From The Don To The Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Ope... -

David M. Glantz's From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942–August 1943 is a seminal military history that analyzes the critical period of the Eastern Front following the Soviet victory at Stalingrad.

The text also highlights the effectiveness of German ad-hoc Kampfgruppen and mobile defense strategies in halting the numerically superior Soviet advance during this period. From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Ope...

Glantz argues that while the winter 1942–43 offensives ultimately met with an operational defeat due to a German counterstroke (stabilizing the front until summer), they were essential "test beds". The Red Army learned vital lessons that later enabled the "military steamroller" seen at the Battle of Kursk in July 1943. David M