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1 online resource (534 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Figures; Preface; 1. Overview; PART 1 -- SOVIET OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE STALINGRAD OFFENSIVE (NOVEMBER 1942-JANUARY 1943); 2. The Kalinin and Western Fronts' 2nd Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive (Operation Mars) (25 November-16 December 1942); 3. The Northwestern Front's Demiansk Offensive (28 November 1942-6 January 1943); PART 2 -- SOVIET OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN AXIS (FEBRUARY-MARCH 1943); 4. The Southwestern Front's Voroshilovgrad (Donbas) Offensive (Operation Gallop [Skachok]) (29 January-18 February 1943) |
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5. The Southern Front's Mariupol' (Donbas) Offensive (16-22 February 1943)PART 3 -- SOVIET OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS ALONG THE WESTERN (CENTRAL) AXIS (FEBRUARY-MARCH 1943); 6. The Briansk Front's Orel Offensive and the Voronezh Front's (60th and 38th Armies') L'gov and Sumy Offensives (26 January-12 February 1943); 7. The Central, Briansk, and Western Fronts' Orel, Briansk, and Smolensk Offensive (15 February-6 March 1943); 8. The Kalinin, Western, Briansk, and Central Fronts' Orel, Briansk, and Smolensk Offensive (7-21 March 1943) |
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PART 4 -- SOVIET OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN AXIS (FEBRUARY-MARCH 1943)9. The Leningrad, Volkhov, and Northwestern Fronts' Operation Polar Star (Demiansk) (15-28 February); 10. The Leningrad, Volkhov, Northwestern Front's Truncated Operation Polar Star (Staraia Russa) (4 March-2 April 1943); 11. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In the wake of the Red Army's signal victory at Stalingrad, which began when its surprise counteroffensive encircled German Sixth Army in Stalingrad region in mid-November 1942 and ended when its forces liquidated beleaguered Sixth Army in early February 1943, the Soviet High Command (Stavka) expanded its counteroffensive into a full-fledged winter offensive which nearly collapsed German defenses in southern Russia. History has recorded the many dramatic triumphs the Red Army achieved during the initial phases of this winter offensive, culminating with its rapid advance deep into the Donbas an |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Soviet Union.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military campaigns
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Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125816
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781907677823 |
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1907677828 |
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