Sokolov, Boris Operation Bagration

An Incomplete Truth

"Operation Bagration" analyzes the major Russian offensive in Belarus during the summer of 1944, examining both the planning of the operation and the German plans for the summer campaign of that same year. Based on extensive research, the study seeks to determine the actual balance of forces between the Soviet and German militaries, as well as their actual losses during the operation. Alongside several astute decisions, the command staffs on both sides committed critical strategic errors as well as grave tactical blunders; all these aspects are examined in this book to construct a comprehensive overview of the campaign. Furthermore, a link to "Operation Overlord" is established by demonstrating that the Soviet forces were only able to shatter the German Army Group Centreat a time when Germany's elite mobile units were tied down in Francethanks to the Allied landings in Normandy.