Soviet victory over Germany was the most fateful development of World War II. The purpose of this book is to investigate one aspect of the Soviet victory - how the war was won on the battlefield. The author sought, in following the march of the Soviet and German armies from Stalingrad to Berlin, to depict the war as it was and to describe the manner in which the Soviet Union emerged as the predominant military power in Europe.
Content:
Invasion
Retreat
Stalingrad the Encirclement
Stalingrad the Turning Point
The Countermarch
The Center and the North
Operation Zitadelie
The First Soviet Summer Offensive
The Battle for the Dnepr Line.
The Rising Tide
Offensives on Both Flanks- the South Flank
Offensives on Both Flanks-the North Flank
Paying the Piper
Prelude to Disaster
The Collapse of the Center
The South Flank
Retreat and Encirclement
Defeat in the North
The January Offensive
The Defense of the Reich
Earl F. Ziemke is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he received a Ph. D. degree in history. In World War II he served with the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific theater.
