The Red Army's summer offensive of 1944 against Hitler's Wehrmacht was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope, and strategic intent and impact. This study details how the Red Army accomplished this feat in the words of those individuals who planned and orchestrated the offensive.

Glantz, David; Orenstein, Harold S.

provides the Western reader with an insight into the military mind and art of war conducted by one of the worlds former military super-powers, the USSR...the study should be used as a teaching aide for those coming through Soviet Army command courses." The British Army Review