Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army

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Compilation of first-person German accounts from the battle of Stalingrad Depicts life for soldiers trapped in the city by Soviet forces Vivid accounts of brutal hand-to-hand fighting in the streets of StalingradGermans confronted not only enemy troops but also hunger and frigid weather Includes rare photos

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Overview

Compilation of first-person German accounts from the battle of Stalingrad Depicts life for soldiers trapped in the city by Soviet forces Vivid accounts of brutal hand-to-hand fighting in the streets of StalingradGermans confronted not only enemy troops but also hunger and frigid weather Includes rare photos

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  • ISBN-13: 9780811710893
  • Publisher: Stackpole Books
  • Publication date: 6/1/2012
  • Pages: 277
  • Sales rank: 430,544
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.90 (d)

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Hans Wijers lives in the Netherlands.

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Table of Contents

Book 1 The Battle for Stalingrad 1

Foreword to Book One 3

Introduction to Book One 5

Chapter 1 The Dzhershinzky Tractor Works 7

Chapter 2 October 15-16, 1942 33

Chapter 3 The Battle for the Red Barricade Metallurgical Works 39

Chapter 4 Regrouping of Forces and the Attack on the Red October Factory, October 23, 1942 59

Chapter 5 The Battle for the Martin Furnaces, November 11, 1942 119

Chapter 6 The Attack against the Last Russian Bridgeheads, November 9-14, 1942 143

Book 2 The Operation to Rescue 6th Army 159

Foreword to Book Two 161

Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Russian Winter Offensive, 1942-43 163

Chapter 2 Preparations for Operation Winter Storm 169

Chapter 3 Execution of the Relief Offensive 187

Chapter 4 The Situation in Stalingrad 197

Chapter 5 The Road to Stalingrad Is Open 205

Chapter 6 Operation Thunderclap, the Planned Breakout of the 6th Army 245

Chapter 7 The Fate of the 6th Army 257

Epilogue 263

Sources 265

Acknowledgments 267

Index 269

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