Moscow To Stalingrad - Decision In The East [Illustrated Edition]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163166403321
• Autore: Ziemke Earl F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78289-319-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (729 pages)
• Collana: The Russian Campaign of World War Two ; ; v.1
• Soggetti: Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943; World War, 1939-1945
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Foreword -- The Authors -- Preface -- Chapter I - "The World Will Hold Its Breath -- The Deployments -- German and Allied Forces -- Soviet Forces -- German Strategy -- Soviet Preparedness -- Strategic Planning -- Operational Planning -- War Readiness -- On the Eve of Invasion -- Chapter II - The Blitzkrieg -- BARBAROSSA -- The Battles of the Frontiers -- To Smolensk -- The North and South Flanks -- A Change in Plans -- TAIFUN -- The Main Effort in the Center -- The March to Victory? -- Mud and Frustration -- Chapter III - To Moscow -- On the Defensive in the Heartland -- The Soviet Condition -- The German November Offensive -- The Turnabout -- Retreat from Rostov -- Something Does Not Add Up -- At the Gates -- Chapter IV - The Counteroffensive: First Phase -- Hitler on the Defensive -- Black Days -- The Worst Crisis in Two World Wars -- Brauchitsch at the Front -- A Time for Decisions -- The Führer Takes Command -- Hitler's "Yes" and "No -- Fanatical Resistance -- Brauchitsch Resigns -- Guderian at the Führer Headquarters -- Chapter V - The Counteroffensive: Second Phase -- Roles Reversed -- The Soviet Initiative -- When Things Start To Go Wrong -- On the Flanks -- Pursuit Ends on the North -- General Guderian Does Not Obey -- The Question of a Retreat -- Kluge Takes Time To Think -- The "Voice of Cold Reason -- Chapter VI - Crisis In The Crimea -- Sevastopol -- The Fortress -- The Attack -- Kerch and Feodosiya -- The Landings -- ; Sponeck's Retreat -- The Trap Does Not Close -- Troubles on Both Sides -- Manstein's Counterattack -- Chapter VII - Hitler And Stalin -- Hitler Orders a Retreat -- A Thrust Past Sukhinichi -- The Grand Envelopment -- General Hoepner Does Not Obey -- Fourth Army Adrift -- On the Razor's Edge -- A Sigh of Relief -- Stalin Projects a General Offensive -- The Look of the New Year.; Stalin's Strategy -- The Missions -- Chapter VIII - The General Offensive -- On the North Flank -- The Army Group North Front -- Meretskov's First Attempt on the Volkhov -- South of Lake Ilmen -- The "Brawl -- Breakthrough on the Volkhov -- A Mutual Frustration -- Encirclement at Demyansk -- On the South Flank -- Bock Goes to Poltava -- The Izyum Bulge -- In the Center -- Fourth Army Fights To Survive -- Contact at Sukhinichi -- To the K-Line -- Model Closes the Rzhev Gap -- In the K-Line -- Zhukov in Command -- Chapter IX - The Clinch -- The Front, February 1942 -- Army Group Center -- Second Panzer Army's "Small Solution -- Fourth and Fourth Panzer Armies -- Ninth Army's Bridge to Ostashkov -- Army Group North -- The Stavka Faces the Rasputitsa -- The View From Führer Headquarters -- RAUBTIER -- BRÜCKENSCHLAG at Demyansk -- A Month of Mud and Crises -- Chapter X - The War Behind The Front -- The Partisan Movement, Beginnings -- Organization -- The Shmyrev Otryad -- Strength in 1941 -- The Underground -- German Rear Area Security -- The Partisan Movement Established -- Soviet Power Resurgent -- The Partisans of Kardymovo -- The Movement Remodeled -- Accomplices Against the Bolshevik System? -- Chapter XI - The Northern Theater -- Cobelligerents and Brothers-in-Arms -- Pressures on Finland -- Command and Deployment -- A Thrust to Belomorsk -- The Soviet Spring Offensive -- Double Strikes -- The Fade-out -- The Arctic Convoys -- The German Buildup -- Tirpitz" and PQ-12 -- Chapter XII - Active Defense, Center And North -- Stalin's Bid for the Initiative -- Army Group Center's Second Front -- At the End of Winter -- HANNOVER -- HANNOVER II -- SEYDLITZ -- VOGELSANG -- Demyansk and the Volkhov Pocket -- Offensive Against II Corps -- Second Shock Army Goes Under -- Chapter XIII - Active Defense, South -- Kerch Resolved -- Competing Plans -- TRAPPENJAGD.; The Izyum Bulge -- Prospects and Problems -- The Drive on Kharkov -- FRIDERICUS -- Chapter XIV - A Time For Decisions -- Hitler's Strategy -- A Question of Means -- An Offensive in the South -- Hitler's Restless Spring -- German Strategic Estimates -- Men, Firepower, and Mobility -- Of Soviet Capabilities -- Soviet Strategy -- The Soviet Condition -- Estimates of German Capabilities -- A Second Front -- A Strategic Defensive -- Chapter XV - Prelude To Summer -- Preliminary Operations -- Sevastopol Begun -- WILHELM, FRIDERICUS II, and STOERFANG -- STOERFANG Completed -- Deployment for BLAU -- Bock's Plan -- The Buildup -- Soviet Deployment -- On the Eve -- Army Group South's Readiness -- Operation KREML -- Timing and Trouble -- Soviet Readiness -- Chapter XVI - Operation BLAU -- The Enemy Is Defeated -- Breakthrough -- Hitler at Poltava -- Stampede to Voronezh -- A Strategic Retreat -- The Soviet Dilemma -- BLAU II Is Dead -- Strike at Millerovo -- Bock Goes Home -- Chapter XVII - Hitler's Grand Design -- A Certain Crisis -- New Missions -- Stalingrad Front -- Stalingrad Bypassed -- Encirclement at Rostov -- On the Road to Stalingrad -- Directive 45-Order No. 227 -- Hitler Divides His Forces -- Not a Step Back! -- The Missions Revised -- Chapter XVIII - Operation EDELWEISS -- The Kuban and the Caucasus -- North Caucasus Front -- To the Caucasus -- Tuapse and the Terek -- The Tempo Slows -- List at the Werwolf -- Hitler Takes Command -- Stand to the Death -- In Slow Motion -- Chapter XIX - From The Don To The ; Volga -- No Enemy West of Stalingrad -- In the Don Bend -- The Enemy Three Versts Away -- Confrontation -- The City -- Counterattacks -- Chuikov Against Paulus -- The "Main Effort" in Stalingrad -- Deadlock -- Chapter XX - Summer On The Static Fronts -- On the Moscow Axis -- Rzhev-Sychevka -- WIRBELWIND -- Crisis and Recovery.; Leningrad and Demyansk -- NORDLICHT and Other Operations -- At Führer Headquarters -- A Mission for Manstein -- Meretskov at the Bottleneck -- Manstein at the Bottleneck -- WINKELRIED -- Mop-up at Gaitolovo -- The Far North -- Crosscurrents -- The Murmansk Railroad -- The Arctic Convoys -- Chapter XXI - The Change Of Seasons -- Duty and Country -- A New Spirit -- A New Authority -- The Soviet Condition -- Counteroffensive Plans -- Operation URANUS -- MARS and URANUS -- This Year's Campaign Has Been Concluded -- The Army in Decline -- Overhaul at the Top -- Operations Order No. 1 -- The Exceptions -- TAUBENSCHLAG -- Stalingrad -- Tuapse -- Nalchik -- A Winter Offensive-Where? -- Chapter XXII - Thrust And Counterthrust -- The Battle on the Volga -- Troops and Tactics -- Stalingrad-North -- The Clock Runs Down -- The Last Round -- Sixth Army Encircled -- Operation URANUS -- Sixth Army Stays -- Chapter XXIII - Stalingrad, Finale -- The Relief -- WINTERGEWITTER -- Doubts and Delays -- WINTERGEWITTER Runs Its Course -- Sixth Army Isolated -- SATURN and KOLTSO -- MALYY SATURN Begins -- Sixth Army's Last Chance -- Operations Order No. 2 -- Sixth Army Destroyed -- To the Manich and the Donets -- The Stalingrad Ring -- Chapter XXIV - Conclusion -- The Beginning of the Road -- The Transitions -- In the High Commands -- In Operations -- The Decision -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER -- Appendix A - Table Of Equivalent Ranks -- Appendix B - Comparative Sizes Of Major Commands - November 1941 to January 1943 -- Note On Sources -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Code Names -- German -- Soviet.
• Sommario/riassunto: Moscow to Stalingrad: Decision in the East, authored by Earl F. Ziemke and Magna E. Bauer, is a detailed historical account of the German-Soviet conflict during World War II. This volume focuses on the critical period from the initial German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 to the pivotal Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-1943. The book examines military strategies, battles, and the shifting dynamics between the Axis and Soviet forces. It provides an in-depth analysis of military tactics, strategic decisions, and the significant impact of leadership figures like Hitler and Stalin on the course of the war. This work serves as the second in a projected three-volume series exploring the Eastern Front, offering insights into both German and Soviet military operations. It is intended for historians, military enthusiasts, and readers interested in World War II history.