Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles
by Zhukov, Georgi K.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): Cooper Square Pub
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Summary
This account of four of World War II's most colossal battles presents these epic conflicts from the perspective of the man largely responsible for Russia's most decisive victories during the Patriotic War.
Author Biography
Georgi K. Zhukov (1896-1974) was one of the most important Soviet military commanders of the twentieth century. Harrison E. Salisbury (1908-1993) was the author of Black Night, White Snow and The 900 Days. David M. Glantz, editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, lives in Carlisle, PA, near Harrisburg.
Table of Contents
| Introduction and Biographical Record | |
| Preface | p. 1 |
| The Battle of Moscow | p. 21 |
| The Eve of Battle | p. 29 |
| Zhukov Takes Command | p. 46 |
| The November Threat | p. 63 |
| Zhukov's Counteroffensive | p. 79 |
| The Battle of Stalingrad | p. 105 |
| The Dangerous Spring | p. 113 |
| The Stalingrad Crisis | p. 125 |
| The Battle Grows | p. 134 |
| The Balance Tips Toward Russia | p. 145 |
| Operation Uranus Takes Shape | p. 158 |
| Stalingrad Strikes Back | p. 174 |
| The Battle of Kursk | p. 195 |
| Spring, 1943 | p. 203 |
| The Plans for Kursk | p. 214 |
| The Germans Attack | p. 228 |
| Zhukov Strikes | p. 239 |
| The Battle Assessed | p. 251 |
| The Battle of Berlin | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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