Suchergebnisse

The situation in mid-November 1942 -- Opposing forces -- The Trans-Caucasus Front's planning and operations in November and December 1942 -- The Stavka's and Trans-Caucasus Front's offensive planning, 29 December 1942-2 January 1943 -- The Northern Group of Forces' pursuit of First Panzer Army to Armavir, 1-23 January 1943 -- The Krasnodar axis: the Black Sea Group of Forces' Operations "Sea" and "Mountains", 1 January-2 February 1943 -- The North Caucasus Front's pursuit of First Panzer Army to Tikhoretsk and the Panzer Army's escape, 24 January-2 February 1943.

For almost 70 years Soviet and Russian military theorists have been fascinated with the concept of airborne operations. Now Russian theorists tackle the problems posed to such operations by high-precision weaponry. This work, using newly released and formerly classified Soviet and East German archives, provides a detailed record of the performance of Soviet airborne forces during peace and war.

The situation on 1 January 1943 -- Operational planning and the southern front's advance, 1-7 January 1943 -- The southern front's advance, 8-15 January 1943 -- The southern front's advance, 16-23 January 1943 -- The southern front's advance, 24-31 January 1943 -- Denouement: the fall of Bataisk and Rostov, 1-13 February 1943 -- Postscript: from Rostov to the Mius River, 14-22 February 1943 -- Context, conclusions, and summary judgments -- Conclusions

Armed revolution and civil war gave birth to the Soviet Union, world War II propelled it to global pre-eminence, and the Cold War contributed to the Soviet Union's demise. Given Marxism-Leninism's idological preoccupation with war and threats of war, it is understandable that the spectre of war should play a vital role in the life and fate of the Soviet state.This study of Soviet military strategy is based upon the twin pillars of Soviet political-military actions and Soviet writings on the subject of military strategy. Thanks to the policy of glasnost, it incorporates Soviet materials hitherto unavailable in the West. It aims to be not simply a retrospective account of what was, but to form part of the context for what will be in the future.

Beginning with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, this volume draws upon eye-witness German accounts supplemented with German archival and detailed Soviet materials. Formerly classified Soviet archival materials has been incorporated.

Red Army documents, 1941-1943 -- Red Army senior command cadre, 1941-1945 -- NKVD forces and other specialized Red Army forces in wartime -- The characteristics of Red Army wartime weaponry and equipment (including lend-lease) -- Red Army orders of battle, 1941-1943