Hoyt E. 199 Days: The Battle for Stalingrad

Forge Books, 1999. — 212 p. — ISBN: 0-312-86853-7.The epic battle of Stalingrad will be remembered as one of history’s most savage conflicts. Here world-renowned military historian Edwin P. Hoyt tells the full story of this bloody battle, using documents from Moscow and American archives as well as first-person testimonials from Stalingrad’s heroic survivors.
With the dramatic power of a first-rate storyteller, Hoyt recreates the words and deeds of the battle’s chief participants: its ruthless warlords, Hitler and Stalin; its fabled generals, von Paulus and Marshal Zhukov; its soldiers and civilians who fought, bled and died. In this thought-provoking and grimly fascinating book, Hoyt gives some startling and illuminating insights into this crucial battle.The Road to Hell
The Retreat Begins
Handwriting on the Wall: The First Russian Offensive
The Russians are Finished: Hitler’s Big Plans
Into the Breach …
«You Will Capture Stalingrad by August 25 …»
The Destruction of a City
The Fight for the Factories
General Paulus’s Last Offensive
The Trap
The Crisis: December 1 — 15
Manstein’s Drive
Starvation
The Fall of Stalingrad