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Stalingrad 1942

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Eastern Front

MSRP old price: $21.95


Product Info

Title
Stalingrad 1942
Publisher
Category
Author
Peter Antill
Publish Year
2007
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.3"
NKG Part #
2147394100
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM184
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM184

Description

One of the most monumental and widely discussed battles in the history of World War II, Stalingrad was Hitler's first major defeat on the Eastern Front, and acted as a catalyst for his eventual downfall. Providing a detailed breakdown of the armies on both sides and discussing the merits of the commanders and the ways in which these influenced the battle, Peter Antill questions why the Germans allowed themselves to be diverted from their main objective and concentrate such large resources on a secondary target. The bird's-eye view illustrations and maps that feature in this book help to unravel the detail of unit directions, priorities and deployments, and the tactical failures that led to the day-by-day war of attrition that lasted for nearly five months.

Contents:

Introduction
Origins of the Campaign
Chronology
Opposing Commanders: Field Marshals List - Von Manstein - Marshal Zhukov - General Yeremenko
Opposing Armies: - Army Groups A and B - 6th Army - 62nd Army
Opposing Plans: the German plan to take the Caucasus and Stalingrad and the objectives of Operation Blau. Soviet plans for defense of the city, counter-attack by Zhukov and relief effort by Manstein
The Campaign
Aftermath
Bibliography
Battlefield Today