Open AccessThe Battle of Stalingrad and the Second Front Problem
Author(s) -
Vladimir Pechatnov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2013-2-29-86-94
Subject(s) - front (military) , german , battle , political science , united front , politics , operations research , history , economic history , law , ancient history , engineering , archaeology , communism , mechanical engineering
Using less-known documents from American and British archives the article examines the impact of developments on Soviet-German front in late 1942 on military-political planning in U.S. and U.K. with a special emphasis on the second front problem. It is demonstrated how deeply the German defeat at Stalingrad affected Anglo-American military and intelligence estimates of situation at Soviet- German front and prospects of the war in general.