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Author / Creator:	Beevor, Antony, 1946-
Imprint:	New York : Penguin Books, 1999.
Description:	xv, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Stalingrad, Battle of (Volgograd, Russia : 1942-1943) Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943. Russia (Federation) -- Volgograd.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5896060

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ISBN:	0670870951 0140284583 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-485) and index.
Summary:	In June 1941, German forces swept across Soviet territory in an offensive that finally brought them within twenty-five miles of Moscow. But in August 1942, the overconfident Hitler chose the wrong target, Stalin?s namesake city on the Volga. The battle of Stalingrad is extraordinary in every way: the triumphant invader fought to a standstill; then the Soviet trap sprung, surrounding their attackers; and the terrible siege, with Germans starving and freezing, forced to fight on by a disbelieving Hitler.The story has never been told as Antony Beevor tells it here. He writes of the great Manichaean clash between Stalin and Hitler, and the strategic brilliance and fatal flaws of their generals. Stalingrad is first and foremost the story of the man on the ground, a soldier?s-eye view of fighting house-to-house on an urban battlefield, with helpless civilians caught in the crossfire. Beevor has gained access to Russian reports on desertions and executions that have never been seen by Western scholars, German transcripts of prisoner interrogations, and private letters and diaries. These help re-create the compelling human drama of the most terrible battle in modern warfare.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. 'The World Will Hold its Breath!'
1. The Double-Edged Sword of Barbarossa
2. 'Nothing is Impossible for the German Soldier!'
3. 'Smash in the Door and the Whole Rotten Structure Will Come Crashing Down!'
4. Hitler's Hubris: The Delayed Battle for Moscow
Pt. 2. Barbarossa Relaunched
5. General Paulus's First Battle
6. 'How Much Land Does a Man Need?'
7. 'Not One Step Backwards'
8. 'The Volga is Reached!'
Pt. 3. 'The Fateful City'
9. 'Time is Blood': The September Battles
10. Rattenkrieg
11. Traitors and Allies
12. Fortresses of Rubble and Iron
13. Paulus's Final Assault
14. 'All For the Front!'
Pt. 4. Zhukov's Trap
15. Operation Uranus
16. Hitler's Obsession
17. 'The Fortress Without a Roof'
18. 'Der Manstein Kommt!'
19. Christmas in the German Way
Pt. 5. The Subjugation of the Sixth Army
20. The Air-Bridge
21. 'Surrender Out of the Question'
22. 'A German Field Marshal Does Not Commit Suicide with a Pair of Nail Scissors!'
23. 'Stop Dancing! Stalingrad Has Fallen'
24. The City of the Dead
25. The Sword of Stalingrad. App. A. German and Soviet Orders of Battle, 19 November 1942
App. B. The Statistical Debate: Sixth Army Strength in the Kessel.

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