Rollback

Rollback The Red Army's Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942-43 Author:Richard W. Harrison Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6.75" x 9.75" Pages:412 Photos:8 b/w maps Publisher:Helion and Company ISBN:9781912390489 Item No. 9781912390489 Rollback: The Red Army’s Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942–43 covers the period from mid-December 1942 to mid-February 1943, one of the most critical periods of the war on the Eastern Front. It was here that following the encirclement of an entire German army at Stalingrad, the Soviets sought to take advantage of the ruptured Axis front in southern Russia to finish off the Germans’ Italian and Hungarian allies and liberate the economically vital areas of eastern Ukraine.This study is drawn from a number of wartime and postwar articles, published by the General Staff’s directorate for the study of wartime exp