The Rzhev Slaughterhouse : the Red Army's Forgotten 15-month Campaign against Army Group Center, 1942-1943.
Gerasimova, S. A.
Britton, Stuart.
Havertown : Helion & Company,
2013.
Historians consider the Battle of Rzhev ""one of the bloodiest in the history of the Great Patriotic War"" and ""Zhukov's greatest defeat"". Veterans called this colossal battle, which continued for a total of 15 months, ""the Rzhev slaughterhouse"" or ""the Massacre"", while the German generals named this city ""the cornerstone of the Eastern Front"" and ""the gateway to Berlin"". By their territorial scale, number of participating troops, length and casualties, the military operations in the area of the Rzhev - Viaz'ma salient are not only comparable to the Stalingrad battle, but to a great.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of photographs; List of maps; List of map abbreviations; List of tables; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Enemy Staging Area on the Approaches to the Capital; Chapter 2: The First Attempt at Encirclement -- the First Rzhev-Viaz'ma Offensive 8 January-20 April 1942; Chapter 3: The Wehrmacht Mops up the Rear of Army Group Center -- Combat Operations in May-July 1942; Chapter 4: The Second Attempt ... "By the end of the second day, seize the city of Rzhev"1 -- The First Rzhev -- Sychevka (Gzhatsk) Offensive, 30 July-30 September 1942; Photo Gallery.
Chapter 5: Operation Mars -- The Second Rzhev -- Sychevka Offensive, 25 November-20 December 1942Chapter 6: The Dénouement -- The Liquidation of the Rzhev Salient -- The Rzhev -- Viaz'ma Offensive Operation, 2-31 March 1943; Chapter 7: Results of the Battle -- "This large and lengthy battle ... "; Appendices: Documents of the Stavka VGK [Supreme High Command] and the General Staff regarding matters of the combat operations in the area of the Rzhev -- Viaz'ma salient (as published in the collected volumes of documents from the series Russkii arkhiv: Velikaia Otechestvennaia).
Appendix I: Stavka VGK Directive No. 151141 to the Commanders of the Western and Kalinin Fronts about the Encirclement of the Enemy's Mozhaisk -- Gzhatsk -- Viaz'ma GroupingAppendix II: Stavka VGK Directive No. 170007 to the Commander of the Kalinin Front about the Liberation of Rzhev; Appendix III: Stavka VGK Directive No. 170035 to the Commander of the Kalinin Front about a Change of the Front's Roster and Specification of Tasks.
Appendix IV: Stavka VGK Directive No. 170038 to the Commander of the 30th Army about the Confirmation of the Decision of the Kalinin Front Commander to Conduct a RegroupingAppendix V: Stavka VGK Directive to the Commander of the Kalinin Front about the Liquidation of the Enemy Breakthrough West of Rzhev; Appendix VI: Stavka VGK Directive to the Commanders of the Western and Kalinin Fronts about Re-establishing the Post of Commander-in-Chief of the Western Direction.
Appendix VII: Stavka VGK Directive No. 01542 to the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Direction on the Destruction of the Enemy's Rzhev -- Viaz'ma -- Iukhnov and Bolkhov -- Zhizdra -- Briansk GroupingsAppendix VIII: Stavka VGK Directive No. 170124 to the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Direction about Confirming the Decision to Break Through the Enemy's Defense on the Motaevo, Kostrovo Sector; Appendix IX: Stavka VGK Directive No. 170157 to the Commander of the Red Army Air Force on the creation of a Strike Air Group of the Stavka of the Supreme High Command.
Appendix X: Stavka VGK Directive No. 153589 to the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Direction about Hastening the Destruction of the Enemy's Rzhev -- Viaz'ma -- Gzhatsk Grouping.
Historians consider the Battle of Rzhev ""one of the bloodiest in the history of the Great Patriotic War"" and ""Zhukov's greatest defeat"". Veterans called this colossal battle, which continued for a total of 15 months, ""the Rzhev slaughterhouse"" or ""the Massacre"", while the German generals named this city ""the cornerstone of the Eastern Front"" and ""the gateway to Berlin"". By their territorial scale, number of participating troops, length and casualties, the military operations in the area of the Rzhev - Viaz'ma salient are not only comparable to the Stalingrad battle, but to a great.
Rzhev, Battle of (Russia : 1942-1943)
World War (1939-1945)
Rzhev, Battle of, Rzhev, Russia, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945
Russia (Federation)
Rzhev, Battle of, Rzhev, Russia, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945
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Rzhev Slaughterhouse : The Red Army's Forgotten 15-month Campaign against Army Group Center, 1942-1943.
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