From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 - August 1943

ISBN-13: 9780714633503 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 446 str.

David M. Glantz;David M. Glantz

Opis

In mid-December 1942, after encircling the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, Soviet forces in southern Russia began a series of offensive operations which continued unabated into February 1943. In these offensives the Soviet High Command attempted to smash German resistance and encircle the bulk of two German army groups. For two months the German forces struck back. In a well co-ordinated counterstroke they inflicted a major operational defeat on the Soviets and stabilized the front until the summer.

This book provides an in-depth study of the Soviet Army during the offensive operations that started with Battle of Stalingrad in December 1942 and went until Spring 1943. The lessons learned by the Soviet Army from these experiences helped design the military steamroller that decimated the German panzer divisions at Kursk in the Summer of 1943.

Spis treści

What Glantz does is to produce a coherent narrative of the whole complex of Soviet offensive operations. The Journal of Military History



The Military Book Review, on the Internet at http://www.themilitarybookreview.com/html/glantz.html

"When it comes to the history of the Red Army in World War II, David Glantz is king and granddaddy ... What makes Glantz"s work invaluable is the use he makes of Soviet documents, especially wartime General Staff analyses of the conflict ... From the Don is a must-read for anyone seriously interested in the Eastern Front.

O autorze

David M. Glantz