A new book by a leading historian-Stalinist! Analysis of the main military myth of the XX century. The unraveling of the secrets of the “lightning-fast war” and the phenomenal victories of the Wehrmacht in 1939-1941.
Did you know that German triumphs in Poland and France were a complete surprise not only for the enemies of the Reich, but also for the Nazis themselves? Why did Blitzkrieg fail in the USSR and, despite the monstrous losses of the Red Army, the desperate resistance of the Soviet troops was not only not broken, but on the contrary – increased? Would it be possible to defend Moscow, leave Stalin the capital in October 41st, when the Germans were 30 km from the Kremlin? You know that on those terrible days M.I. Kalinin answered Academician Vernadsky, who declared in a panic: they say, “everything is lost”? “We are Russians, we need time to bold!” What lessons can be learned from the blitzkrings of the Second World War? What is the only “antidote” from “lightning -fast war”? And why is this experience so vital for us today?
Author
Mukhin Yuri Ignatievich
Editor
Klimova A.
Publisher
Yauza, 2014
Series
War and we
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