bankruptcy
of 'Hitler's generals' and lays bare the dire effects of a Nazi
'ethos' on Wehrmacht operations in the east.' Edward Westermann,
The Journal of Modern History
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