
Panzer Operations
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This book unveils a wealth of experiences and analysis about Operation Barbarossa, perhaps the most important military campaign of the twentieth century, from a perspective rarely encountered.
Hermann Hoth led Germany's 3rd Panzer Group in Army Group Center-in tandem with Guderian's 2nd Group-during the invasion of the Soviet Union, and together, these two daring panzer commanders achieved a series of astounding victories, encircling entire Russian armies at Minsk, Smolensk, and Vyazma, all the way up to the very gates of Moscow.
This work begins with Hoth discussing the use of nuclear weapons in future conflicts. This cool-headed postwar reflection, from one of Nazi Germany's top panzer commanders, is rare enough. But then Hoth dives into his exact command decisions during Barbarossa-still the largest continental offensive ever undertaken-to reveal new insights into how Germany could, and in his view should, have succeeded in the campaign.
Hoth critically analyses the origin, development, and objective of the plan against Russia, and presents the situations confronted, the decisions taken, and the mistakes made by the army's leadership, as the new form of mobile warfare startled not only the Soviets on the receiving end but the German leadership itself, which failed to provide support infrastructure for their panzer arm's breakthroughs.
Hoth sheds light on the decisive and ever-escalating struggle between Hitler and his military advisers on the question of whether, after the Dnieper and the Dvina had been reached, to adhere to the original idea of capturing Moscow. Hitler's momentous decision to divert forces to Kiev and the south only came in late August 1941. He then finally considers in detail whether the Germans, after obliterating the remaining Russian armies facing Army Group Center in Operation Typhoon, could still hope for the occupation of the Russian capital that fall.
Hoth concludes his study with several lessons for the offensive use of armored formations in the future. His firsthand analysis, here published for the first time in English, will be vital reading for every student of World War II.
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- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- ONE Introduction
- TWO Background
- THREE Destruction of the Enemy in the Border Areas, 22 June-1 July
- FOUR At Hitler's Headquarters, 26-30 June 1941
- FIVE From Minsk to the Western Dvina, 1-7 July 1941
- SIX The Battle of Smolensk, 8-16 July
- SEVEN Closing the Smolensk Pocket, 16 July-18 August
- EIGHT Moscow, Kiev, or Leningrad
- NINE The Operations of the Battle of Vyazma
- Conclusion
- Epilogue : Hermann Hoth's Career after the Battle of Vyazma by Linden Lyons
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
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