From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 - August 1943 (Soviet (Russian) Military Experience) - Softcover

Glantz, David M. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714640646 ISBN 13: 9780714640648

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis

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. The two-month period of Soviet offensive activity during the winter of 1942-1943 saw the Red Army test new operational and tactical techniques and experiment with forces and methods for conducting mobile armoured warfare. Through victory and defeat the Red Army learnt its lesson well. Out of this period, and the three month period of relative calm that followed, emerged the new Red Army, which would defeat blitzkreig at Kursk and would achieve two years of virtually uninterrupted battlefield success, culminating in their defeat of Nazi Germanu.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0714640646
• ISBN 13: 9780714640648
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448