Red Army under pressure to attack

16th October 1944: Soviet attempts to attack into Germany are undermined by poor preparation and tactics, despite some excellent weapons

“Attack’ - a Soviet image.

The Red Army had smashed through German Army Group Centre during the summer, a catastrophe for the Wehrmacht, with casualties far exceeding the disaster at Stalingrad. The Soviets had continued to advance in the north and the south of the Eastern front, but they had paused to refit and resupply in the centre. There was now pres…