David Glantz's books

[Tal Inbar]

A study of the Red Army's Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences. The Soviet Stavka had planned a campaign consisting of a series of massive operations spanning the entire Soviet-German front. Four powerful fronts (army groups) operated under close Stavka (high command) control. Over 1.8 million troops acomplished a feat unique in the history of the Red Army: the defeat and dismemberment of an entire German army group. This book is a translation of the Soviet General Staff Study No 18, a work originally classified as "secret" and intended to educate Soviet commanders and staff officers. The operation is presented from the Soviet perspective, in the words of the individuals who planned and orchestrated the plans. A map supplement, including terrain maps, is provided to illustrate the flow of the operation in greater detail.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Situation in Belorussia at beginning of June 1944 - plan of the Red Army's Belorussian operation
- preparations for the operation
- beginning of the Soviet offensive - penetration of the German defence
- the Red Army offensive along the Polotsk-S'ventsiany, Minsk and Slutsk-Baranovichi axes - seizure of Minsk and encirclement of German forces
- liquidation of encircled German forces at Minsk - offensive against Dvinsk and westward pursuit of the enemy
- brief overview of combat operations up to the end of July - restoration of railroads and change in transport conditions.

[Tal Inbar]

Atlas of the War on the Eastern Front (1941-1945)(85 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas and Operational Summary: The Border Battles (22 June-1 July 1941)(39 pages of text and orders of battle and 190 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Smolensk, 7 July-10 September 1941 (25 pages of text and orders of battle and 192 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Moscow: The Defensive Phase (1 October-5 December 1941)(117 maps and charts)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Moscow: The Offensive Phase (5 December 1941-20 April 1942)(176 maps and charts)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Leningrad: Soviet Defense and the Blockade , July 1941-December 1942)(20 pages of orders of battle and 90 maps0
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Leningrad: Breaking the Blockade and Liberation (1 January 1943-15 July 1944)(20 pages of orders of battle and 100 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas and Survey, The Soviet Khar'kov Offensive, 12-29 May 1942 (14 pages of text and 67 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of Operation Blau (Blue): The German Advance to Stalingrad, 28 June-18 October 1942 (185 maps and charts)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Stalingrad: Red Army Offensive Operations, 19 November 1942-2 February 1943 (190 maps and charts)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas and Survey, Operation "Mars"(November-December 1942)(43 pages of text and 84 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas and Survey, Prelude to Kursk: The Soviet Central Front Offensive, February-March 1943 (46 pages of text and 34 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Battle of Kursk (July-August 1943)(74 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the L'vov-Sandomierz Operation, 13 July-29 August 1944 (22 pages of orders of battle and 107 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Soviet Far Eastern Campaign (August-September 1945)(45 pages of text and 140 maps and figures)
Published by David M. Glantz

Atlas of the Korsun'-Shevchenkovskii Operation (24 January-17 February 1944 (forthcoming)(116 maps)
Published by David M. Glantz

[Tal Inbar]

Red Army Command Cadre (1941-1945), vol 1: Direction, Front, Army, Military District, Defense Zone.

August Storm, volume 1
The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945

August Storm, volume 2
Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945

[skipper1939]

I know David Glantz from academic conferences as well as his outstanding books and studies. When Glantz first started writing and having an impact on U.S. army command and staff education, the memoires of Wehrmacht generals and studies of the various German campaigns, particularly in the Soviet Union were the bibles. The attitude was that somehow the Soviet cheated by coming up with "hordes" of men that they threw senselessly against the poor outnumbered Nazis. And that Hitler's intereferece is what lost the fine German generals the war. David and his colleagues' careful analysis of the Soviet art of war did a lot to turn that attitude around. When the "red" forces at Ft. Irwin began using Soviet tactics, faithfully, against the "blue" forces and almost always winning, it is not an going too far to say that David and his colleagues had a lot to do with that. I think it is also fair to say that, especially in the first Gulf war, that training paid off against an Iraqi army whose generals had studied at the Frunze Academy. They were beaten at their own game learned at the National Training Center.

Dr. Bob Clawson

[UQWozza]

I picked up the two latest Glantz books for Christmas and am just about to finish the second volume of the Stalingrad trilogy:

• To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942
• Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942

Like other Glantz books these are very information rich and are based on newly released material which was previously hidden in the archives. The books contain lots of maps (though some are hard to read) and many orders of battle, both on the flanks of Stalingrad and inside the city itself. Once you get to the battles in the city details of casualties and location are provided down to the regimental level and often to battalion level as well.

I suspect that people with researched Stalingrad awards may be able to work out which streets or building in the Red October, Barrikady or Lazur sites they we won based on the information provided in particularly the second volume.

This series must be the definitive set of books on Stalingrad, at least from the Russian viewpoint. A definite purchase for Stalingrad nuts - yes I was thinking of you Norm :D

Hopefully the final volume will be released soon.

Simon