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The chief culprit :

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9781591148388 (alk. paper)

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The chief culprit :

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Stalin's grand design to start World War II /

Viktor Suvorov

Annapolis, Md. :

Naval Institute Press,

c2008

xxii, 328 p., [32] p. of plates :

ill., maps ;

27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index

The struggle for peace, and its results -- First attempts to unleash a Second World War -- The first contact -- Stalin's role in the rebirth of German war power -- Why did Stalin like Hitler's book so much? -- Industrialization and collectivization -- Stalin's role in elevating Hitler -- Stalin and the destruction of Soviet strategic aviation -- Stalin's preparations for war: tanks -- On the "obsolete" Soviet tanks -- Winged Genghis Kahn -- About "obsolete" airplanes -- Soviet airborne assault troops and their mission -- About the brilliant military leader Tukhachevski -- The cleansing -- Spain -- Stalin's trap for Hitler -- Results of the Moscow Pact -- Blitzkrieg in Poland Mongolia -- Mobilization -- Mobilization of the economy -- The winter war: Finland -- Germany's strategic resources and Stalin's plans -- The carving up of Romania, and its consequences -- Destruction of the buffer states between Germany and the Soviet Union -- Destruction of the security pale on the eve of the war -- Partisans or saboteurs? -- Destruction of the Stalin line -- Trotsky murdered, Molotov in Berlin -- Kremlin games -- All the way to Berlin! -- Mountain divisions on the steppes of Ukraine -- Stalin in May -- June 13, 1941 - Words and deeds -- Red Army, black Gulag uniforms -- Military alignment -- Churchill's warning and Stalin's reaction -- A Blitzkrieg against Russia? -- Intelligence reports and Stalin's reaction -- The war has begun -- Stalin's panic -- If it weren't for winter! -- A model war

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Stalin's grand design to start World War II

Stalin, Joseph,1879-1953-- Military leadership

World War, 1939-1945-- Causes

World War, 1939-1945-- Soviet Union

Suvorov, Viktor

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