Screen LibraryTo the gates of Stalingrad：Soviet-German combat operations, April-August 1942
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| Group Author: | ; |
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University Press of Kansas,
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| Publisher Address: | Lawrence, Kan. |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Stalingrad trilogy ; v. 1 |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 655 p.: ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780700616305 (cloth : alk. paper) 0700616306 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K512 |
| CLC: | K512.54 |
| Call Number: | K512.54/G545-1 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-608) and index. Prologue: Along the Sukhaia Vereika River, 23 July 1942 -- The Wehrmacht -- The Red Army -- Preliminaries, April-June 1942 -- Punch and counterpunch, Blau I, 28 June-12 July 1942 -- Blau II, 9-24 July 1942 -- The German advance into the Great Bend of the Don, 23-31 July 1942 -- Endgame in the Great Bend of the Don, 1-19 August 1942 -- The German advance to the Volga River, 20 August-2 September 1942 -- The struggle on the flanks, 25 July-11 September 1942 -- Conclusions: German strategic misconceptions. This first volume in Glantz's Stalingrad trilogy draws on previously unseen or neglected sources to provide the definitive account of the opening phase of this iconic Eastern Front campaign. Glantz has combed daily official records from both sides--including the Red Army General Staff, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, the German Sixth Army, and the Soviet 62nd Army--to produce a work of unparalleled detail and fresh interpretations. Jonathan House, an authority on twentieth-century warfare, substantially reinforces Glantz's presentation with additional context and insights. |