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Author: Gordon Rottman & Ronald Volstad
Pages: 52
Cover: Softcover
Photos: 135 b/w photos, 4 color plates
ISBN: 962-361-079-3
Description:
This inspirational volume is filled from cover to cover with carefully
selected photographs that chronicle this historical Battle of
Stalingrad. They start with the summer approach of the Volga River, and
the early successful incursions. The photos then chart the horrifying
descent into urban warfare amongst the rubble, and the freezing
clutches of winter that ravaged both sides in the conflict. These black
and white photos are accompanied by highly detailed captions that offer
excellent explanations about such matters as uniforms, weapons,
vehicles, and the course of the battle. A set of four high quality
color plates by the renowned artist, Ronald Volstad, is also a welcome
complement to this work. In total, the Stalingrad campaign cost the
Germans 400,000 lost, as well as 450,000 of their allies.
This
handy volume details the German efforts to reduce Stalingrad, with the
focus entirely on the German army rather than on their Russian
counterparts. The knowledgeable author has provided a clear and
accurate text that backgrounds the conflict and the key phases of the
battle, from the German approach to Stalingrad on 22 August 1942,
through to the capitulation of the remnants of Generalfeldmarschall Von
Paulus' 6th Army on 2 February 1943. In between was a ferocious battle
that the German "landsers" christened "der Rattenkrieg" ("the rat
war"). The text also lists an order of battle for the German 6th Army
that was annihilated at Stalingrad, and a description of a typical
Wehrmacht infantry regiment.
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