Ed,
in all military dictionaries there are definitions, but I will give some examples:
The role of Vasilevsky i.e. at "Uranus" (the whole Stalingrad-operation) and his role in the "Blitzkrieg" in autum 1945, in the Far East, where the Red Army crushed the Japanese, was a "strategic" one.
The role of Zhukov in the epic desaster in late 1942, north-west of Moscow, called "Mars", where he lost in 3 weeks much more tanks (1,600 !!!) and almost as much soldiers, as Vasilevsky lost in the whole (10 times longer !!!) Stalingrad operation, which ended up as one of the great victories in military history and not as a deseaster, was a "strategic" one. The "Mars"-deseaster meant the same to the STAVKA, as the Western Allies would have failed with the invasion at the Normandie, just that you understand the proportions.
Also the deseaster at the "Seelower Höhen" was a strategic miscalculation of Zhukov. Even "Moscow 1941" was only a 50 % victory, because the 2nd half of the operation failed.
For further informations, please contact David Glantz, I am only a humble person in the classical music business and live in Vienna ...
Best regards
Christian
BTW: If someone of the estimated members is interested in classical piano music, I organized a new small website (in english) for my wife Natasa Veljkovic http://www.concertartist.info/bios/veljkovic.html
in all military dictionaries there are definitions, but I will give some examples:
The role of Vasilevsky i.e. at "Uranus" (the whole Stalingrad-operation) and his role in the "Blitzkrieg" in autum 1945, in the Far East, where the Red Army crushed the Japanese, was a "strategic" one.
The role of Zhukov in the epic desaster in late 1942, north-west of Moscow, called "Mars", where he lost in 3 weeks much more tanks (1,600 !!!) and almost as much soldiers, as Vasilevsky lost in the whole (10 times longer !!!) Stalingrad operation, which ended up as one of the great victories in military history and not as a deseaster, was a "strategic" one. The "Mars"-deseaster meant the same to the STAVKA, as the Western Allies would have failed with the invasion at the Normandie, just that you understand the proportions.
Also the deseaster at the "Seelower Höhen" was a strategic miscalculation of Zhukov. Even "Moscow 1941" was only a 50 % victory, because the 2nd half of the operation failed.
For further informations, please contact David Glantz, I am only a humble person in the classical music business and live in Vienna ...
Best regards
Christian
BTW: If someone of the estimated members is interested in classical piano music, I organized a new small website (in english) for my wife Natasa Veljkovic http://www.concertartist.info/bios/veljkovic.html
