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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1472851811
ISBN-13
9781472851819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23057278798
Product Key Features
Book Title
Meat Grinder : the Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942-43
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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"This vivid and gripping account of the Rzhev sector from 1941 to 1943 is of fundamental significance for our understanding of the Eastern Front and therefore for studies of the Second World War. Providing both narrative and analysis, it shows the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and does so in a way that bridges high strategy and the face of battle. The difficulty of overcoming defences emerges repeatedly in a story that thrills and fascinates in equal measure, taking us back into the furnace of battle at its most intense." -- Jeremy Black, author of 'Rethinking World War Two' "In Meat Grinder , renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar chronicles in superb detail a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, in which Soviet and German forces battled for control of the Rzhev Salient in 1942-43. In this compelling account of a terrible attritional struggle, readers will find many stark parallels in the intense fighting in the Donbas some eighty years later, not least the crushing effect of artillery fire on fortifications and fortitude." -- General Mungo Melvin, author of 'Sevastopol's Wars' " This is an excellent book and a worthy addition to studies of the Eastern Front." - Aspects of History " Informative ... "Meat Grinder: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942-43" is a comprehensive detailed history that is a simply fascinating read from first page to last ." - Midwest Book Review, "This vivid and gripping account of the Rzhev sector from 1941 to 1943 is of fundamental significance for our understanding of the Eastern Front and therefore for studies of the Second World War. Providing both narrative and analysis, it shows the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and does so in a way that bridges high strategy and the face of battle. The difficulty of overcoming defences emerges repeatedly in a story that thrills and fascinates in equal measure, taking us back into the furnace of battle at its most intense." -- Jeremy Black, author of 'Rethinking World War Two' "In Meat Grinder , renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar chronicles in superb detail a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, in which Soviet and German forces battled for control of the Rzhev Salient in 1942-43. In this compelling account of a terrible attritional struggle, readers will find many stark parallels in the intense fighting in the Donbas some eighty years later, not least the crushing effect of artillery fire on fortifications and fortitude." -- General Mungo Melvin, author of 'Sevastopol's Wars' " This is an excellent book and a worthy addition to studies of the Eastern Front." - Aspects of History, This vivid and gripping account of the Rzhev sector from 1941 to 1943 is of fundamental significance for our understanding of the Eastern Front and therefore for studies of the Second World War. Providing both narrative and analysis, it shows the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and does so in a way that bridges high strategy and the face of battle. The difficulty of overcoming defences emerges repeatedly in a story that thrills and fascinates in equal measure, taking us back into the furnace of battle at its most intense., "This vivid and gripping account of the Rzhev sector from 1941 to 1943 is of fundamental significance for our understanding of the Eastern Front and therefore for studies of the Second World War. Providing both narrative and analysis, it shows the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and does so in a way that bridges high strategy and the face of battle. The difficulty of overcoming defences emerges repeatedly in a story that thrills and fascinates in equal measure, taking us back into the furnace of battle at its most intense." -- Jeremy Black, author of 'Rethinking World War Two' "In Meat Grinder , renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar chronicles in superb detail a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, in which Soviet and German forces battled for control of the Rzhev Salient in 1942-43. In this compelling account of a terrible attritional struggle, readers will find many stark parallels in the intense fighting in the Donbas some eighty years later, not least the crushing effect of artillery fire on fortifications and fortitude." -- General Mungo Melvin, author of 'Sevastopol's Wars', "This vivid and gripping account of the Rzhev sector from 1941 to 1943 is of fundamental significance for our understanding of the Eastern Front and therefore for studies of the Second World War. Providing both narrative and analysis, it shows the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and does so in a way that bridges high strategy and the face of battle. The difficulty of overcoming defences emerges repeatedly in a story that thrills and fascinates in equal measure, taking us back into the furnace of battle at its most intense." -- Jeremy Black, author of 'Rethinking World War Two', "This vivid and gripping account is of fundamental significance for our understanding of the Eastern Front... in a story that thrills and fascinates in equal measure, taking us back into the furnace of battle at its most intense." -- Jeremy Black, author of 'Rethinking World War Two' "In Meat Grinder , renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar chronicles in superb detail a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, in which Soviet and German forces battled for control of the Rzhev Salient in 1942-43. In this compelling account of a terrible attritional struggle, readers will find many stark parallels in the intense fighting in the Donbas some eighty years later, not least the crushing effect of artillery fire on fortifications and fortitude." -- General Mungo Melvin, author of 'Sevastopol's Wars' "This is an excellent book and a worthy addition to studies of the Eastern Front." -- Aspects of History " Informative ... "Meat Grinder: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942-43" is a comprehensive detailed history that is a simply fascinating read from first page to last. " -- Midwest Book Review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.54217
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations List of Maps Dramatis Personae Introduction Chapter 1: Barbarossa and Taifun Chapter 2: The Red Army's Counteroffensive, December 1941 Chapter 3: Frustration, January 1942 Chapter 4: Snow, Mud and Confusion Chapter 5: Hannover Chapter 6: Belov's Escape and Seydlitz Chapter 7: The First Rzhev-Sychevka Operation Chapter 8: Grinding Through Summer Chapter 9: 1942, Preparing for Operation Mars Chapter 10: The Commencement of Mars : Western Front, 25-30 November Chapter 11: The Commencement of Mars : Kalinin Front, 25-30 November Chapter 12: December: The Vazuza Valley and the Bely Sector Chapter 13: December: Exhaustion in the Luchesa and Northern Sectors Chapter 14: Büffel : The End of the Salient Chapter 15: Lessons Imperfectly Learned Chapter 16: Remembering the Past Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers., An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers. The fighting between the German and Russian armies in the Rzhev Salient during World War II was so grisly, so murderous, and saw such vast losses that the troops called the campaign 'The Meat Grinder'. Though millions of men would fight and die there, the Rzhev Salient does not have the name recognition of Leningrad or Moscow. It has been largely ignored by Western historians - until now. In this book, Prit Buttar, a leading expert on the Eastern Front, reveals the depth and depravity of the bitter fighting. He details how the region held the promise of a renewed drive on Moscow for the German Army - a chance to turn the tide of war. Using German and Russian first-hand accounts, Buttar examines the major offensives launched by the Red Army against the salient, all of which were defeated with losses exceeding two million killed, wounded or missing, until eventually, the Germans were forced to evacuate the salient in March 1943. Drawing on the latest research, Meat Grinder provides a study of these horrific battles but also examines how the Red Army did learn from its colossal failures and how its timely analysis of these failures helped pave the way for the eventual Soviet victory against Army Group Centre in the summer of 1944, leaving the road to Berlin clear.
LC Classification Number
D764.3
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