Stalingrad: The Vital 7 Days A desperate effort In early October 1942 the German Sixth Army realized that it had one last chance to break through the Soviet lines and capture Stalingrad before exhaustion and the Russian winter set in. Stalingrad: The Vital 7 Days looks in detail at this desperate last-gasp attempt by the Germans to win the battle of Stalingrad in an all-out effort, and how the Red Army managed to cling on against the odds, marking the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, this book gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the desperate struggle to control the left bank of the Volga and the key strongpoints in the city. The book features first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs and detailed timelines giving a breakdown of events. Fowler fuses this immense volume of material beautifully to provide a comprehensive examination of the failure of the German assault that ultimately decided the course of the war in the East. Russ
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