Title The Viaz'ma Catastrophe, 1941 : the Red Army's Disastrous Stand against Operation Typhoon

Published Havertown : Helion & Company, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (1303 pages) Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of photographs; List of maps; Key to map abbreviations; List of tables; Introduction; Part 1: Instead of a Prologue; The General Situation on the Soviet-German front by September 1941; Soviet operations on the Western strategic direction; The German march on Moscow pauses; Soviet forces launch a counteroffensive; The Dukhovshchina and El'nia offensives; Results of the Smolensk battles; Part 2: Before the Storm; The plans of the Nazi command; The relative strength of the opposing sides; The Stavka orders a rigid defense The defensive fronts organize their defensesThe defensive lines on the approaches to the capital; The creation and composition of the Moscow militia; General Eremenko neglects his defenses and instead attacks; Part 3: The Typhoon Gathers Strength; Guderian initiates Operation Typhoon; Von Bock sets his troops in motion; The Luftwaffe disrupts command and control; The Germans seize Dnepr River bridges; The commanders of Briansk Front and Western Front request permission to withdraw; The causes for the collapse of three Soviet Front defenses; Part 4: The Retreat The Western Front and Group Boldin are involved in heavy fightingThe German breakthrough to Iukhnov; Questions surrounding the decision to withdraw; The Western Front retreats to the Rzhev -- Viaz'ma line; The ring of encirclement snaps shut; The Germans hunt for 'Timoshenko's headquarters'; The Reserve Front commander goes missing; Photo Gallery; Part 5: In Encirclement; Von Bock's further plans; The prepared defensive line along the Dnepr must be abandoned; General Lukin assumes command of the encircled forces west of Viaz'ma; The retreat from the Dnepr River line Attempts to break out of encirclement on 9 and 10 OctoberThe situation of the Red Army forces encircled southwest of Viaz'ma; Changes in the higher command of the Red Army; The Stavka's dilemma; The situation in the Briansk Front sector; Briansk Front creates a breach in the encircling German lines; Western Front's Military Council deliberates: Defend or break out?; Part 6: Catastrophe; Initial steps to rebuild a strategic front; Could the Stavka have rescued the forces encircled west of Viaz'ma?; The 19th Army prepares to break out of encirclement The 19th Army's breakout attempt on 11 October failsThe decision to break out to the south is reached; The fighting southwest of Viaz'ma; The fighting in the Viaz'ma area winds down; Von Bock is compelled to suspend the offensive; Hitler's plan to crush the Soviet forces and seize Moscow is a failure; Part 7: The Dimensions of the Defeat; Operation Typhoon triggers a panic in Moscow; a state of siege is declared; Official data on the Soviet losses are sharply understated; An unsuccessful method of calculating losses, or a political order?; Part 8: Epilogue; Appendices Summary This book describes one of the most terrible tragedies of the Second World War and the events preceding it. The horrible miscalculations made by the Stavka of the Soviet Supreme High Command and the Front commands led in October 1941 to the deaths and imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of their own people. Until recently, the magnitude of the defeats suffered by the Red Army at Viaz'ma and Briansk were simply kept hushed up. For the first time, in this book a full picture of the combat operations that led to this tragedy are laid out in detail, using previously unknown or little-used docume Notes Appendix I: Comparative Strength of a Soviet Rifle Division and a German Infantry Division, 1941 English Print version record Subject Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- History SUBJECT Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Russia (Federation) -- Vi︠a︡zʹma (Smolenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Military campaigns SUBJECT Vi︠a︡zʹma (Smolenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) -- History, Military -- 20th century Subject Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945)) Russia (Federation) -- Vi︠a︡zʹma (Smolenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781910294185 1910294187

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