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On June 22, 1941, Hitler began what would be the most important campaign of the European theatre. The war against the Soviet Union would leave tens of millions of Soviet citizens dead and large parts of the country in ruins. The death and destruction would result not just from military operations but also from the systematic killing and abuse that the German army, police and SS directed against Jews, Communists and ordinary citizens. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, in Barbarossa 1941 Megargee dispels the myths that have distorted the role of Germany's military leadership in both the military operations themselves and the unthinkable crimes that were part of them.

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An excellent introduction, and a superior analysis of, Operation Barbarossa. --Dennis Showalter, professor of history, Colorado College Lays waste to what he aptly terms 'the dual myth of German military genius and moral correctness.' --Christopher Browning, author, Ordinary Men

Lays waste to what he aptly terms 'the dual myth of German military genius and moral correctness.' --Christopher Browning, author, Ordinary Men

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Geoffrey Megargee is Applied Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. He is the author of Inside Hitler's High Command, which won a 2001 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History. He writes and lectures frequently on German military history, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. Megargee holds a doctorate in military history from the Ohio State University and lives in Arlington, Virginia.

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