The Road to Barbarossa

The Road to Barbarossa Soviet-German Relations, 1917–1941 Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.1" x 9.2" Pages:232 Photos:16 mono illustrations Publisher:Frontline Books ISBN:9781399068826 Item No. 9781399068826 From the chaos of the First World War, during which Germany and Russia had fought each other to a standstill, there emerged two societies whose diametrically opposed ideologies of communism and fascism represented the opposite extremes of the political spectrum. Despite this, in time the governments and military establishments in both countries were able to create an environment where political expediency led to both cooperation and an eventual alliance.Western democracies found both systems repellent but the two countries, Germany and the Soviet Union, embodied vast resources of, in the case of the Soviets, raw materials and, in the case of Germany, huge intellectual, scientific and industrial ex