Deeply the revised edition!

I must join the chorus of praise. Like other lont said emphatically, Nicolas Bernard gives us a lump sum on all aspects of this unique conflict, which by its opposition between two ruthless totalitarian regimes, and massacres that have Search result, is perhaps the one that sapproche most of the concept of absolute war Clausewitz (I salute dailleurs masterful conclusion of Mr. Bernard).

Another huge benefit of this work like other lont also said the recovery is in French by a large number of jobs that finally allow you to give this episode of World War II into its own and out of vision marked by anti-communism or Primary pro-communism inherited from the Cold War. In this light, material ugly Lapport Allied against the Soviet human sacrifice is finally considered from the angle of the facts and not in opposition beast against East West.

But the interest major Nicolas Bernard's work for me is to re-consider this conflict not only in purely military the angle even if the author is particularly versed in this science. He breaks into this with some Western historiography of this dispute based only on military events (quon can still find in recent works such as The War in the East of August von Kageneck which is certainly true story but hopelessly blind when it reaches is put into perspective the work of Nicolas Bernard).

Nicolas Bernard reminds that this conflict has been First of economic conflict (sapproprier the Russian space vital resources) and ideological (exterminate the Jews and the state to reduce desclaves Slavic populations). The consequence has been the absence LENS clear political and military (semparer or not Moscow? Destroy the Soviet Union and co-exist with a Russian state pushed to the Urals?), Which condemn almost demblée lAllemagne success chances in this campaign.

On the extermination policy of the Nazis, Nicolas Bernard makes us benefit from his studies against Holocaust denial highlighting the premeditated and ruthless character of the Holocaust by bullets early even before the start of Barbarossa, and long before the Wannsee Conference in 1942. As given lampleur massacre which will take place on the occupied Soviet Union, Nicolas Bernard shows that the Wehrmacht could not not know, or was actively complicit in the crimes of the SS units.

Because this book reminds all factors of this conflict, it certainly sinscrit an ambitious but perfectly logical faithful to history.

Why not give it full marks despite all these qualities? First of because quon would have liked a larger paging not only to enjoy even more verve and lérudition of Nicolas Bernard but temper or argue at greater length some judgments that sometimes seem steep: I'm not as convinced that the author of that chess Mussolini in the Balkans and the necessary support sen who followed Hitler was so little dimpacts on preparations for Barbarossa, reported in the same proportion to the limited resources committed in the Balkans. Otherwise, as in other reviews, I equally concerned at the insufficient mapping and Photo Section unnecessary since taking the all too known clichés.

But the main source of inconvenience is far too many shells in the text. At this level of absence proofreading, we can say that the work is sloppy and calls the editor if an expanded edition at least a corrected edition worthy of the name (and price louvrage).