Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles by Georgi K. Zhukov

Author:Georgi K. Zhukov
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 1969-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

10 The Stalingrad Front, so called, was at this time the designation of the group of armies just north of the city. Malaya Ivanovka is about fifty miles due north of Stalingrad. The so-called Southeast Front at that time incorporated the region of Stalingrad proper. Its headquarters was on the east bank of the river, across the Volga from Stalingrad, which is a west-bank city. It was located in the little town of Krasny Sad (Red Gardens). Georgi Malenkov was the Politburo member attached to the “Stalingrad Front” at this time; Khrushchev was attached to the “Southeast Front,” which was commanded by Yeremenko. Malenkov was on the scene most of the time, but his presence is ignored by Zhukov. H.E.S.

11 Vasilevsky supports Zhukov’s reference to Stalin’s insistence on extreme secrecy. Stalin warned both generals that they were not to discuss the intentions of Supreme Headquarters with anyone. (Vasilevsky, in Stalingradskaya Epopeya, Moscow, 1968, p. 83.) H.E.S.

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