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How Nazi forces were driven back by the Soviets amid mud and freezing temperatures: “Excellent... well researched, fast paced and enjoyable to read.” —Military Review At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well-trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well-trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders. German panzer spearheads cut through enemy defenses and thrust deeply to encircle most of the Soviet soldiers on the approaches to Moscow. Within a few weeks, most of the Russian soldiers marched into captivity, where a grim fate awaited them. Despite the overwhelming initial German success, however, the Soviet capital did not fall. German combat units, as well as supply transport, were bogged down in mud caused by autumn rains. General Zhukov was called back to Moscow and given the desperate task to recreate defense lines west of Moscow. The mud allowed him time to accomplish this, and when

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Author

Niklas Zetterling & Anders Frankson

Publisher

Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612004334

Category

history

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities

Rating

3.45 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14