The battle for L'vov, July 1944
| Titel: | The battle for L'vov, July 1944 : the Soviet General Staff study / transl. and ed. by David M. Glantz ... |
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| Veröffentlicht: | London [u.a.] : Frank Cass, 2002 |
| Umfang: | XIV, 231 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war ; 13 |
| RVK-Notation: | |
| ISBN: | 0714652016 |
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- List of Maps
- p. viii
- Editor's Foreword
- p. xi
- List of Abbreviations
- p. xiv
- Introduction: 1st Ukrainian Front's L'vov-Peremyshl' Operation
- p. 1
- 1.
- Overall situation in the 1st Ukrainian Front's offensive sector
- p. 11
- Characteristics of area of combat operations
- p. 11
- Characteristics of enemy's defenses
- p. 13
- Enemy force grouping
- p. 13
- 2.
- Operational planning
- p. 17
- Army missions
- p. 18
- Missions of mobile formations
- p. 20
- Operational formation of the front's forces
- p. 22
- Employment of armored and mechanized forces
- p. 25
- Correlation of forces and means (weaponry)
- p. 26
- 3.
- Operational support
- p. 29
- Artillery support
- p. 29
- Ranging (registration)
- p. 31
- Ammunition expenditure
- p. 32
- Air support
- p. 32
- Engineer support
- p. 35
- Materiel support
- p. 36
- 4.
- Preparation of the operation
- p. 40
- Reconnaissance
- p. 40
- Force regrouping
- p. 41
- Artillery regrouping
- p. 43
- Preparation of forces
- p. 45
- Preparation of jumping-off positions (staging areas)
- p. 46
- Organization of command and control and communications
- p. 47
- Organization of wire communications
- p. 49
- Organization of radio communications
- p. 50
- Organization of mobile communications
- p. 52
- Organization of cooperation
- p. 52
- 5.
- Combat operations of forward battalions: Penetration of tactical depth of the enemy's defense
- p. 56
- Combat operations of forward battalions
- p. 56
- Penetration of tactical depth of the enemy's defense
- p. 58
- Penetration of the enemy's defense in 60th and 38th Armies' sectors
- p. 59
- Introduction of mobile formations into penetration and encirclement of enemy's Brody grouping
- p. 61
- 6.
- Development of the offensive to the San and Vistula Rivers
- p. 67
- Destruction of the enemy's Brody grouping
- p. 67
- Arrival of the front's right flank at the San River
- p. 70
- Capture of L'vov and Peremyshl'
- p. 73
- Combat Operations in the Peremyshl' Region
- p. 78
- Development of the offensive along Stanislav-Drogobych Axis
- p. 81
- 7.
- The 1st Ukrainian Front's combat operations, 28 July-18 August: Restoration of the Railroads
- p. 87
- Forcing of the Vistula River and combat operations on the Sandomierz bridgehead
- p. 87
- Combat operations of 4th Tank, 60th, and 38th Armies' forces
- p. 92
- Restoration of the railroad lines during the L'vov-Peremyshl' operation
- p. 94
- General results and conclusions
- p. 96
- 8.
- From General Staff Study No. 16, Ch. 4: The 3d Guards Tank Army in the L'vov-Peremyshl' operation
- p. 108
- Overall situation
- p. 108
- Planning and preparation of operation
- p. 111
- The 3d Guards Tank Army's combat operations
- p. 115
- Results and conclusions
- p. 128
- 9.
- From General Staff Study No. 17, Ch. 2: Encirclement and destruction of the German Brody Grouping, July 1944
- p. 133
- Overall situation
- p. 133
- Operational planning
- p. 135
- Encirclement of German Brody grouping, 13-18 July
- p. 138
- Destruction of the encircled German Brody Grouping, 19-22 July
- p. 144
- Summary and conclusions
- p. 146
- Editor's Appendices
- 1.
- Soviet order of battle and command cadre, 13 July 1944
- p. 149
- 2.
- 1st Ukrainian Front's strength at beginning of L'vov-Peremyshl' operation
- p. 162
- 3.
- 1st Ukrainian Front's armored strength at beginning of L'vov-Peremyshl' operation
- p. 163
- 4.
- 1st Ukrainian Front's strength and losses in L'vov-Sandomierz operation
- p. 165
- 5.
- 1st Ukrainian Front's equipment losses in L'vov-Sandomierz operation
- p. 166
- 6.
- Map supplement
- p. 167
- Index
- p. 217
