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Author Hill, Alexander, 1974-

Title The war behind the Eastern Front : the Soviet partisan movement in North-West Russia, 1941-1944 / Alexander Hill
Published London ; New York : F. Cass, 2004

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 W'PONDS  940.5347 Hil/Wbt  AVAILABLE
Description xxv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war, 1462-0960 ; 18
Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war. 1462-0960 ; 18
Contents Ch. 1. The Soviet partisan movement and German occupation policy in Western, Soviet and post-Soviet writing -- Ch. 2. The case study area - the rear areas of Army Group North -- Ch. 3. Soviet and German preparations for occupation and resistance -- Ch. 4. The establishment and nature of German military government -- Ch. 5. The fledgling partisan movement -- Ch. 6. Who was winning the partisan war during 1941? - the military effectiveness of the partisan movement -- Ch. 7. Life under German military government c. December 1941 - spring/summer 1943 -- Ch. 8. German 'anti-partisan' warfare and the civilian population -- Ch. 9. The Soviet partisan movement comes of age -- Ch. 10. The suppression of the adolescent partisan movement - partisan losses, the fragmentation of units and forced withdrawal to Soviet lines -- Ch. 11. Evacuation, scorched earth, and the emergence of a 'vsenarodnoe' partisan movement
Conclusion : German brutality, the changing fortunes of the partisan movement and the partisan movement in the general context of the Soviet war effort
Summary "This book is based on Soviet archival sources, most previously untapped by Western and Soviet and post-Soviet Russian historians, in addition to German material from the US National Archives. Using this material, Alexander Hill describes the harsh realities of partisan warfare and explains the changing fortunes of the Soviet partisan movement on the territory of north-western Russia occupied by German Army Group North between 1941 and 1944."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Soviet Union, Northwestern.
Guerrillas -- Soviet Union, Northwestern -- History.
Anti-fascist movements -- Soviet Union, Northwestern -- History.
SUBJECT USSR -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125816
LC no. 2004009625
ISBN 0714657115