Alexey Isaev, a Russian historian and PhD candidate, speaks about the Battles of the Rzhev Salient, aka the Rzhev Meat-Grinder, on the Eastern Front in WW2.

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00:00 - Meaning of the battle
17:30 - Preparations
33:51 - Krivosheyev's Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses figures
34:38 - Soviet losses
36:10 - Soviet task in Rzhev
36:33 - Soviet losses
37:53 - German task in Rzhev
38:09 - Soviet losses
40:10 - Influence of Rzhev
41:34 - German losses
42:31 - Influence of Rzhev
46:45 - Troop strength on both sides
47:13 - Features of the battle
49:10 - Artillery
55:44 - Significance of Rzhev
58:12 - Aviation
59:57 - Significance of Rzhev

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