Patterns of war: A re-interpretation of the chronology of the German-Soviet War 1941–1945

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Davie, H. G. W. (2023) Patterns of war: A re-interpretation of the chronology of the German-Soviet War 1941–1945. Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 36 (2). pp. 139-163. ISSN 1351-8046

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Abstract

Most histories of the Soviet-German War 1941–1945 in English, German, and Russian, adopt a narrative framework based on the sequence of major battles, such as Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Berlin. This approach portrays the war from a specific viewpoint reducing the importance of other fronts or secondary battles. Nevertheless, this study looks at an alternative narrative, the Soviet ‘canon of operations’, which was produced by the Military-Historical Department of the General Staff of the Red Army. This radically different account changes the viewpoint to a broad front war and alters our understanding of the issues facing the Soviet High Command and its resource management.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	historiography,operations,soviet-german war 1941-1945,stavka-vgk,history,political science and international relations ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1202
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Centre of East Anglian Studies
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2025 01:01
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2025 01:09
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98156
DOI:	10.1080/13518046.2023.2251305

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