Description: Up for sale is THE RZHEV SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE RED ARMY'S FORGOTTEN hardcover book by Svetlana Gerasimova. Translated and edited by Stuart Britton. Book is in like new condition, never read. Dust jacket does have some minor shelf wear (see picture for details). From the publisher: Historians consider the Battle of Rzhev "one of the bloodiest in the history of the Great Patriotic War" and "Zhukov's greatest defeat". Veterans called this colossal battle, which continued for a total of 15 months, "the Rzhev slaughterhouse" or "the Massacre", while the German generals named this city "the cornerstone of the Eastern Front" and "the gateway to Berlin". By their territorial scale, number of participating troops, length and casualties, the military operations in the area of the Rzhev - Viaz'ma salient are not only comparable to the Stalingrad battle, but to a great extent surpass it. The total losses of the Red Army around Rzhev amounted to 2,000,000 men; the Wehrmacht's total losses are still unknown precisely to the present day. Why was one of the greatest battles of the Second World War consigned to oblivion in the Soviet Union? Why were the forces of the German Army Group Center in the Rzhev - Viaz'ma salient not encircled and destroyed? Whose fault is it that the German forces were able to withdraw from a pocket that was never fully sealed? Indeed, are there justifications for blaming this "lost victory" on G.K. Zhukov? In this book, which has been recognized in Russia as one of the best domestic studies of the Rzhev battle, answers to all these questions have been given. The author, Svetlana Gerasimova, has lived and worked amidst the still extant signs of this colossal battle, the tens of thousands of unmarked graves and the now silent bunkers and pillboxes, and has dedicated herself to the study of its history. Svetlana Aleksandrovna Gerasimova is a historian and museum official. After graduating from Leningrad State University with a history degree, she worked in the Urals as a middle school history teacher, before moving to Tver, where she taught a number of courses in history and local history, and about museum work and leading excursions in the Tver' School of Culture. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Tver State University in 2002. For more than 20 years, S.A. Gerasimova has been working in the Tver' State Consolidated Museum, and is the creator and co-creator of a many displays and exhibits in the branches of the Museum, and in municipal and institutional museums of the Tver' Oblast. Recent museum exhibits that she has created include "The Battle of Rzhev 1942-1943" and "The Fatal Forties … Toropets District in the Years of the Great Patriotic War." She has led approximately 20 historical and folklore-ethnographic expeditions in the area of Tver' Oblast and is the author of numerous articles in such journals as Voprosy istorii [Questions of History], Voenno-istoricheskii arkhiv [Military History Archive], Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal [Journal of Military History] and Zhivaia starina [The Living Past], and of other publications. In 2009, she served as a featured consultant to a Russian NTV television documentary about the Battle of Rzhev, which quickly became controversial for its very frank discussion of the campaign. Please use Paypal within 5 days. I will ship once payment is received. Will combine shipping with each item sold! **More items to be listed soon! Check back often!
Price: 54 USD
Location: Morton, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-02-05T21:32:40.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.87 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Hard Cover
Publication Name: Helion and Company
Item Height: 9.5 inches
ISBN-10: 1911096141
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Original Language: Russian
Intended Audience: Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Book Title: Rzhev Slaughterhouse : The Red Army's Forgotten 15-Month Campaign Against Army Group Center, 1942-1943
Item Length: 9in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Svetlana Gerasimova
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases), Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Military / World War II, Europe / General
Publisher: Helion & Company, The Limited
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Référence, History
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
