Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : War on the Eastern Front -- Combat, Occupation, and Legacies -- Subverting Hitler's War : Initiative in the German Army, Winter 1941-1942 / David Stahel -- The Road from Berlin to a Beachside Massacre : The Jews of Liepaja and the Final Solution / Edward B. Westermann -- Morality as a Weapon in the Wehrmacht's Arsenal / David A. Harrisville -- Experiencing and Witnessing Captivity : Soviet Prisoners of War in German Custody on Soviet Soil / Maris Katherine Rowe-McCulloch -- Fascist Italy and the Vernichtungskrieg : The Italian Expeditionary Corps in the Donets Basin, 1941-42 / Nicolas G. Virtue -- The Lesser of Two Evils? Soviet Prisoners of War in Romania, 1941-1944 / Dallas Michelbacher -- Fighting for a Foreign Power : The Personal Experiences of Luxembourgers in the German Army at the Eastern Front, 1942-1945 / Nina Janz -- “Taking into Account Its Special Characteristics” : Identity and Autonomy in the Polish People's Army, 1943-1945 / Keith Hann -- Lend-Lease Aircraft on the German-Soviet Front : The Test Case of the Air Battles Over Ukraine in 1944 / Valeriy Romanenko and Ilya Grinberg -- Nazi Labor Polices in Occupied Ukraine and the Experience of Ukrainian Forced Laborers during World War II / Jennifer Lauren Popowycz -- The Evolution of Vernichtungskrieg : Army Group North's Scorched Earth Retreats, 1943-44 / Jeff Rutherford -- “Transformed into an economic and military worthless debris field ”: The Two German Evacuations of Kharkiv in 1943 / Adrian E. Wettstein -- A War Continues : Eastern Front Behavior on German Soil / Bastiaan Willems -- Soviet Policy toward German Prisoners of War during and after the Second World War / Susan C. I. Grunewald -- Rebuilding Utopia : The Reconstruction of Smolensk Oblast / Travis Gray -- Building a Future Past : Early Representations of the Reconstruction of Stalingrad / Ian Garner.

"Ideological and economic considerations combined to make the German-Soviet war the most destructive in European history. Both countries received essential support from their allies, transforming the war into a much larger and more violent conflict."-- Provided by publisher.