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Belorussia 1944: The Soviet Staff General Study (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)
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Product Description
This is an edited translation of the Soviet Staff study of the Red Army's Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, which was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2604318 in Books
- Published on: 2001-04-01
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
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From the Back Cover
This book is an edited translation of the Soviet Staff study of the Red Army's Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, which was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences. The Soviet Stavka had planned a campaign consisting of a series of massive operations spanning the entire Soviet-German front. Four powerful fronts (army groups) operated under close Stavka (high command) control. Over 1.8 million troops accomplished a feat unique in the history of the Red Army: the defeat and dismemberment of an entire German army group.
This book is a translation of the Soviet General Staff Study No 18, a work originally classified as secret and intended to educate Soviet commanders and staff officers. The operation is presented from the Soviet perspective, in the words of the individuals who planned and orchestrated the plans. A map supplement, including terrain maps, is provided to illustrate the flow of the operation in greater detail.
About the Author
David M. Glantz has been described as the West's foremost expert on the military aspects of the Red Army's performance in the Great Patriotic War. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of North Carolina, he is the founder and former director of the US Foreign Military Studies Office, Combined Arms Command, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Founder and Editor of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies, he has written and edited numerous books on Soviet and Russian military affairs.
Harold S. Orenstein is a specialist in Central and East European political and military affairs. He has published several volumes of translations of Soviet General Staff studies on the Great Patriotic War and a two-volume
history of Soviet operational art. He was formerly Chief of the Central and East European Defense Studies Group at SHAPE, Belgium, and currently serves in the Joint and Multinational Division of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
