How the red army stopped hitler and other works on the red army. Glantz born january 11, 1942 in port chester, new york is an american military historian and the chief editor of the journal of slavic military studies. In colossus reborn he recounts the miraculous resurrection of the red army, which, with a dazzling display of military strategy and operational prowess, stopped the wehrmacht in its tracks and. This new study, based on formerly classified soviet archival material and neglected german sources, reveals the truth.
Download download pdf publishing at the university of alberta. The strength of the 289th rifle division had fallen to 285 men, 17 machine guns, and one antitank gun, the 73rd rifle division to 100 men and 4 to 5 machine guns, 144th rifle division to 440 men, and 153rd rifle division to 750 men. Apr 05, 2020 among his many books are stumbling colossus. House immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the battle of kursk witnessed at prokhorovka one of the largest. The red armys epic disaster in operation mars, 1942. There is no denying that this account of kursk by david glantz and jonathan house is extremely well researched. David glantz claims that in 1941 the red army was poorly trained, inadequately equipped, ineptly organized, and consequently incapable of engaging in. Near the city of kursk on the eastern front, hundreds of soviet tanks this, in fact, is the biggest tank battle in world war ii, glantz said.
It includes the first complete order of battle of soviet forces on the eve of. Born january 11, 1942 age 76port chester, new york, u. All in all, said, this is a very acceptable single volume account of the stalingrad campaign to appear in a good long while. In stumbling colossus, david glantz captures a moment in time critical in understanding how the world wound up the way it did.
Battle of raseiniai project gutenberg selfpublishing. Drawing on evidence never before seen in the westincluding combat records of early engagements david glantz claims that in 1941 the red army was poorly. Julydecember 1941, 2007, p23 steve newton, panzer operations on the eastern front the memoirs of general raus, 2003, p. From the time that stalin became undisputed leader of the soviet union as first secretary, his singular goal was the exportation of communism as the worlds sole political system. The army was formed at khabarovsk in the soviet far east in 1938 as the 2nd army. The red army on the eve of world war modern war studies by david m. In stumbling colossus, david glantz explored why the red army was unprepared for the german blitzkrieg that nearly destroyed it and left more than four million of its soldiers dead by the end of 1941. Glantz is also known as an opponent of viktor suvorovs thesis, which he endeavored to rebut with the book stumbling colossus. Any opinions expressed here are those of the authors and not those of iza. Holtrop published on h russia november, 2000 failure and success in the first months of the great patriotic war. It was these restructured war aims that the battle of kursk was supposed to serve and ultimately achieve. Glantz received degrees in history from the virginia military institute and the university of north carolina at chapel hill, and is a graduate of the u.
When the front was reformed in june 1940, the army was redesignated as the 2nd red banner army, stationed in the blagoveshchensk area. Army command and general staff college, defense language institute, institute for russian and eastern european studies, and u. By 5 august 1941 the army, in david glantz s words, had been reduced to a skeleton. Holtrop published on h russia november, 2000 failure. But by the end of the year, 4,500,000 of its soldiers lay dead. The day before the attack, the red army still comprised the worlds largest fighting force. He lives with his wife mary ann glantz in carlisle, pennsylvania. It includes the first complete order of battle of soviet forces on the eve of the german attack, documents the strength of soviet armored forces during the wars initial period, and reproduces the first available texts of actual. Glantz, also a historian, has written fdr and the soviet union. Many readers will not want or expect that, but it does feel a bit incomplete. Glantz, od donu k dnepru sovetska ofenziva prosinec 1942 srpen 1943.
It includes the first complete order of battle of soviet forces on the eve of the german attack, documents the strength of soviet armored forces during the wars initial period, and. Glantz and house also coauthored when titans clashed. The red army on the eve of world war modern war studies paperback glantz, david m. Holtrop indiana university published on hrussia november, 2000. Glantz received degrees in history from the virginia. After the far eastern front was split in september that year it became the 2nd independent red banner army. An analysis of why stalin is to blame for the german invasion. Glantz 2010 this study exploits a wealth of soviet and.
The japanese around the fortified regions were the most formidable faced by soviet troops in the campaign, according to renowned historian david glantz. Going well beyond all previous accounts, david glantz and jonathan house now offer immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the battle of kursk witnessed at prokhorovka one of the largest tank engagements in world history and led to staggering losses. Drawing on evidence never before seen in the west, including combat records of early engagements, david glantz claims that in 1941 the red army was poorly trained, inadequately equipped, ineptly organized, and consequently incapable of engaging in largescale military campaigns and both hitler and stalin knew it. David glantz project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Abebooks seller since january 4, 1998 seller rating. Army command and general staff college, defense language institute. It spent the bulk of world war ii guarding the border in that area. Glantz is an american military historian and the editor of the journal of slavic military studies.
In this excellent institutional study of the red army in 1941, david glantz discusses soviet. Stumbling colossus david m glantz haftad 9780700617890. Born in port chester, new york, glantz received degrees in history from the virginia military institute and the university of north carolina at. Germanys surprise attack on june 22, 1941, shocked a soviet unio. The journal of military history, volume 71, number 4, october 2007, pp.
Evidence from world war ii in russia iza institute of labor. Germanys surprise attack on june 22, 1941, shocked a soviet union woefully unprepared to defend itself. Glantz, 9780700617890, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Glantz born january 11, 1942 in port chester, new york is an american military historian and the chief editor of the journal of slavic military studies glantz received degrees in history from the virginia military institute and the university of north carolina at chapel hill, and is a graduate of the u. Glantz and houses fresh interpretations demolish many of the myths that suggest hitler might have triumphed if operation citadel had been conducted differently. Stumbling colossus describes the red armys command leadership, mobilization and war planning, intelligence activities, and active and reserve combat formations. Dec 30, 2019 army colonel fluent in russian, glantz is the author of numerous books, including the battle for leningrad. Familiarity with the themes of stumbling colossus, a book already.
The level of resistance and road conditions slowed the armys advance to an average of 20 kilometers a day, one of the lowest speeds of soviet forces during the invasion. Glantz, 1998, university press of kansas edition, in english. Pdf stumbling colossus download full pdf book download. Military historian history of warfare, world war ii, soviet union in world war ii. Going well beyond all previous accounts, david glantz and jonathan house now offer immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the battle of kursk witnessed at prokhorovka one of the largest tank engagements vlantz world history and led to staggering lossesincluding nearlysoviet and 50, german casualtieswithin the first ten days of fighting. But by the end of the year, four and a half million of its soldiers lay dead.
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