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Index
Front Cover
Title
Dedication
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
1 Introduction: Plan Barbarossa, Opposing Forces and the Border Battles 22 June–1 July 1941
Plan Barbarossa
Soviet War Planning: Defense Plan-41 (DP-41) and the “Answering” Strike
Opposing Forces
The Border Battles, 22 June–5 July
2 Army Group Center’s Advance to the Western Dvina and Dnepr Rivers and the Western Front’s Counterstroke at Lepel’, 2–9 July 1941
German Command Decisions
The Situation in Early July
The Stavka’s and Western Front’s Dilemmas
Army Group Center’s Advance to the Western Dvina and Dnepr Rivers, 2-6 July
The Western Front’s Lepel’ Counterstroke, 6–9 July
The Capture of Vitebsk and Preparing the Advance on Smolensk, 7–9 July
3 Army Group Center’s Advance on Smolensk and the Timoshenko “Counteroffensive” 10–15 July 1941
The Advance across the Dnepr, 10–13 July
The Timoshenko Offensive, 13–16 July
Hoth’s Advance to Smolensk and Nevel’, 13–16 July
Guderian’s Advance to Smolensk and the Siege of Mogilev, 13–16 July
The Southern Flank: 21st Army’s Counterstroke in the Rogachev Region
4 Army Group Center’s Encirclement Battle at Smolensk, 16-23 July 1941
Context
Evolving German Strategy
The Red Army Regroups
The Encirclement Battle for Smolensk, 16–23 July
5 The First Soviet Counteroffensive and the Struggle for the Smolensk Pocket, 23–31 July 1941
The Counterstroke by the Western Front’s Operational Groups
The Struggle for the Smolensk Pocket, 24–31 July
Conclusions
6 The Battles on the Flanks and the Siege of Mogilev, 16-31 July 1941
Background
The Northern Flank: Nevel’ and Velikie Luki
The Southern Flank, the Fall of Mogilev and the Problem of 21st Army
7 Armeegruppe Guderian’s Destruction of Group Kachalov and the Reduction of the Smolensk Pocket, 31 July–6 August 1941
Hitler’s Changing Strategy (Directives Nos. 33 and 34)
The Destruction of Group Kachalov, 31 July–6 August
The Reduction of the Smolensk Pocket, 1–6 August
Conclusions
8 Armeegruppe Guderian’s and Second Army’s Southward March and the Fall of Gomel’, 8–21 August 1941
The Stavka Regroups
Armeegruppe Guderian’s Advance across the Sozh River and the Krichev Encirclement, 8–14 August
Second Army’s Advance on Gomel’, 12–18 August
The Stavka Reacts: the Formation of the Briansk Front
Armeegruppe Guderian’s Advance to Starodub and Second Army’s Capture of Gomel’, 15–21 August
Conclusions
9 The Second Soviet Counteroffensive: the Western Front’s Dukhovshchina Offensive, the Initial Phase, 6–19 August 1941
Preliminaries, 6–13 August
Soviet Offensive Planning, 14–16 August
Timoshenko’s Offensive, 17-19 August
10 The Second Soviet Counteroffensive: the Western Front’s Dukhovshchina Offensive, the German Counterstroke, and Aftermath, 20–24 August 1941
German Ninth Army’s Counterstroke, 20–22 August
The Aftermath, 23–24 August
11 The Second Soviet Counteroffensive: the Reserve Front’s El’nia Offensive, Altered Strategic Plans, and the Struggle for Velikie Luki, 8–24 August 1941
The Reserve Front’s (24th Army’s) El’nia Offensive, 8–21 August
Altered Strategic Plans, 18–21 August
The Northern Flank: the Struggle for Velikie Luki, 21–24 August
12 Conclusions
Army Group Center’s July Battles
Army Group Center’s August Battles
Photographs of Commanders
German
Soviet
Appendices
A The Composition, Dispositions, Command Cadre, and Armored Strength of Mechanized Corps supporting the Western Front in July 1941
B Comparative Orders of Battle, 1 July 1941
C Comparative Orders of Battle, 10 July 194
D The Personnel and Armor Strength of the Stavka’s Reserve Armies on 22 June 1941
E The Estimated Personnel Strength of the Western Front’s Armies from 10–31 July 1941
F The Red Army’s Personnel Losses during the Battles for Smolensk, 10 July–10 September 1941
G The Red Army’s Strength on 30 September 1941
Selective Annotated Bibliography
Notes
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