Operation Don's Main Attack: The Soviet Southern Front's

Operation Don's Main Attack: The Soviet Southern Front's Advance on Rostov, January-February 1943 (Modern War Studies)

With the defeat and destruction of German Sixth Army at Stalingrad all but certain at the end of 1942, the war on the Eastern Front took a definitive turn as the Germans struggled to erect a new defensive front to halt the Soviet juggernaut driving west. Operation Donâ€™s Main Attack is the first detailed study of the dramatic clash of armies that followed, unfolding inexorably over the course of two months across an expanse of more than 1,600 kilometers.

Using recently released Russian archival material never before available to researchers, David M. Glantz provides a close-up account, from both sides, of the planning and conduct of Operation Donâ€”the Soviet offensive by the Red Armyâ€™s Southern front that aimed to capture Rostov in Januaryâ€“February 1943. His book includes a full array of plans, candid daily reports, situation maps, and strength and casualty reports prepared for the forces that participated in the offensive at every level. Drawing on an unprecedented and comprehensive range of documents, the book delves into many hitherto forbidden topics, such as unit strengths and losses and the foibles and attitudes of command cadre. Glantzâ€™s work also presents rare insights into the military strategy, combat tactics, and operational art of such figures as Generals Eremenko and Malinovsky and Field Marshal Erich von Manstein.

A uniquely informed study of a critical but virtually forgotten Soviet military operation, Operation Donâ€™s Main Attack offers a fresh perspective on the nature of the twentieth centuryâ€™s most terrible of wars.
Country USA
Brand University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer University Press of Kansas
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2018-03-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780700625260

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer	University Press of Kansas
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2018-03-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780700625260

Operation Don's Main Attack: The Soviet Southern Front's Advance on Rostov, January-February 1943 (Modern War Studies)