THE RZHEV SLAUGHTERHOUSE: The Red Army's Forgotten 15-month Campaign Against Army Group Center, 1942-1943

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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. Answers such questions as, 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? Contains 112 b/w photos, eight color maps, and 12 tables.