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Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 (Modern War Studies)
Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 (Modern War Studies)
Author: David M. Glantz
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David M. Glantz delivers a forensic, narrative-driven study of Operation Mars, the bloody 1942 Soviet offensive against Army Group Center in the Rzhev salient that ended in catastrophic losses for the Red Army and was long suppressed by Stalinist censors. Placing the campaign in the wider strategic context of the Eastern Front and the winter of 1942–43, the book reconstructs battlefield movements, command decisions, and casualty flows to offer a compelling reassessment of one of Georgy Zhukov’s most controversial episodes and the Soviet operational art that produced it.
Part of the Modern War Studies series, this exhaustive, illustrated volume is grounded in archival research and features detailed maps, operational diagrams, photographs, and casualty analysis to support its operational-level narrative; it includes a thorough reference apparatus useful to scholars and enthusiasts alike. Authored by David M. Glantz, a noted historian of the Red Army, the work combines rigorous scholarship with visual aids and bibliographic detail (ISBN 9780700609444) to illuminate a long-hidden chapter of World War II history.
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Keywords, content and topics in this Book
Keywords, content and topics in this Book
Basic Bibliographic Information
Type of Book
Theater of War
Operations and Campaigns
Main Nations and Forces Involved
Commanders, Leaders, and Key Figures
Operational and Thematic Focus
Military Branches and Levels of War
Weapons, Vehicles, and Tactics
Visual and Reference Apparatus
Descriptive Keywords and Tags (for Cataloging and Search)
World War II – Eastern Front
Operation Mars (1942)
Rzhev salient operations
Rzhev–Vyazma battles
Rzhev–Sychevka offensive
Red Army offensive operations
Soviet operational art
Soviet military failures
Operational-level analysis
Campaign-level study
Winter 1942–1943 Soviet offensives
Army Group Center defenses
High-casualty offensives
Casualty analysis (Soviet–German)
Georgy Zhukov – critical reassessment
Soviet wartime secrecy and censorship
Suppressed Soviet operations
Archival-based military history
Maps and operational diagrams
German–Soviet ground combat
Combined-arms warfare
University Press of Kansas – Modern War Studies
Strategic context of Stalingrad and Rzhev
Book Condition: New
Book Condition: New
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