Hell's gate
Subtitle: the battle of the Cherkassy Pocket, January-February 1944
By: Douglas E. Nash.
Publisher: RZM Imports
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Southbury, CT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: Cherkassy Pocket, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Soviet Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-408) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: LIST OF MAPS vi; title: FORWARD; title: PREFACE 2; title: BOOK I: SETTING THE STAGE; title: Chapter 1 The Saga of Army Group South 6; title: Chapter 2 Opposing Forces20; title: Chapter 3 The Soviet Plan for a Second Stalingrad44; title: BOOK II: THE RUSSIAN STEAMROLLER; title: Chapter 4 The Hammer Falls - Konev Attacks56; title: Chapter 5 Vatutin Strikes68; title: Chapter 6 The Dam Breaks80; title: Chapter 7 The Trap Slams Shut at Zvenigorodka88; title: BOOK III: VON MANSTEIN TO THE RESCUE; title: Chapter 8 Building the Kessel's Southern Front102; title: Chapter 9 The Aerial Bridge114; title: Chapter 10 Von Manstein's Plan to Encircle the Soviet122; title: Chapter 11 Crisis in the Kessel134; title: Chapter 12 Breith Unleashes Operation "Wanda"158; title: BOOK IV: DAYS OF DESPERATION; title: Chapter 13 The Wandering Pocket174; title: Chapter 14 The Parley Attempt192; title: Chapter 15 Stemmermann Attacks200; title: BOOK V: NOW OR NEVER; title: Chapter 16 Breith Tries Once Again224; title: Chapter 17 The Battle for Novo Buda246; title: Chapter 18 Deadlock on Hill 239262; title: BOOK VI: THE BREAKOUT; title: Chapter 19 Waiting at Shanderovka 280; title: Chapter 20 Gruppe Stemmermann Breaks Out294; title: Chapter 21 Konev's Wrath306; title: Chapter 22 Hell in the Ukraine318; title: Chapter 23 The Rearguard Runs the Gauntlet330; title: Chapter 24 Survivors' Tales340; title: BOOK VII: CONGRATULATIONS AND RECRIMINATIONS; title: Chapter 25 Victory Celebrations on Both Sides354; title: Chapter 26 An Audience with the Ffihrer364; title: Epilogue 374; title: Acknowledgments 384; title: Author's Notes on Sources385; title: Appendix 1 German Order of Battle 387; title: Appendix 2 Soviet Order of Battle389; title: Appendix 3 Table of German Rank Equivalents 392; title: Appendix 4 Surrender Leaflet from the Free Germany Committee 393; title: Appendix 5 Glossary of German and Soviet Terms and Abbreviations 394; title: Appendix 6 Breakout Orders for Gruppe Stemmermann 396; title: Appendix 7 German Present for Battle Unit Strengths after Breakout 398; title: Appendix 8 The Luftwaffe's Aerial Supply Effort 399; title: Appendix 9 Comparative Sizes of German and Soviet Commands 400; title: Appendix 10 Knight's Cross Recipients 401; title: Appendix 11 Correlation of Forces403; title: Bibliography 404; title: Index 4 09.