{"product_id":"stalingrad-1942-43-3-catastrophe-the-death-of-6th-army-9781472842732","title":"Stalingrad 1942-43 (3): Catastrophe: The Death of 6th Army","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final part in a three-book series on the Battle of Stalingrad, examining the Soviet encirclement, German relief efforts, and the final surrender of Paulus' 6.Armee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving fought hard just to reach the outskirts of Stalingrad, the Axis forces found themselves embroiled in a protracted urban battle amid the ruins of a devastated city on the Volga. The Soviet Red Army was able to hold onto the city then mount a surprise winter counter-offensive known as Operation \u003ci\u003eUranus\u003c\/i\u003e, which succeeded in encircling the German 6.Armee at Stalingrad. Despite a desperate German relief operation, the Red Army eventually crushed the 6.Armee and hurled the remnants of the German southern front back in disorder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis third and final volume in the Stalingrad trilogy begins just after the German 6.Armee has been isolated at Stalingrad, and covers the period from 24 November 1942 to 2 February 1943. The specially commissioned maps and 3D diagrams guide the reader in step-by-step, easily to follow detail through the German relief operation (\u003ci\u003eWintergewitter\u003c\/i\u003e), the fighting on the Chir River, and the Soviet operations \u003ci\u003eKoltso\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e, and are complimented by the battlescene artworks that vividly depict the harsh conditions experienced by the common soldiers fighting on both sides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472842732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96","brand":"Robert Forczyk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42406062555317,"sku":"9781472842732","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fa79cb7f-69e0-41e0-afa5-7d00d58c3303.jpg?v=1664285791","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stalingrad-1942-43-3-catastrophe-the-death-of-6th-army-9781472842732","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}