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Book SynopsisOne of the least-known stories of World War II, Operation Mars was an epic military disaster. Designed to dislodge the German Army from its position west of Moscow, Mars cost the Soviets an estimated 335,000 dead, missing, and wounded men and over 1,600 tanks. But in Russian history books, it was a battle that never happened-a historical debacle sacrificed to Stalin's postwar censorship.
Trade Review"The Soviet dead, missing and wounded were estimated at a staggering 335,000. Glantz describes the appalling carnage that occurred in the forests, mud, fog, freezing temperatures and raging snowstorms of western Russia [and] brings Operation Mars vividly to life." - New York Times Book Review "This gripping study of the Soviet counter-offensive - a work of permanent value - reveals the full extent of Zhukov's failure." - New York Review of Books "Glantz's evidence is impressive, his conclusions totally convincing, and the actual military detail unrivaled in the literature. A truly important work." - Malcolm Macintosh, author of Juggernaut: A History of Soviet Armed Forces "Shows how greatly Soviet leaders distorted the war's history in their attempts to present themselves as incapable of error." - International History Review "Vivid, powerful, compelling." - World War II"
