CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SETTING THE STAGE: THE WEHRMACHT, 1933-1941 -- THE PLANNERS -- THE DEPLOYMENT -- THE FRONTIER BATTLES -- BATTLES OF ENCIRCLEMENT -- STIFFENING RESISTANCE AND SLOWER PROGRESS -- THE BATTLE OF THE SMOLENSK POCKET -- THE DRIVE TO LENINGRAD -- THE BATTLE IN THE FAR NORTH -- THE BATTLE OF KIEV -- THE DOUBLE BATTLE OF VYAZMA-BRYANSK -- THE OFFENSIVE ON THE FLANKS -- TO THE GATES OF MOSCOW -- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MEN OF BARBAROSSA -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.