Kharkov 1942 Anatomy of a military disaster.Glantz

COVER......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 8
LIST OF APPENDICES......Page 9
APPENDICES......Page 255
2 Report of the Southwestern Direction High Command to the\rSupreme High Command, 30 March......Page 258
3 Operational Plan of Southwestern Direction Forces for the\roccupation of the Kharkov Region, 10 April......Page 259
4 From Operational Directive No 00275 of the Southwestern\rDirection High Command to Southwestern Front Forces, 28 April......Page 261
5 From Operational Directive No 00177 of the Southern Front\rCommand concerning right flank defence, 6 April......Page 264
6 Report of the Southwestern Direction High Command to the\rStavka VGK concerning the offensive, 15 May......Page 265
8 Report of the Southwestern Direction High Command to the\rStavka VGK concerning the enemy offensive, 17 May......Page 267
9 Combat Report No 0119 of the Southwestern Front Commander\rto the Stavka VGK concerning combat operations, 19 May......Page 268
10 Report of the Military Council of the Southwestern Direction\rto the Stavka VGK concerning combat operations, 19 May......Page 269
11 Notes of a conversation between the Chief of the Red Army\rGeneral Staff and the Commander-in-Chief, Southwestern\rDirection, 19 May......Page 270
13 Combat Order No 00320 of the Southwestern Direction High\rCommand to the Commander of 6th Army forces, and the\rCommander of the Army Group, 19 May......Page 271
14 Combat Order No 0143/op of the Southwestern Direction High\rCommand to the commander of Southern Front and 57th Army\rforces, 19 May......Page 272
Combat Report No 00323/op of the Southwestern Direction High\rCommand to the Stavka VGK concerning the offensive since\r12 May and the plan for subsequent operations, 21 May......Page 273
16 Extract from a Southwestern Front Military Council Order to 38th\rArmy, 22 May......Page 274
17 Information concerning the losses of Southwestern Direction forces during the period of battle on the Kharkov Axis, 10-31 May 	......Page 275
18 Soviet order of battle (participating formations) and abbreviated\rGerman order of battle (initial)......Page 276
19 Postscript: The Fate of the Survivors......Page 278
LIST OF MAPS......Page 10
1 The Barvenkovo-Lozovaia Operation, 18-31 January 1942......Page 22
2 Plan \'Blau\'......Page 26
3 Situation on the Eastern Front, April 1942......Page 42
4 Operational plan......Page 48
5 Strategic axes in the Soviet Union......Page 63
6 The Kharkov region: the Northern Sector......Page 65
7 The Kharkov region: the Southern Sector......Page 66
8 Force dispositions north of Kharkov, 11 May......Page 70
9 Force dispositions south of Kharkov, 11 May......Page 71
10 Combat on 12 May in the Northern Sector......Page 118
11 Combat on 13 May in the Northern Sector......Page 128
12 Combat on 14 May in the Northern Sector......Page 134
13 Combat on 12 May in the Southern Sector......Page 136
14 Combat on 13 May in the Southern Sector......Page 138
15 Combat on 14 May in the Southern Sector......Page 141
16 Combat on 15 May in the Northern Sector......Page 147
17 Combat on 16 May in the Northern Sector......Page 160
18 Combat on 15 May in the Southern Sector......Page 162
19 Combat on 16 May in the Southern Sector......Page 165
20 Combat on 17 May in the Southern Sector......Page 173
21 Combat on 17 May in the Northern Sector......Page 179
22 Combat on 18 May in the Southern Sector......Page 185
23 Combat on 18 May in the Northern Sector......Page 189
24 Combat on 19 May in the Southern Sector......Page 192
25 Combat on 19 May in the Northern Sector......Page 196
26 Combat on 20 May in the Northern Sector......Page 198
27 The situation 21-24 May in the Northern Sector......Page 199
28 Combat on 20 May in the Southern Sector......Page 202
29 Combat on 21 May in the Southern Sector......Page 203
30 Combat on 22 May in the Southern Sector......Page 206
31 Combat on 23 May in the Southern Sector......Page 209
32 Combat on 24 May in the Southern Sector......Page 211
33 Combat on 25 May in the Southern Sector......Page 214
34 Combat on 26 May in the Southern Sector......Page 216
35 Combat on 27 May in the Southern Sector......Page 218
36 Summary map of the Kharkov Operation (12-29 May 1942)......Page 232
37 The Summer-Autumn Campaign, 1942......Page 246
GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 18
PRELUDE......Page 20
Overview: The Strategic Debate......Page 24
Overview: The Soviet Assessment......Page 40
Strategic Aspects......Page 62
Operational and Tactical Aspects......Page 64
Soviet Order of Battle......Page 68
Soviet Force Structure......Page 72
The Southwestern Direction Leaders......Page 78
The Southwestern Direction Forces......Page 83
German Order of Battle......Page 107
German Force Structure......Page 109
Correlation of Forces......Page 114
First Stage: Southwestern Front Offensive (12-16 May 1942)......Page 117
Second Stage: Southwestern and Southern Front                        Defensive Battles in the Barvenkovo Salient......Page 167
The Price of Combat......Page 221
The Consequences......Page 222
Brief Results and Conclusions......Page 229
CONCLUSIONS......Page 242
NOTES TO CHAPTERS......Page 251
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 283
INDEX......Page 286
COVER......Page 292