The Battles for the Rzhev Salient are usually only covered "on the side" when it comes to Eastern Front both in Soviet/Russian and German literature. This of course raises the question: Why? Of course, some note ideological reasons, yet at a closer look this does explain some aspects of it, yet does not really hold at all for the German side. So, why are the Rzehv Battles forgotten? »» GET OUR BOOK «« » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOURCES « Gerasimova, Svetlana: The Rzhev Slaughterhouse. The Red Army’s Forgotten 15-Month Campaign against Army Group Center, 1942-1943. Helion & Company Limited: Solihull, 2013. Mawdsley, Evan: Thunder in the East. The Nazi-Soviet War Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 6. Der globale Krieg – Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative 1941 bis 1943, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 1990 Germany and the Second World War – Volume 6 – The Global War Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: The Battle of Kursk. University of Kansas Press: United States, 1999. Glantz, David M.: Colossus Reborn. The Red Army at War, 1941-1943. University Kansas Press: Kansas, US, 2005 Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 8 ENGLISH VERSION: Germany and the Second World War – Volume 8 – The Eastern Front 1943-1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone