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Scorched
Earth
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The
Cover:
Two
German
soldiers
are
silhouetted
against
a
blazing
cabin
during
the
Wehrmacht's
retreat
from
the
Soviet
Union
in
1943.
Only
after
his
forces
suffered
a
series
of
debilitating
losses
be-
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ginning
in
the
spring
of
that
year
did
Hitler
agree
to
give
As
it
plemented
the
Fuhrer's
"scorched
earth"
directive,
which
read:
"All
territory
which
the
troops
are
forced
to
yield
to
the
enemy
must
be
made
useless
to
him.
Every
village
must
be
burnt
down
and
de-
stroyed."
up
ground
he
had
wrested
from
the
Soviets.
withdrew
west,
the
spent
German
army
im-
devices or systems,
without
prior
written
permission
from
the
publisher,
except
that
brief
passages
may
be
quoted
Printed
in
for
reviews.
First
printing
USA.
Published
simultaneously
in
Canada.
School
and
library
distribution
by
Silver
Burdett
Company,
Morristown,
New
Jersey
07960.
General
Consultants
This
volume
is
one
of a
series
that
chronicles
the
rise
and
eventual
fall
of
Nazi
Germany.
Other
books
in
the
series
include:
Col.
John
R.
Kiting,
USA
(Ret.),
former
as-
TheSS
of
Steel
Storming
to
Power
The
New
Order
The Reach
for
Empire
Fists
West
Point,
has
written
or
edited
some
twenty
books,
including
Swords around
a
Throne,
The
Superstrate-
gists,
and
American
Army
Life,
as well
as
sociate
professor
at
Battles
for
Scandinavia
in
the
Time-Life
Books
World
War
II
series.
He was
chief
con-
sultant
to
the
Time-Life
series
Lightning
War
Library
of
Congress
Cataloging
in
Publication
Data
Scorched
earth
/
by
the
editors
of
Time-Life
Books.
The
Civil
War.
Wolf
Packs
Conquest
of
the
Balkans
Afrikakorps
The
Center
of
the
Web
War
on
the
High
Seas
The
Twisted
Dream
The
Road
to
Stalingrad
The
Shadow
War
The
Heel
of
the
Conqueror
The
Southern
Front
The
Apparatus
of
Death
IThe
Third
Reich)
cm.
p.
Includes
bibliographical
references
and
index.
ISBN
0-8094-7029-2
(trade)
ISBN
0-8094-7030-6
(lib.
bdg.l
Campaigns-
1.
World
War,
1939-1945
is
an
associate
the
U.S.
Army
Center
for
Military
History
in
Washington,
DC,
and
coauthor
of
Com-
mand
Decision
and
Great
Battles.
From
1937
Charles
V.P.
von
Luttichau
at
to
1945,
he
served
in
the
German
air
force
Eastern.
I.
Series.
D764.S3736
1991
940.54'21—dc20
91-12524
CIP
Force
Academy
in
Ber-
lin.
After
the war,
he
emigrated
to
the
United
States
and was
a
historian
in
the
office
of
the
Chief
of
Military
History,
Department
of
the
Army,
from
1951
to
1986,
when
he
retired.
and
taught
at
the
Air
Content!
1
Hitler*!
Ill-Fated
Gamble
49
15
1
3
Ebb
Tide
in
the
East
f
he
Collapi
e
in
the
Center
Ciiiif
91
J
in
the
Balkam
133
ESSAYS
A
Pall
off
Destruction
4
the
Grueling
Retreat
off
the
197th
78
Yugoi
lavia
in
the
Grip
off
Chaos
122
Ihe
Uprising
in
Warsaw
Acknowledgments
Picture
Credits
164
178
178
179
Bibliography
Index
180
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