Hitler, the soldiers, and German decisions 1939-1941: Hitler's decision to attack the Soviet Union : reaction to British survival or drive for final supremacy in the East? German calculation of the rigors of an attack against the Soviet Union : accurate appraisal or underestimation? Hilter and the opening battkles of the three great Blitz campaigns : comapring the strategic picture in Barbarossa with that of France, and the Balkans -- pt. 2. The opening stages of the Russian campaign: Barbarossa North: the great opportunity in the Baltic : June 1941. Barbarossa South, the fight in the Ukraine : June 1941. Army Group Center destroys the Soviet field armies on the road to Moscow in June and July 1941, dragging a reluctant Hitler to victory -- pt. 3. The defeat of the Soviets in front of Moscow: Comparing the fight in France with that in White Russia in June and July 1941. Reevaluating the german advance through White Russia in June and July 1941. The German capability to advance on Moscow in August 1941 : possibilities based on the August situation and the actual German offensive on 2 October 1941 -- pt. 4. German casualties, tank losses, and logistics: German casualties and tank losses : did the Germans have the combat strength to seize Moscow in the Summer of 1941? German logistics : could the German's support an advance into the Moscow-Gorki space in the Summer of 1941? -- pt. 5. Examining the possibilities of August 1941: Constructing an alternate historical past : taking Moscow and defeating the Soviet Union, August-October 1941 -- pt. 6. Reinterpreting World War II: Hitler : The German Fuhrer driven by a siege mentality. World War II : Barbarossa, the hinge of fate?