Operation Blau as a chance the Nazis expected

1942 Summer Campaign Inscribed in history World War II as a failed campaign of the Supreme Military Command of the USSR.

During this period, the Red Army suffered serious defeats one after another: the tragedy of the second shock army near Leningrad, the death of Soviet troops in Crimea, the heavy defeat near Kharkov, where the Nazis managed to break through our front. It is also a failure of the Kerch operation, the defeat of our troops near Voronezh.

As a result, the strategic initiative continued to remain in the hands of the enemy, who transferred powerful military resources and launched a rapid large-scale attack on the southern sector of the Soviet-German front: the Caucasus and Stalingrad. The operation, which was carried out by Hitler and his field marshals in this direction, was called “Blau” - “Blue” (“Blue”). The Nazis had high hopes for it and were almost sure of a positive outcome for themselves.

The guest of the “Archival Revolution” project, military historian, candidate of historical sciences Alexei Isaev, will explain why the summer campaign of the 1942 of the year turned out to be a failure for the command of the Red Army, why Hitler and his staff decided to abandon the capture of Moscow and Leningrad and aimed at Stalingrad and the Caucasus, which the German command of Operation Blau wanted to achieve goals and what military resources it used to carry it out.

Comments

[rocket757]

"THANK THE GRANFATHER FOR THE VICTORY"!
It was a difficult time, but our grandfathers were able to accomplish great things! Thanks to them for this, we will never forget.

[novel66]

Vit, and I would have talked about the rear ... my grandfather didn’t fight - the cabinetmaker was worth its weight in gold at the aviation industry .. the grandmother recalled how she cried when she came home from work, the children worked hard, hungry ... soldering on they’ll get a week - they’ll immediately eat .. they fell asleep over the machines, they were wrapped up ... I wanted to shoot myself once, the gun was taken. they hid, watered - they thought they would sleep the shift, and in the morning the hoot- - got up and went ..

[Van 16]

Thank the granfather for the victory. Exactly. My grandfather -1942, Kronstadt. I remember and I will not forget.

[rocket757]

Quote: novel xnumx

about the rear ... my grandfather never fought

REMEMBER THAN ALL !!!! who brought closer, built our victory, at the front and in the rear!
I have everything, HEROES OF THE REAR AND FRONTERS!

[Shuttle]

Sooooo prepared to read, bzdyn! It turns out the article is not about the operation, but again the announcement of the video. Well, it’s direct not IN, but a program for a week (for those who remember).

[Astra wild]

I don’t know about others, but I am slightly "scratched" that Isaev is a candidate of historical sciences, a graduate of the Humanitarian University, and where are the professional historians of the Soviet era? I do not want to offend Isaev, in my opinion, he is the BEST of modern historians, but I do not have enough OUR historians

[Pavel57]

History is not an exact science, a set of facts and their interpretations. But 1942 was a difficult year, the victory was not yet visible.

[Catfish]

Aster , forgive me generously, but the "professional" historians in the USSR lied like gray geldings and wrote only what they were ordered from the Politburo, and God forbid to step aside. And with people who teach history from school textbooks of that time or from POLITPROM materials, there is no need to seriously talk about history.
As for Isaev, I am not familiar with his works and I do not presume to judge him. But I'm not sure that he is our best historian. And for the sake of diversity, read Alexander Sick, I think you have not read him, otherwise you would not have called Isaev "the best."

Sincerely, M. Cat.

[Yasondinalt]

Grandfather lay down in the 41st. No medals, no orders. One photo and all. I will remember how much I will live

[Suhow]

My grandfather, at 41 from his entourage, came home, was in occupation, then there was a second call, after his release, he died in Poland. Another grandfather did not fight, he injured his leg badly before the war. There were photos. There were right people.