A miracle near Moscow

The incident near Moscow in a few weeks from the end of October to December 5, 1941 is difficult to name differently as a miracle. After a terrible catastrophe near Vyazma and Bryansk, which absorbed more than 600 thousand people of the troops of two fronts, the Red Army managed to restore the front, stop the onslaught of the Germans to the capital, and later go on a counterattack.
In the new book A.V. Isaeva "Miracle" is given the contours of rationality. Based on Soviet and German documents, the sequence of events is restored, which allowed the Soviet state to resist the edge of the abyss. It took composure, speed of reaction and almost incredible instinct G.K. Zhukov for timely parrying of arising crises. Moreover, from the pages of documents, an understanding of the non -impeccable conduct of the defensive operation of the Western Front comes from, with misses at different levels of the military hierarchy, which almost cost Moscow himself, lost the possibilities of defense and counterattacks.
What is the role of great generals dirt and frost in a miracle near Moscow? What role did the numerous horses of infantry divisions play in the Wehrmacht"s disaster? The brilliance and poverty of Panzersvafffe near the walls of Moscow. The resistance of cadets and the rage of tank attacks a stone"s throw from the capital. All this is in the new book of the leading domestic historian of the Great Patriotic War.
The publication is illustrated by unique maps and exclusive photos