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Operation Don's left wing : the Trans-Caucasus front's pursuit of the First Panzer Army, November 1942-February 1943 /

"This volume, a sequel to Operation Don's Main Attack, examines in detail the Trans-Caucasus Front's role and experiences in Operation Don, a Stavka (Soviet high command)-planned strategic offensive conducted simultaneously with Operation Ring (Kol'tso), the Don Front's offe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glantz, David M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 > Caucasus.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Caucasus.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Soviet Union.
Caucasus > History, Military > 20th century.
Military campaigns.
Caucasus.
Soviet Union.
1900-1999
Military history.
Description
Summary:"This volume, a sequel to Operation Don's Main Attack, examines in detail the Trans-Caucasus Front's role and experiences in Operation Don, a Stavka (Soviet high command)-planned strategic offensive conducted simultaneously with Operation Ring (Kol'tso), the Don Front's offensive designed to destroy the German Sixth Army encircled in the Stalingrad region. Together with Operation Ring, Operation Don's aim was to collapse German defenses in the southern Soviet Union and turn the tide of war decisively in favor of the Soviet Union and its Red Army"--
Physical Description:xxi, 842 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780700628438
0700628436