Rzhev slaughter. The greatest battle of the Great Patriotic War
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To the 80th anniversary of the Rzhev battle!
This battle became one of the most bloody in the history of the Great Patriotic War, but in the Soviet Union it was virtually devoted to oblivion. Historians call this grand battle, which lasted a total of almost 15 months, "Verden" of the Soviet -German front, and the front -line soldiers - the Rzhevsky massacre and the Rzhevsky meat grinder (the pain of front -line soldiers was best expressed by Tvardovsky in the ingenious poem "I was killed under the Rzhevoy ) The German command considered Rzhev a cornerstone of the entire eastern front and even "gates to Berlin". In terms of its scale, territorial scope, the number of troops participating, the duration and losses of both sides, the fighting in the Rzhev-Vyazemsky ledge are on the same hand with the Battle of Stalingrad and the battle of the Caucasus. In total, from January 1942 to March 1943, about half a million military personnel of the Red Army and Wehrmacht were killed in the battles near Rzhev.
Based on archival documents, the author of this book that became a military-historical bestseller analyzes the reasons for the failure of the strategic intentions of the Soviet command about the surroundings and destruction of the Army Group Center, answering the question of why German troops burst out of the “bag”, which was never He was tied to "by the Red Army. Particular attention is paid to the activities of G.K. Zhukov as the commander of the Western Front and the representative of the VGK rate.
6th edition
This battle became one of the most bloody in the history of the Great Patriotic War, but in the Soviet Union it was virtually devoted to oblivion. Historians call this grand battle, which lasted a total of almost 15 months, "Verden" of the Soviet -German front, and the front -line soldiers - the Rzhevsky massacre and the Rzhevsky meat grinder (the pain of front -line soldiers was best expressed by Tvardovsky in the ingenious poem "I was killed under the Rzhevoy ) The German command considered Rzhev a cornerstone of the entire eastern front and even "gates to Berlin". In terms of its scale, territorial scope, the number of troops participating, the duration and losses of both sides, the fighting in the Rzhev-Vyazemsky ledge are on the same hand with the Battle of Stalingrad and the battle of the Caucasus. In total, from January 1942 to March 1943, about half a million military personnel of the Red Army and Wehrmacht were killed in the battles near Rzhev.
Based on archival documents, the author of this book that became a military-historical bestseller analyzes the reasons for the failure of the strategic intentions of the Soviet command about the surroundings and destruction of the Army Group Center, answering the question of why German troops burst out of the “bag”, which was never He was tied to "by the Red Army. Particular attention is paid to the activities of G.K. Zhukov as the commander of the Western Front and the representative of the VGK rate.
6th edition
Author:
Author:Gerasimova Svetlana Aleksandrovna
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Military Books
- Category:Historical Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-9955-1051-2
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