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Stalingrad : city on fire / Alexey V. Isaev ; edited and translated by Richard W. Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaev, A. V. (Aleksei Valerevich), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Philadelphia : Pen & Sword Military, [2019]
- Summary:
- "A fresh look at what is perhaps the most famous battle of the Russo-German War from the Soviet perspective." -- The NYMAS Review Much has been written about the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet victory that turned the tide of the Second World War.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Translator's Introduction
- Preface
- Part I: The Art of Sowing the Whirlwind
- Chapter 1: Thermite Rain
- Chapter 2: Heat. 'The Cauldron'
- Chapter 3: The Results of the Tank Battle in the Great Bend of the Don
- Chapter 4: The Elimination of the Sirotinskaya Bridgehead
- Chapter 5: Reinforced Defence I. Abganerovo
- Chapter 6: Serafimovich. The Foundation of Future Success
- Chapter 7: The Formation of the 'Northern Covering Detachment'
- Chapter 8: Reinforced Defence II. Beketovka
- Chapter 9: Conclusions to Part I
- Part II: The Verdun of the Steppes
- Chapter 10: The Battle for the Semaphore. The Beginning
- Chapter 11: A City Under Siege
- Chapter 12: The First Assault on the City. 14-26 September 1942. The Beginning
- Chapter 13: The First Assault on the City. 14-26 September 1942. The Centre
- Chapter 14: The First Assault on the City. 13-26 September 1942. To the South of the Tsaritsa River
- Chapter 15: The Battle for the Semaphore II. The Counterblow of 18-19 September 1942
- Chapter 16: The Second Assault on the City. 27 September-7 October 1942
- Chapter 17: The Third Assault on the City. 14-19 October
- Chapter 18: The Fighting for the 'Red October' Factory
- Chapter 19: The Landing in the Latashanka Area
- Chapter 20: The Last Inch. November 1942
- Chapter 21: Conclusions to Part II
- Part III: Hot Snow
- Chapter 22: The Father of the Gods: Uranus
- Chapter 23: The Tank Army. The First Success
- Chapter 24: Mechanized Pincers
- Chapter 25: The Failure of Winter Storm
- Chapter 26: The Hydraulic Press. Operation Ring
- Chapter 27: Conclusions to Part III
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Plate section.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-4268-3
- 1-5267-4266-7
- OCLC:
- 1237866022
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