| Uniform title | Nachalʹnyĭ period voĭny. English |
| Series |
Soviet military thought ; no. 20
Soviet military thought ; no. 20. ^A237934
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: The formation and development of views on the initial period of war from the Nineteenth Century until the 1940s -- The organizational development of the Armed Forces and the development of military theories in the main capitalist nations between the two World Wars -- The organizational development of the Soviet Armed Forces and the elaboration of views in the USSR on the character of future war and its initial period -- Part II: Strategic planning and Armd Forces deployment on the eve of and at the start of World War II -- The military amd political bases for strategic planning -- The goals and plans of the initial campaigns and first operations of the capitalist armies -- Methods of strategic deployment of the capitalist nations' armed forces -- The concealment of aggression in Europe and the Pacific -- Fascist Germany's plans in the war against the USSR. Strategic deployment of the armed forces -- The Soviet Union's preparations to repel fascist aggression -- Part III: The initial strategic operations -- The initial Offensive Operations in the European Theaters of Operations -- The collapse of the strategic defense in Poland and Western Europe -- Specific features of the Soviet Armed Forces' strategic defense at the start of the Great Patriotic War -- Preparing for and making a surprise initial attack after opening a new strategic front (From the experience of the Soviet Armed Forces 1945 Campaign in the Far East) -- Specific features of initial operations in the War in the Pacific -- Winning air supremacy and organizing national air defense at the start of the war -- Conclusion. |
| General note | Item 421-F |
| General note | Cover title |
| General note | Shipping list no.: 86-421-P. |
| General note | Translation of: Nachalʹnyĭ period voĭny. |
| General note | "Translated and published under the auspices of the United States Air Force." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Ivanov, S. P. Nachalʹnyĭ period voĭny. English. Initial period of war. Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1986] |
| LCCN | 86008078 |
| Govt. docs number |
D 301.79:20 |
