Author:
Glantz, David M.
Imprint:[Lawrence, Ka.] : University Press of Kansas, 2009.
Descriptionxxii, 896 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:1. The Germans at the gates -- Who's besieging whom? -- The strategic conundrum -- Operation Blau, 1942 -- To Stalingrad -- German leadership -- Soviet commanders -- The soldiers -- 2. The battle in Stalingrad's suburbs, 3-12 September 1942 -- Area of operations -- Opposing forces -- Zhukov's Kotluban' offensive, 3-12 September -- Sixth and fourth Panzer armies' assault on Stalingrad's suburbs, 3-9 September -- Changes of command -- The fall of Stalingrad's suburbs, 10-12 September -- Conclusions -- 3. The battle for central and southern Stalingrad, 13-26 September 1942 -- Opposing forces -- The initial German assault, 13-18 September -- The tactics of city fighting -- Stalingrad as a symbol -- The second Kotluban' offensive, 18 September-2 October -- The struggle for Mamaev Kurgan and center city, 19-26 September -- Conclusions -- 4. The initial assault on the workers' villages and reduction of the Orlovka salient, 27 September-3 October 1942 -- Paulus's offensive plan -- Chuikov's counterattack plan -- The initial German assault on the workers' (factory) villages, 27-28 September -- Soviet command decisions -- The struggle for Mamaev Kurgan and the workers' villages, 29-30 September -- Chuikov receives reinforcements, 29 September-1 October -- The reduction of the Orlovka salient, 29 September-3 October -- Conclusions.5. The final assault on the workers' villages and battles on sixth army's flanks, 3-13 October 1942 -- The fighting for the workers' villages, 3-7 October -- The struggle on the flanks, 29 September-11 October -- The lull before the storms, 8-13 October -- Conclusions -- 6. The struggle for the tractor factory and Spartanovka, 14-22 October 1942 -- Competing plans -- The initial assaults on the tractor and Barrikady factories, 14-18 October -- The operational lull, 19-22 October -- Reorganization of 62nd army's defenses -- Don Front's counterstroke (Fourth Kotluban'), 20-26 October -- Conclusions -- 7. The assaults on the Krasnyi Oktiabr' and Barrikady factories, 23-31 October 1942 -- Planning -- The battle for the Barrikady and Krasnyi Oktiabr' factories, 23-31 October -- 64th army's counterstroke, 25 October-2 November -- Conclusions -- 8. The struggle on the flanks, 11 September-18 November 1942 -- The Caucasus in September : Hitler takes command -- Opposing forces -- The Mozdok-Malgobek operation, 2-28 September -- The Caucasus in October and November -- Northern group's counterstroke -- The Northern flank -- Conclusions -- 9. The assaults on the Barrikady and Krasnyi Oktiabr' factories, 1-18 November 1942 -- Planning for the Germans' "final act," 1-8 November -- The calm before the storm : the fighting during the operational "lull," 1-10 November -- Soviet plans and Axis perceptions -- The final act : sixth army's assault on the Barrikady factory sector, 11-15 November -- To the edge of the abyss : 16-18 November -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- 10. Conclusions -- The battle in Stalingrad -- The influence of combat on the distant flanks -- The Red army -- Costs.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
