To the gates of Stalingrad
Subtitle: Soviet-German combat operations, April-August 1942
Contributors: House, Jonathan M. 1950-
Series: The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume I
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780700616305
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Soviet Union. -- Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; Germany. -- Heer. -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943
Description: The confrontation between German and Soviet forces at Stalingrad was a titanic clash of armies on an unprecedented scale—a campaign that was both a turning point in World War II and a lasting symbol of that war's power and devastation. Yet despite the attention lavished on this epic battle by historians, much about it has been greatly misunderstood or hidden from view—as David Glantz, the world's foremost authority on the Red Army in World War II, now shows.

This first volume in Glantz's masterly trilogy draws on previously unseen or neglected sources to provide the definitive account of the opening phase of this iconic Eastern Front campaign. Glantz has combed daily official records from both sides—including the Red Army General Staff, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, the German Sixth Army, and the Soviet 62nd Army—to produce a work of unparalleled detail and fresh interpretations. Jonathan House, an authority on twentieth-century warfare, adds further insight and context.
Table of contents: label: Prologue: Along the Sukhaia Vereika River, 23 July 1942; label: Chapter 1
title: The Wehrmacht; label: Chapter 2
title: The Red Army; label: Chapter 3
title: Preliminaries, May-June 1942; label: Chapter 4
title: Punch and counterpunch, Blau I, 28 June-12 July 1942; label: Chapter 5
title: Blau II, 9-24 July 1942; label: Chapter 6
title: The German advance into the Great Bend of the Don, 23-31 July 1942; label: Chapter 7
title: Endgame in the Great Bend of the Don, 1-19 August 1942; label: Chapter 8
title: The German advance to the Volga River, 20 August-2 September 1942; label: Chapter 9
title: The struggle on the flanks, 25 July-11 September 1942; label: Chapter 10
title: Conclusions: German Strategic Misconceptions; title: Appendix