The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front, 22 June-August 1941

This volume begins with an investigation of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. It draws upon eye-witness German accounts of what occurred, and supplements these with German archival and detailed Soviet materials. The Soviet government has released extensive amounts of formerly classified archival materials from the period. This material has been incorporated into the maps and text.

ISBN 0714642983   Weight (grammes) 720 ISBN13 9780714642987 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Conference location Garmisch Imprint Frank Cass Publishers   Conference name Art of War Symposium Format Paperback   Conference year 1987 Publication date 30 Sep 1997   Series editor Glantz, Colonel David M. (Acting Director, Soviet Army Studies Office, Library of Congress D764.A78 1   Series ISSN 1462-094 DEWEY 940.54217   Series title Cass Series on Soviet Military Experience DEWEY edition DC21   Height (mm) 235 Pages 528   Width (mm) 155 Volumes 000   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Introduction - prelude to Barbarossa: the Red Army in 1941; Soviet war planning; the German Army in 1941; Plan Barbarossa. The border battles on the Siauliai Axis - 22-26 June 1941: German operations in the Baltic region - the Siauliai Axis; 6th Panzer Division operations; 1st panzer Division operations; reflections on XXXXI Panzer Corps operations. The border battles in the Vilnius Axis - 22-26 June 1941: XXXIX Motorized Corps operations. The border battles on the Bialystok-Minsk Axis - 22-28 June 1941: 12th Infantry Division operations; 28th Infantry Division operations; 3rd Panzer Division operations. The border battles on the Lutsk-Rovno Axis - 22 June-1 July 1941: German operations on the Lutsk-Rovno Axis; a perspective from the Army High Command (OKH); III Panzer Division operations. The Smolensk Operation - 7 July-7 August 1941: Smolensk - reflections on a battle; overview, Phase 1 to 20 July 1941; 7th Panzer Division operations; 3rd Panzer Division's advance to Mogilev; 4th Panzer Division's crossing of the Berezina river; 4th Panzer Division's crossing of the Denpr river and the advance to Roslavl; overview, Phase 2 20 July-20 August 1941; 3rd Panzer Division battles in the Smolensk area; 28th Infantry Division operations. Conclusions: conclusions from the Soviet perspective; conclusions from the German perspective; the lessons of 1941 and implications for the future.

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