David M. Glantz, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and one of the foremost authorities on Soviet military history, brings his unparalleled expertise to this incisive study of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Challenging the conventional view that weather, terrain, and Hitler’s strategic errors alone caused Germany’s defeat, Glantz demonstrates how the Red Army’s resilience, planning, and operational skill blunted and ultimately derailed one of history’s most formidable military offensives.

Drawing on extensive research and deep knowledge of Soviet sources, this book offers a compelling reassessment of a pivotal campaign of the Second World War.