Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942

David M. Glantz

Ian Allan Publishing, 2000 - History - 421 pages

Designed to dislodge the German Army from its position west of Moscow, Operation Mars cost the Soviets an estimated 335,000 dead, missing and wounded men. But in Russian history books, it was a battle that never happened - a historical debacle sacrificed to Stalin's postwar censorship.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942; Modern war studies
• Author: David M. Glantz
• Translated by: Mary E. Glantz
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, 2000
• ISBN: 071102748X, 9780711027480
• Length: 421 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / Russia / General; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General