Zhukov's greatest defeat
Subtitle: the Red Army's epic disaster in Operation Mars, 1942
By: David M. Glantz ; German translations by Mary E. Glantz ; maps by Darin Grauberger.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Zhukov, Georgiĭ Konstantinovich, 1896-1974; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front; World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union; Marshals -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-408) and index.