{"product_id":"germany-in-stalins-crosshairs-the-red-armys-entry-into-the-second-world-war-and-the-wehrmachts-actions-in-1941","title":"Germany in Stalin's Crosshairs: The Red Army's Entry into the Second World War, and the Wehrmacht's Actions in 1941","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor generations, Operation Barbarossa has been understood as a unilateral act of German aggression: a surprise invasion driven by ideology, unleashed against an unprepared Soviet Union. But this narrative leaves critical questions unanswered-and ignores a growing body of evidence pointing in another direction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilding upon the controversial thesis first advanced by Viktor Suvorov in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIcebreaker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 1989, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany in Stalin's Crosshairs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes the argument even further. Drawing on thousands of Soviet military documents, operational plans, and archival sources, the book presents a stark and unsettling conclusion: Since 1940 at the latest, Stalin was not preparing for defense, but for a massive offensive aimed at Germany and Western Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough a systematic examination of Red Army mobilization, forward deployment, war production, and strategic planning, the author - General Bernd Schwipper, a former East German career officer, who is fluent in Russian - reveals a pattern that challenges decades of historical consensus. What emerges is not a passive Soviet Union caught off guard, but a state poised for war, and on the verge of striking first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntelope Hill Publishing is proud to present Bernd Schwipper's groundbreaking book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany in Stalin's Crosshairs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for the first time in English. Bold, meticulously documented, and impossible to ignore, this book is a direct challenge to the foundations of mainstream World War II historiography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914111803583,"sku":"dd41b67e-b47e-408f-b370-0ef9ffafaf3e","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/15cca34ea4c1562971b96657f10e4831.jpg?v=1785054722","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/germany-in-stalins-crosshairs-the-red-armys-entry-into-the-second-world-war-and-the-wehrmachts-actions-in-1941","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}