{"product_id":"germany-in-stalins-crosshairs-the-red-armys-entry-into-the-second-world-war-and-the-wehrmachts-actions-in-1941-paperback","title":"Germany in Stalin's Crosshairs: The Red Army's Entry into the Second World War, and the Wehrmacht's Actions in 1941 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernd Schwipper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, Operation Barbarossa has been understood as a unilateral act of German aggression: a surprise invasion driven by ideology, unleashed against an unprepared Soviet Union. But this narrative leaves critical questions unanswered-and ignores a growing body of evidence pointing in another direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon the controversial thesis first advanced by Viktor Suvorov in \u003cem\u003eIcebreaker \u003c\/em\u003ein 1989, \u003cem\u003eGermany in Stalin's Crosshairs\u003c\/em\u003e takes the argument even further. Drawing on thousands of Soviet military documents, operational plans, and archival sources, the book presents a stark and unsettling conclusion: Since 1940 at the latest, Stalin was not preparing for defense, but for a massive offensive aimed at Germany and Western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a systematic examination of Red Army mobilization, forward deployment, war production, and strategic planning, the author - General Bernd Schwipper, a former East German career officer, who is fluent in Russian - reveals a pattern that challenges decades of historical consensus. What emerges is not a passive Soviet Union caught off guard, but a state poised for war, and on the verge of striking first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntelope Hill Publishing is proud to present Bernd Schwipper's groundbreaking book, \u003cem\u003eGermany in Stalin's Crosshairs, \u003c\/em\u003e for the first time in English. Bold, meticulously documented, and impossible to ignore, this book is a direct challenge to the foundations of mainstream World War II historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45817508593708,"sku":"9798892520676","price":57.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/wIvOKhTTMP9798892520676.webp?v=1784307336","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/germany-in-stalins-crosshairs-the-red-armys-entry-into-the-second-world-war-and-the-wehrmachts-actions-in-1941-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}