Publication

1999 - University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan, Kansas

Language

English

Word Count

105,250 words, Guess

Page Count

421 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing206227

Classifications

  • DDC940.54/217/092
  • LCCD764 .G5575 1999

Description

Illuminating the painful progress of Operation Mars with vivid battle scenes and numerous maps and illustrations, Glantz presents Mars as a major failure of Zhukov's renowned command. Yet, both during and after the war, that failure was masked from public view by the successful Stalingrad operation, thus eliminating any stain from Zhukov's public image as a hero of the Great Patriotic War. For three grueling weeks, Operation Mars was one of the most tragic and agonizing episodes in Soviet military history. Glantz's reconstruction of that failed offensive fills a major gap in our knowledge of World War II, even as it raises important questions about the reputations of national military heroes.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography.

Series Statement

  • Modern war studies

Other Editions

  • Zhukov's greatest defeat: the Red Army's epic disaster in Operation Mars, 1942University Press of Kansas1999-01-01

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