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Stalin's Keys to Victory - The Rebirth of the Red Army (Hardcover)
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Stalin's Keys to Victory - The Rebirth of the Red Army (Hardcover)
Series: Praeger Security International
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Most military historians have difficulty comprehending the miracle
that took place in late 1941 and early 1942 in the Soviet Union. In
the summer of 1941, the German Army routed the Red Army as it had
routed the Polish, British, French and other armies in 1939, 1940,
and early 1941. None had been able to withstand German might more
than a few weeks. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June
1941, his legions quickly overcame the Soviet divisions they met,
and it appeared to most that Hitler would succeed as he had before.
A major portion of the prewar Red Army had been completely
annihilated, millions of prisoners taken, and the most populous and
developed provinces of the Soviet Union occupied by the Germans and
their allies. In September, the Germans surrounded and captured a
huge bag of divisions east of Kiev, only to encounter a flood of
new Red Army divisions when they redirected their intentions on
Moscow. In short order the Wehrmacht broke through this line, and
approached within sight of the outskirts of the capital. There,
they were surprised by a massive offensive mounted by even more new
divisions. Other countries had surrendered after losing one army,
let alone two. The Soviets came back with a third--which sent the
Germans reeling to the rear. How was this possible? Dunn's detailed
examination shows that, far from carelessly throwing thousands of
disorganized, untrained men into battle, the Soviets wisely used
the resources at hand to resist and drive back the invaders once
the initial shock had been absorbed. He reveals how the Soviets
systematically trained men as replacements for casualties in
existing units, often renaming the unit (a move that confused
Germanintelligence then and continues to confound historians
today). Unit integrity was as significant in the Red Army as in
other armies. Men were not robotic clones, and each had strengths
and weaknesses. Knowing this led to unit integrity and success on
the battlefield. Tracing the formation and commitment to battle of
Soviet units, regardless of the changes of designation, is crucial
to understanding the success and failure of Soviet operations--and
Stalin's "keys to victory."
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