About the book: 2008 / At the end of 1941, one of those miracles that never ceases to amaze the world happened. The defeated, bloodless, almost completely destroyed Red Army seemed to rise from the dead, first throwing the Wehrmacht back from Moscow, then defeating Paulus's army at Stalingrad and finally seizing the strategic initiative in the Battle of Kursk, which predetermined the outcome of the war. A new book by an authoritative military historian dedicated to these events, - not an ordinary chronicle of military operations, more than an ordinary description of the battles of 1941 - 1943. In his outstanding study, the leading American specialist did something that none of his colleagues had dared to do before - he conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet military machine and its work in the first years of the war, revealing the mechanics of the “Russian military miracle.” Encyclopedic in its coverage of material, unprecedented in terms of accuracy and depth of analysis, this work has already been recognized as a classic. Having studied a huge volume of archival documents, assessing the combat capabilities and tactics of both sides, the balance of forces on the Soviet-German front and the style of warfare, David Glantz examines in detail the process of accumulation of combat experience by the Red Army, which allowed it to first catch up with the enemy and then surpass the Wehrmacht, which was considered invincible. This fundamental work debunks many myths existing in both German and American historiography. Glantz irrefutably proves that the decisive victory over Germany was won precisely on the Eastern Front and was by no means accidental, that the outcome of the war was decided not by “generals Mud and Frost”, not by the stupidity and incompetence of Hitler (who was in fact an outstanding strategist), but by the increased the skill of the Soviet command and the courage, dedication and steadfastness of the Russian soldier. Note 1: Due to the low quality of the original scan, the tables are left as pictures.