Russia's Five-Day War : the invasion of Georgia, August 2008 /: the invasion of Georgia, August 2008. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Galeotti ; illustrated by Johnny Shumate.
• Authors: Galeotti, Mark
• Other Names: Shumate, Johnny illustrator.
• Contents: INTRODUCTION- Background - Medvedev's War?REFORMING THE GEORGIAN ARMY - Expenditure - Contingents for multi-national forces and Western training - Rearmament- Contradictory doctrine - Additional armed personnel - Organization of infantry brigades- Georgian Army order of battle, August 2008RUSSIAN & ALLIED FORCES - Forces in readiness and in place - South Ossetian forces - Abkhazian forcesTHE STRATEGY OF TENSION THE WAR: DAY ONE, AUGUST 8 - The Georgian plan - Major-General Zaza Gogava - Initial bombardment - Confusion in Moscow- The advance on Tskhinvali - Street fighting - The turning-point - The Russian ground advanceDAY TWO, AUGUST 9 - Moscow strikes backDAYS THREE TO FIVE, AUGUST 10-12 - The South Ossetian front - Russian order of battle - Continuing Russian advance- Georgian failures of command - Ceasefire - The Abkhaz front - Russian order of battle - The Kodori GorgeTHE WAR IN THE AIR - The combatants - Operations and lossesTHE WAR AT SEA - The naval combatants - Operations and lossesANALYSIS - Summary - Georgia - RussiaAFTERMATH - Russian gains - Georgians in AfghanistanFURTHER READING INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Osprey Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (64 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 947.58086; South Ossetia War, 2008
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472850966; 9781472850973
• Related ISBNs: 9781472850997
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