The confrontation between German and Soviet forces at Stalingrad was a titanic clash of armies on an unprecedented scale--a campaign that was both a turning point in World War II and a lasting symbol of that war's power and devastation. Yet despite the attention lavished on this epic battle by historians, much about it has been greatly misunderstood or hidden from view--as David Glantz, the world's foremost authority on the Red Army in World War II, now shows.

This first volume in Glantz's masterly trilogy draws on previously unseen or neglected sources to provide the definitive account...

At dawn on 10 July 1941, massed tanks and motorized infantry of German Army Group Center's Second and Third Panzer Groups crossed the Dnepr and Western Dvina Rivers, beginning what Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of Germany's Third Reich, and most German officers and soldiers believed would be a triumphal march on Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. Less than three weeks before, on 22 June Hitler had unleashed his Wehrmacht's Armed Forces] massive invasion of the Soviet Union code-named Operation Barbarossa, which sought to defeat the Soviet Union's Red Army, conquer the country, and unseat...

At dawn on 10 July 1941, massed tanks and motorized infantry of German Army Group Center's Second and Third Panzer Groups crossed the Dnepr and Western Dvina Rivers, beginning what Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of Germany's Third Reich, and most German officers and soldiers believed would be a triumphal march on Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. Less than three weeks before, on 22 June Hitler had unleashed his Wehrmacht's Armed Forces] massive invasion of the Soviet Union code-named Operation Barbarossa, which sought to defeat the Soviet Union's Red Army, conquer the country, and unseat...

"Niniejsza praca analizuje sposób, w jaki Sowieci planowali i przeprowadzili cztery operacje ofensywne w okresie od grudnia 1942 do sierpnia 1943 roku. Pierwsze trzy z tych ofensyw, każda prowadzona siłami pojedynczego frontu pod nadzorem STAWKI (Naczelnego Dowództwa), odbyły się pod wpływem optymizmu po zwycięskim dla Sowietów okrążeniu wojsk niemieckich pod Stalingradem w listopadzie 1942 roku, podczas gdy Sowieci wciąż przyswajali sobie nauki wyniesione z owego zwycięstwa. Czwarta, zarazem największa, miała miejsce w sierpniu 1943, po nieudanej niemieckiej Operacji...