Shtyemko's War Memoirs

Author: C.M. Shtemenko (China)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is the war memoirs of Soviet military strategist Sergey Matveyevich Shtemenko, originally titled "The General Staff During the War." During the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, Mr. Shtemenko held positions such as Deputy Head and Head of the Operations Department of the Soviet General Staff. He participated in the planning of the Supreme Command's operational plans to defeat the fascist German and Japanese Kwantung Army. He was repeatedly assigned tasks by the Supreme Command and traveled to various fronts to assist in organizing and executing offensive campaigns. In November 1943, he attended the three-way summit meeting in Tehran alongside Stalin. In this book, he focuses on introducing the organizational structure, working methods, and work style of the Supreme Command and the General Staff, as well as the requirements for staff personnel. The book reflects the strategic intentions and military strategies of the Soviet Union and Germany during World War II, as well as how the Soviet Union, under Stalin's leadership, gradually shifted from passivity to initiative and ultimately defeated the fascist invaders. This book is a new translation based on the 1985 Russian revision.