Description
Product ID: | 9781472830746 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | IN |
Series: | Campaign |
Title: | Smolensk 1943 |
Subtitle: | The Red Army's Relentless Advance |
Authors: | Author: Robert Forczyk, Mr Adam Hook |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Battles and campaigns, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, Russia, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A highly illustrated history of Operation Suvorov, the Soviet assault against German positions around Smolensk in late 1943. Smolensk 1943 focuses on a major offensive that is virtually unknown in the West. With the German defeat at Kursk, the Soviet Stavka (high command) ordered the Western and Kalinin Fronts to launch Operation Suvorov in order to liberate the important city of Smolensk. The Germans had held this city for two years and Heeresgruppe Mitte''s (Army Group Centre) 4. Armee had heavily fortified the region. The Soviet offensive began in August 1943 and quickly realized that the German defenses were exceedingly tough and that the Western Front had not prepared adequately for an extended offensive. Consequently, the Soviets were forced to pause their offensive after only two weeks, replenish their combat forces, and then begin again. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-01-24 |