Why is the Rzhev Meat Grinder forgotten? (Patreon)

Never heard of Rzhev Meat Grinder? Here is why...

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 begs 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? »» 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. Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2WmjVeZ Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2S7cDfY Mawdsley, Evan: Thunder in the East. The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945. Second Edition. Bloomsbury: London, 2016. Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2Wp3puS Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2UkPR1k 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 Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2RrO75J Germany and the Second World War – Volume 6 – The Global War Amazon.com (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2iSsxut Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: The Battle of Kursk. University of Kansas Press: United States, 1999. amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2ROJczT amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2B3M41m Glantz, David M.: Colossus Reborn. The Red Army at War, 1941-1943. University Kansas Press: Kansas, US, 2005 amazon.com (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2D9Qp5Y amazon.de (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2Ri1Lrt 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 amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2MmsmSu amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2JzwKzL Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 8 Amazon.de (affiliate): http://amzn.to/2z6bN7j 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 Amazon.com (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2H5sRhB » DISCLAIMER « As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #MilitaryHistory #ForgottenBattles #Rzhev