Operation Don's Main Attack
University Press of Kansas (Verlag)
978-0-7006-2526-0 (ISBN)
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 Don- the Soviet offensive by the Red Army’s Southern front that aimed to capture Rostov in January–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. Glantz’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 Don’s Main Attack offers a fresh perspective on the nature of the twentieth century’s most terrible of wars.
David M. Glantz, an officer in the US Army from 1963 to 1993, is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. He is the author of numerous books, many from Kansas, including his celebrated Stalingrad Trilogy and, most recently, with Mary Elizabeth Glantz, Battle for Belorussia: The Red Army’s Forgotten Campaign of October 1943–April 1944.
List of Maps and Tables
Preface
Selected Abbreviations
1. The Situation on 1 January 1943
Strategic and Operations Realities
Military Operations, 24031 December 1942
Competing Strategies
Opposing Forces on 1 January 1943
2. Operational Planning and the Southern Front's Advance, 107 January 1943
Planning
The Situation on 1 January
The Advance, 2-7 January
Conclusions
3. The Southern Front's Advance, 8-15, January 1943
The Situation on 8 January
The Advance, 8-15 January
Conclusions
4. The Southern Front's advance, 16-23 January 1943
The Situation on 16 January
The Advance, 16-23 January
Conclusion
5. The Southern Front's Advance, 24-31 January 1943
The Situation on 24 January
The Advance, 24-31 January
Conclusions
6. Denouement: The Fall of Bataisk and Rostov, 1-13 February 1943
The Situation on 1 February and Competing Plans
Overview of the Situation on 1-18 February
Stalemate, 1-7 February
The Battle for Rostov City and Novocherkassk, 8-13 February
Army Detachment Hollidt's Withdrawal and the Southern Front's Pursuit, 8-13 February
Conclusions
7. Postcript: FromRostov to the Mius River, 14-22 February 1943
The Southern Front's Pursuit to the Mius River, 14-16 February
The Battle for Matveev Kurgan and the Mius River Line, 17-18 February
Stalemate at Matveev Kurgan and the Destruction of 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, 19-22 February
Aftermath, 23 February-March 1943
Context, Conclusions, and Summary Judgments
Context
Conclusions
Summary Judgments
Appendix A: Initial Orders and Reports on Operation Don
Appendix B: A Chronology of the Formation and Evolution of the Northern Group of Forces' Tank Group Titov, 19 January - 5 February 1943
Appendix C: The Southern Front's Strength and Casualty Reports (Selected), December 1942 - February 1943
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.04.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Kansas |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 1407 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7006-2526-7 / 0700625267 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7006-2526-0 / 9780700625260 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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