From The Don To The Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Ope... -

Glantz argues that while the winter 1942–43 offensives ultimately met with an operational defeat due to a German counterstroke (stabilizing the front until summer), they were essential "test beds". The Red Army learned vital lessons that later enabled the "military steamroller" seen at the Battle of Kursk in July 1943.

The book details how the Soviet High Command (Stavka) attempted to exploit the German collapse at Stalingrad by launching a series of ambitious winter offensives aimed at encircling two entire German army groups. Glantz uses Russian archival material to reveal the of the Red Army as it experimented with mobile armored warfare and large-scale combined arms operations. Key Themes and Findings From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Ope...

David M. Glantz's From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942–August 1943 is a seminal military history that analyzes the critical period of the Eastern Front following the Soviet victory at Stalingrad. Glantz argues that while the winter 1942–43 offensives