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Stalingrad /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glantz, David M. (Author), House, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Mallory), 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
Soviet Union. > Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Germany. > Heer > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.
Table of Contents:
  • The limits of maneuver warfare, 1942. Opposing forces
  • Plans and preparations
  • Preliminary battles, April-June 1942
  • Punch and counterpunch: Blau I and II, June-July 1942
  • The German advance to the Don and the Volga
  • To the Caucasus and the Volga. Struggles on the flanks, 25 July-11 September 1942
  • The initial battles for Stalingrad, September 1942
  • The battle for central and southern Stalingrad, 13-26 September 1942
  • The German assault on the workers' villages
  • The struggle for the factories
  • The final German advances
  • The encirclement of sixth Army. The genesis of operation Uranus
  • The advent of Uranus
  • Penetration and encirclement, November 1942
  • Tightening the noose, November 1942
  • The death of sixth Army. Relief attempts and pressuring the pocket, 1-15 December 1942
  • Little Saturn and the failure of relief efforts
  • The condemned army
  • The destruction.