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Author: Jason D.
Mark
Stalingrad symbolises many things: the ideological clash
between Nazism and Communism, the battle of wills between Hitler and Stalin,
and the absolute fortitude of the Soviet people. In most people's minds,
however, it represents the savagery, folly and utter waste of urban combat,
a city where dozens of lives were readily exchanged for a ruined building.
And nowhere did this senselessness manifest itself more than in the
Barrikady Gun Factory and its housing settlement.
The men of the German 305. Infanterie-Division had captured all of the
factory's massive workhalls by the end of October 1942. The only obstacles
standing between them and the Volga were a few battered houses and the
remnants of the Soviet 138th Rifle Division. Five fresh pioneer battalions
were brought in to help the Germans and the "final" attack in Stalingrad
(known erroneously as Operation "Hubertus") was launched on 11 November,
1942. The push to the river cut off the Soviet troops and left a tiny
bridgehead. Grim fighting raged around this fiery perimeter for three
months. To the Soviet soldiers, this bridgehead was known as "Lyudnikov's
Island", or "Ognenniy ostrov" - "Island of Fire".
Painstakingly compiled from German and Russian sources such as war diaries,
combat reports, published works, eyewitness accounts, letters and photos,
this book presents an unbiased chronicle of the pitiless struggle from both
perspectives.
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656 pages on high-quality paper
• A5 format
• Hardcover & softcover editions available
• over 250 photos
• 110 maps & aerial photos
• Large separate A3 map showing the Barrikady area in minute
detail
• 8 appendices
• Comprehensive source notes, bibliography &
index
Click the following links to see samples:
Sample 1 | Sample 2 |
Sample 3 | Sample 4 |
Sample 5 | Sample 6
Chapter
1:
The Impasse - Stalemate in
Stalingrad
2 - 3 November 1942
Chapter
2:
The Forces Gather
4 - 8 November 1942
Chapter
3:
Preparations for the Offensive
7 - 10 November 1942
Chapter
4:
The Attack and its Aftermath
11 - 12 November 1942
Chapter
5:
One Building at a Time
13 - 17 November 1942
Chapter
6:
Last-Ditch Effort
18 - 25 November 1942
Chapter
7:
Deadlock
26 November - 20 December
1942
Chapter
8:
Soviet Retribution
21 December - 10 January
1943
Chapter
9:
The Final Days
11 January - 2 February
1943
Please note that this softcover edition is sold out.
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