After coming across a few references to this operation I have been puzzled about how relatively unknown this entire offensive is. (At least, I didn't know much about it )
In terms of manpower it was massive with, depending on who you read, around 3 million combatants involved.
It was huge in terms of area covered, too, making the Normandy Landings appear like a small skirmish. There is some good info here: http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/world_war_2/3421346.html and also an interesting assessment of the role of Maskirovka or deception in the Soviet victory here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/call/call_3-88_histp.htm
The area of operations is shown here: http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/ww2 europe/ww2 europe pages/ww2 europe map 30.htm
The whole subject is one that I intend to look into a bit mpore and see if I can unearth any more interesting snippets. If anyone else finds any useful links with a bit more info than Wikipedia has, please post them here.
In terms of manpower it was massive with, depending on who you read, around 3 million combatants involved.
It was huge in terms of area covered, too, making the Normandy Landings appear like a small skirmish. There is some good info here: http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/world_war_2/3421346.html and also an interesting assessment of the role of Maskirovka or deception in the Soviet victory here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/call/call_3-88_histp.htm
The area of operations is shown here: http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/ww2 europe/ww2 europe pages/ww2 europe map 30.htm
The whole subject is one that I intend to look into a bit mpore and see if I can unearth any more interesting snippets. If anyone else finds any useful links with a bit more info than Wikipedia has, please post them here.