Five Circles of Hell. The Red Army in Encirclements
13 hrs. 46 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexey Isayev
Author
Alexey Isayev
Narrator
Kirill Petrov
Narrator
Kirill Petrov
Description
Based on events after the June 1941 catastrophe, when many believed the Red Army could no longer stand against the blows of German tank wedges. Millions of RKKA soldiers and commanders perished in the “cauldrons” around Kiev, Vyazma, Bryansk, and Melitopol; Crimea was lost; Sevastopol was cut off from land; Leningrad was blockaded.
In this book, the author answers the questions: what were the main reasons for the defeats of 1941; why did the Germans repeatedly manage to encircle entire armies; who is to blame for these disasters and the enormous losses of the RKKA? And why, in November 41— for the first time during the whole Blitzkrieg period—did the German war machine break down and stop just 30 kilometers from the Kremlin? Who stopped the Wehrmacht at the gates of Moscow—“General Mud,” “General Frost,” or the generals of the Red Army? How was the collapsed front revived, and where did the strength for counterattacks come from?
In this book, the author answers the questions: what were the main reasons for the defeats of 1941; why did the Germans repeatedly manage to encircle entire armies; who is to blame for these disasters and the enormous losses of the RKKA? And why, in November 41— for the first time during the whole Blitzkrieg period—did the German war machine break down and stop just 30 kilometers from the Kremlin? Who stopped the Wehrmacht at the gates of Moscow—“General Mud,” “General Frost,” or the generals of the Red Army? How was the collapsed front revived, and where did the strength for counterattacks come from?
01:51
1
00:31
2
18:46
3
51:37
4
17:07
5
20:30
6
11:26
7
15:57
8
04:13
9
17:52
10
05:33
11
02:13
12
01:47
13
20:22
14
04:11
15
16:29
16
19:46
17
01:44
18
02:38
19
04:00
20
20:34
21
29:10
22
08:07
23
16:45
24
19:13
25
06:57
26
01:08
27
19:16
28
04:42
29
31:24
30
08:20
31
08:14
32
04:34
33
05:07
34
08:59
35
06:26
36
08:50
37
29:57
38
08:57
39
12:22
40
48:43
41
10:14
42
10:26
43
15:29
44
11:58
45
15:56
46
14:56
47
03:54
48
02:53
49
05:33
50
14:08
51
16:50
52
18:04
53
40:06
54
06:31
55
01:05
56
23:27
57
21:01
58
10:14
59
03:23
60
02:08
61
00:59
62
02:28
63
13:47
64
00:53
65
14:01
66
