When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies)

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With the fall of the Soviet Union, and the opening up of state archives in Moscow and the former Soviet states, a clearer picture of the gigantic clash of titans that transpired in Eastern Europe and the expanses of Russian Eurasia began to take shape. The laws of warfare placed it on the front line, at the epicenter of a battle that eventually shaped the result of the entire war. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

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To make little effort to validate claims that can clearly cast many of the new records as "wishful thinking" is an egregious sin in my mind. It presents the material as it appears from the Soviet records and is superficially at best fact checked against well established historical records the Germans maintained.

million men in the fray in 1944 (3 times more than the Axis), according to Glantz, and the Soviet military production had long since outstripped that of the Axis. The role of political Commissars was reduced, field commanders were allowed more discretion and flexibility and personal initiative, and the 'book' was more often than not thrown out the window in favor of what would work.