On to Stalingrad : Operation Winter Thunderstorm and the attempt to relieve Sixth Army, December 1942 /
In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded Paulus Sixth Army in a pocket outside the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Storm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Pa...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Havertown, PA :
Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC,
2022.
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| Series: | Wehrmacht im Kampf.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded Paulus Sixth Army in a pocket outside the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Storm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Panzer Division was the spearhead of the German relief force. The attack started on December 12th, 1942 and was aborted on December 23rd after heavy Soviet counterattacks. This failure sealed the fate of the German 6th Army in Stalingrad. This account of the operation was first published in German in 1961, written by the well-respected military historian and retired German officer, Horst Schiebert. It covers the entire operation from the situation in mid-November through the two German offensives, the Soviet counteroffensive and ongoing fighting until early January. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (195 p.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1612008070 9781612008073 |