Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front

Introduction: the German infantry's war; 1. The Wehrmacht and German society; 2. Preparations for war; 3. 'Attack with a ruthless offensive spirit and ... a firestorm of destruction': the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa; 4: 'Will the continuation of this attack be worth it?' The drive on Leningrad; 5: 'It is only a question of where, not if, civilians will starve': the 121st Infantry Division and the occupation of Pavlovsk; 6. The failure of Operation Barbarossa: the fusion of ideology and military culture; 7. The Soviet winter offensive 1942: Demiansk and the Volkhov River; 8. 'The population ... shouted out to the interpreter that one would rather be shot instead of being left to starve': the evolution of military necessity; 9. 'From one mess to another': war of attrition in Northwest Russia; 10: 'We need to fight to the end, so oder so': combat and the reconstruction of Army Group North; 11. A more rational occupation? The contradictions of military necessity; 12. 'As miserable representatives of the miserable twentieth century, we burned all of the villages': the scorched earth retreat to the Panther Line; Conclusion. The primacy of military necessity.

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