Rzhev - Stalin"s incomplete blitzkrieg

The book analyzes the offensive operations of the Red Army in the winter of 1941/42 in their relationship. Particular attention is paid to the initial stage of the Rzhev battle. The emphasis is on the issue of distribution of resources between fronts and directions. The main question that the author seeks to answer: could the general offensive of January - March 1942 achieve the targets conceived by the rate? The author responds in the affirmative. But the General Staff of the Red Army and the rate made a number of strategic errors that did not allow the Nazis from the most part of the Soviet territories occupied by them - by summer 1942. Along with this, there was still a total insufficient economic and organizational preparedness of the armed forces and rear to fulfill to fulfill it to fulfill Such a difficult task