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Stalingrad 1942-43 (2) - The Fight for the City (Paperback)
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Stalingrad 1942-43 (2) - The Fight for the City (Paperback)
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The second in a three-part series examining the Stalingrad
campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War
II, that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich.
By early September 1942, 6.Armee and 4.Panzer-Armee had reached the
outskirts of Stalingrad, and Hitler believed it was about to fall.
He ordered for the capture of the city as soon as possible, but
this was easier said than done. On 13 September, a direct German
assault was launched against the city on the Volga and a protracted
urban battle followed amid the ruins, already devastated by massive
Luftwaffe raids. Although hit hard by the initial German offensive,
a ruthless and obstinate Red Army was able to hold onto the city
through a costly battle of attrition that sacrificed huge amounts
of men and materiel. This second volume in the Stalingrad trilogy,
written by a leading expert on the military history of the Eastern
Front, brings the fighting in the city to life in full visual
detail, including the iconic battles at the Krasny Oktyabr Steel
Plant, the Grain Elevator, the Barrikady and STZ factories, the
'Tennis Racquet' and Rynok-Spartanovka. Drawing from sources on
both sides, this book offers a truly comprehensive account of
history's greatest urban battle.
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