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Direnzo, Tracy E. |
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Youngstown State University. Dept. of History. |
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2011-01-31T14:18:22Z |
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2019-09-08T02:33:09Z |
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2011-01-31T14:18:22Z |
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2019-09-08T02:33:09Z |
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2004 |
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2004 |
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b19592310 |
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http://jupiter.ysu.edu/record=b1959231 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1989/6206 |
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vi, 141 leaves ; 29 cm. |
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Thesis (M.A.)--Youngstown State University, 2004. |
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-141). |
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dc.description.abstract |
On June 22, 1941 Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of Germany, launched the greatest
military campaign in history when he sent his troops into the Soviet Union. Operation
Barbarossa, as it was called, was the realization of a plan that Hitler envisioned since the
early 1920s-the annihilation of the Soviet people and the seizure of Russian territory for
the German Reich. For two decades Hitler pressed his sadistic views upon anyone who
would listen, and by 1941 he convinced enough people to believe in his rants.
Hitler's propaganda concerning the Slavs of Eastern Europe ensured that this war
would be like no other. Unlike the Wehrmacht's previous campaigns, success was
measured in enemy casualties rather than ground gained; however, despite Nazi
Germany's overwhelming achievements during the early phase of hostilities, the
Russians refused to concede to the Germans. The Wehrmacht had finally met its match
on the battlefield, and Hitler had met his match in the ruthless leadership of Joseph Stalin.
The Soviets' stubborn resistance to the overconfident Germans coupled with the
hardships created by the intense Russian climate wore at the nerves of the German
soldiers and caused them to lose hope for victory. After the major setbacks of 1943,
German morale, from soldier to Hitler himself, had evaporated. Victory in the East was
no longer feasible for Germany. Less than two years after the German invasion began, the
Red Army succeeded in gaining the initiative from their seemingly invincible opponent.
The mental defeat of Nazi Germany by 1943 led to the military destruction of the Reich
two years later. Hitler's gamble in the East had failed. The Nazis' dream of a Thousand
Year Reich ended after just twelve years while the Soviet Union established itself as a
legitimate world power. |
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by Tracy E. Direnzo. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Master's Theses no. 0817 |
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dc.subject.classification |
Master's Theses no. 0817 |
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World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects. |
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World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Russia (Federation) |
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dc.title |
Psychological warfare : the German defeat in the East by 1943 / |
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Thesis |
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