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Virtually the entire Soviet effort on the Eastern Front of World
War II bears the stamp of Georgy Zhukov, chief of staff of the Red
Army and deputy supreme commander under Stalin. The first volume of
his memoirs covers Zhukov's peasant childhood, his prewar military
career, and the first phase of World War II.- Fascinating
self-portrait of one of the most remarkable generals of the
twentieth century- Indispensable source for the Eastern Front,
including the early battles for Kiev, Smolensk, and Leningrad
The second volume of Georgy Zhukov's memoirs begins with the
desperate defense of Moscow in the late fall and winter of 1941 and
continues through more than three years of war. - Covers
Stalingrad, Leningrad, Kursk, the final offensive into Germany and
Berlin, and more- Important insights into Stalin's decision-making,
based on hundreds of personal meetings
In the winter of 1941, 78 choice Nazi divisions, 1,700 tanks and
over 1,000 planes were drawn up near Moscow to carry out Operation
Typhoon. The Germans had come so close to Moscow that German could
be heard on the radio on any wave length, and the very air was
polluted by enemy breath. Leningrad, the second largest ctiy in the
Soviet Union, was besieged, and the noose of the enemy blockade had
tightened round it. The Wehrmacht commanders were planning the
capture of Stalingrad on the Volga, the country's main route for
grain and oil supplies.It was in those days and months, in the
early period of the Great Patriotic War, that Hitler's army which
was then at the zenith of its power suffered its first serious
defeat. About half a million German soldiers and officers were
killed in the battle for Moscow alone. The offensive launched by
the Red Army in December, 1941 recaptured enemy-occupied territory
with a pre-war population of approximately 5,000,000. Leningrad
held out, and soon the whole world was to hear of the heroic battle
of Stalingrad.This book tells about the battle for Moscow and
Stalingrad, and other major events in the first period of the Great
Patriotic War. The articles and stories are by Marshals Zhukov,
Vassilevsky and Rokossovky, and by such well-known authors as
Alexander Fadeyev, Konstantin Simonov, Vassily Grossman and
Alexander Bek.
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