Leavenworth Paperws, August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria - Paperback

by David M. Glantz (Author)

This critical examination of the final Soviet strategic offensive operation during World War II seeks to chip at two generally inaccurate pictures westerners have of the war. Specifically, Westerners seem to think that only geography, climate, and sheer numbers negated German military skill and competency on the eastern front, a view that relegates Soviet military accomplishments to oblivion.