{"product_id":"2940170381319","title":"The Retreat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern Front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred motherland, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the \u003ci\u003eubermensch\u003c\/i\u003e, the iron-willed fighter. Many of Russia's 27 million military and civilian deaths occurred in this desperate struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Retreat\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Jones, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eLeningrad\u003c\/i\u003e, draws upon a mass of new eyewitness testimony from both sides of the conflict to tell, with matchless vividness and comprehensiveness, of the crucial turning point of the Second World Waramp;mdash;the moment when the armies of Hitler could go no furtheramp;mdash;and of the titanic and cruel struggle of two mighty empires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098388938992,"sku":"2940170381319","price":29.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170381319_p0.jpg?v=1763708755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170381319","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}