The little-known story of the Battle of Kalinin on the eastern front, and how it shaped the course of WWII—based on archival records from both sides.
There was only one point in the Second World War when Nazi Germany had a chance of winning. That point was October 1941, when most of the Red Army's forces before Moscow had been smashed or encircled, and no reserves were available to defend the capital. All that stood in Hitler's way were a handful of Soviet rifle divisions, tank brigades, and hastily assembled militia.
According to German accounts, their spearheads were stopped by the mud—but a close examination of German records shows this was not so. Instead, it is clear that it was the resistance of the Red Army, and bad, arrogant planning, that halted the Wehrmacht. This is the dramatic story that Jack Radey and Charles Sharp tell in this compelling study of a previously unknown part of the Battle of Moscow. Using archival records from both sides, they reveal how the Soviets inflicted a stunning defeat on a German plan to encircle six Soviet armies in the middle of October 1941.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Authors’ Notes
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 - Background
- Chapter 2 - Preliminaries, October 7th–9th
- Chapter 3 - The German Pursuit and Capture of Kalinin, October 10th–14th
- Chapter 4 - New Operational Plans
- Chapter 5 - The German Advance on Torzhok, October 15th–16th
- Chapter 6 - The Soviet Counterstroke Begins, October 17th
- Chapter 7 - The Battle Along the Torzhok Road, October 18th–21st
- Chapter 8 - The Battle for Kalinin City, October 22nd–24th
- Chapter 9 - Revised Plans
- Chapter 10 - Aftermath, October 25th–Early November
- Chapter 11 - Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1 - German Order of Battle
- Appendix 2 - Soviet Order of Battle
- Appendix 3 - German Directives, Orders and Reports
- Appendix 4 - Soviet Directives, Orders and Reports
- Index
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