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PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas
ISBN-100700619569
ISBN-139780700619566
eBay Product ID (ePID)177573979
Product Key Features
Book TitleCompanion to Endgame at Stalingrad
Number of Pages848 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Europe / Germany, Military / World War II
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorDavid M. Glantz
Book SeriesModern War Studies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.4 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
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LCCN2013-049879
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Fifteen years ago the late John Erickson wrote that the research of Glantz and house reflected an 'encyclopaedic knowledge' of the Nazi-Soviet war and constituted a benchmark for excellence in the field. The Stalingrad trilogy reflects the fact that they maintain that standard, while bringing to light a new understanding of many old questions."- War in History, "Glantz and House are writing the definitive history of the Stalingrad campaign. Their trilogy, backed by meticulous scholarship and refreshingly fair minded, significantly alters long-accepted views of several important aspects of the campaign. . . . A monumental work that is unlikely to be surpassed as an account of the most important single campaign of the Second World War."- Evan Mawdsley , author of Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 19411945 "A magisterial study that draws on a wealth of previously inaccessible Red Army records and will be indispensable reading for all serious students of the battle."- Michael K. Jones , author of Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed, Glantz and House are writing the definitive history of the Stalingrad campaign. Their trilogy, backed by meticulous scholarship and refreshingly fair minded, significantly alters long-accepted views of several important aspects of the campaign. . . . A monumental work that is unlikely to be surpassed as an account of the most important single campaign of the Second World War.Evan Mawdsley , author of Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 19411945 A magisterial study that draws on a wealth of previously inaccessible Red Army records and will be indispensable reading for all serious students of the battle.Michael K. Jones , author of Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed, "Glantz and House are writing the definitive history of the Stalingrad campaign. Their trilogy, backed by meticulous scholarship and refreshingly fair minded, significantly alters long-accepted views of several important aspects of the campaign. . . . A monumental work that is unlikely to be surpassed as an account of the most important single campaign of the Second World War."-- Evan Mawdsley , author of Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945 "A magisterial study that draws on a wealth of previously inaccessible Red Army records and will be indispensable reading for all serious students of the battle."-- Michael K. Jones , author of Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed
Dewey Decimal940.5421747
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Preface Selected Abbreviations Appendix 1. Opposing Orders of Battle, 19 November 1942-1 February 1943 Appendix 2. Soviet Strategic Planning and the Genesis of Plan Uranus Appendix 3. The Uranus Force and Plan Appendix 4. The Balance of Opposing Forces Appendix 5. The Penetration Battle and Encirclement, 19-23 November 1942 Appendix 6. Reducing the Stalingrad Pocket and Forming the Outer Encirclement Front, 24-27 November 1942 Appendix 7. Reducing the Stalingrad Pocket and the Outer Encirclement Front, 28-30 November Appendix 8. Comparing German and Soviet Dilemmas Appendix 9. the Southwestern Front's Battles along the Krivala and Chir Rivers, 1-15 December Appendix 10. The Stalingrad Front's Defense against Operation Wintergewitter [Winter Tempest], 1-19 December Appendix 11. The Don and Stalingrad Fronts' Battle for the Stalingrad Pocket, 1-15 December Appendix 12. Operation Little Saturn and the Soviet Tormosin Offensive, 16-31 December Appendix 13. The End of Wintergewitter and Donnerschlag [Thunder Clap] and the Stalingrad Front's Kotel'nikovo Offensive, 20-31 December Appendix 14. The Stalingrad Pocket 16-31 December 1943 Appendix 15. Sixth Army's Situation, Preliminaries, and the Don Front's Plan, 1-9 January 1943 Appendix 16. Destruction: The First Stage, 10-17 January 1943 Appendix 17. Destruction: the Second Stage, 18-25 January 1943 Appendix 18. Destruction: The Finale, 26 January-2 February 1943 Appendix 19. 62nd Army's Struggle in Stalingrad City, 19 November 1942-2 February 1943 Appendix 20. Conclusions Index of Documents and Tables
SynopsisThe translated documents (many translated into English for the first time) and maps which provide the basis for the author's insights, interpretations, and conclusions in Volume 3., In Endgame at Stalingrad , the final volume of his acclaimed Stalingrad Trilogy , David Glantz completes his definitive account of one of World War II's most infamous confrontations, the campaign that marked Germany's failure on the Eastern Front and proved to be a turning point in the war. In documenting the last days of the Stalingrad campaign, in particular the Red Army's counteroffensive known at Operation Uranus, Glantz takes on a plethora of myths and controversial questions surrounding these events, in particular, questions about why Operation Uranus succeeded and the German relief attempts failed, whether the Sixth Army could have escaped encirclement or been rescued, and who, finally was most responsible for its ultimate defeat. In addition to a wide variety of traditional sources, this volume makes use of two major categories of documentary materials hitherto unavailable to researchers. The first consists of extensive records from the combat journal of the German Sixth Army, which had been largely missing since the war's end and were only recently rediscovered and published. The second is a vast amount of newly released Soviet and Russian archival material including excerpts from the Red Army General Staff's daily operational summaries; a wide variety of Stavka (High Command), People's Commissariat of Defense (NKO), and Red Army General Staff orders and directives; and the daily records of the Soviet 62nd Army and its subordinate divisions and brigades for most of the time fighting was underway in Stalingrad proper. Because of the persistent controversy and mythology characterizing this period, many of these documents are included verbatim in English translation in this companion volume, providing concrete evidence in support of the conclusions put forward in Volume Three . As such, the Companion contributes substantially to this final volume's unprecedented detail and fresh perspectives, interpretations, and evaluations of the later stages of the Stalingrad campaign.
LC Classification NumberD764.3.S7G5884 2014
