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Battle for Belorussia : the Red Army's forgotten campaign of October 1943-April 1944 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glantz, David M. (Author), Glantz, Mary E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
Soviet Union. > Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ > History > World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Belarus.
Belarus > History > German occupation, 1941-1944.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The struggle for Belorussia, October-December 1943
  • Context: the Summer-Fall Campaign (1 July-23 December)
  • The Kalinin and Baltic fronts' Vitebsk and Nevel' offensives (3-30 October)
  • The western front's Orsha offensives (3-28 October)
  • The central front's Gomel'-Rechitsa offensive (30 September-30 October)
  • The 1st and 2nd Baltic fronts' Polotsk-Vitebsk and Pustoshka-Idritsa offensives (2-21 November)
  • The western front's Orsha offensives (14 November-5 December)
  • The Belorussian front's Gomel'-Rechitsa and Novyi Bykhov-Propoisk offensives (10-30 November)
  • The 1st Baltic and western fronts' Vitebsk (Gorodok) offensive (13-23 December) and 2nd Baltic front's Idritsa-Opochka offensive (16-25 December)
  • The Belorussian front's Kalinkovichi (Bobruisk) offensive (8-12 December) and the German counterstroke (20-27 December)
  • Part II. The struggle for Belorussia, December 1943-April 1944
  • Context: the Winter Campaign (24 December 1943-April 1944)
  • The 1st Baltic and western fronts' Vitebsk offensive (24 December 1943-5 January 1944)
  • The 1st Baltic and western fronts' Vitebsk-Bogushevsk offensive (6-24 January)
  • The 1st Baltic and western fronts' Vitebsk offensive (3-16 February)
  • The western front's Babinovichi and Vitebsk offensives (22 February-5 March)
  • The western front's Orsha and Bogushevsk offensives (5-29 March)
  • The Belorussian front's situation on 1 January 1944 and preliminary operations
  • The Belorussian front's Kalinkovichi and Mozyr' offensive (8-14 January)
  • The Belorussian front's Ozarichi-Ptich' offensive (16-30 January)
  • The Belorussian front's Parichi-Bobruisk (Marmovichi-Dubrova) offensive (16 January-23 February)
  • The Belorussian front's Rogachev-Zhlobin and Mormal'-Parichi offensives (21-29 February)
  • The liquidation of German bridgeheads on the Dnepr River's eastern bank (25-31 March)
  • Investigations, recriminations, and Sokolovsky's relief
  • Conclusions.