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Book SynopsisThis is the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad; an abridged edition of the five volume
Stalingrad Trilogy.
Trade ReviewAs always, Glantz and House have produced a thoroughly researched and detailed account of the Stalingrad campaign that offers cogent analysis of both German and Soviet strengths and weaknesses. In forgetting their original goal, the oil of the Caucasus, the Germans squandered a chance at victory and allowed the increasingly competent Soviet command time to organize an effective resistance. As they demonstrate, Stalingrad might not have been the turning point of the war, but it did mark the point at which it was unlikely Germany could win any sort of war." - Stephen G. Fritz, author of
Ostkrieg: Hitler’s War of Extermination in the East"Concise and concentrated yet sacrificing no essential detail. A master class in strategic and operational analysis. A fine achievement." - Frank Ellis, author of
Stalingrad Cauldron and
Barbarossa 1941Table of Contents
- List of Maps, Tables, and Photographs
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part One: The Limits of Maneuver Warfare, 1942
- 1. Opposing Forces
- 2. Plans and Preparations
- 3. Preliminary Battles, April-June 1942
- 4. Punch and Counterpunch: Blau I and II, June-July 1942
- 5. The German Advance to the Don and the Volga
- Part Two: To the Caucasus and the Volga
- 6. Struggles on the Flanks, 25 July - 11 September 1942
- 8. The Battle for Central and Southern Stalingrad, 13-26 September 1942
- 9. The German Assault on the Workers' Villages
- 10. The Struggle for the Factories
- 11. The Final German Advances
- Part Three: The Encirclement of Sixth Army
- 12. The Genesis of Operation Uranus
- 13. The Advent of Uranus
- 14. Penetration and Encirclement, November 1942
- 15. Tightening the Noose, November 1942
- Part Four: The Death of Sixth Army
- 16. Relief Attempts and Pressuring the Pocket, 1-15 December 1942
- 17. Little Saturn and the Failure of Relief Efforts
- 18. The Condemned Army
- 19. The Destruction
- 20. Conclusions
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
