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MCS-001 Defence of Stalingrad. From 17 June to 18 November 1942 bookThe Battle of Stalingrad went down in history as the Wehrmacht's first complete and obvious defeat. Along with the failure of the German politico-military strategy, the battle exposed principal deficiencies of the German army-level command and control, i.e. sticking to a number of well-proven command and control techniques, a tend to underestimate the enemy and overestimate themselves. For the very first time in World War II, German troops were not just repulsed, rather surrounded, defeated, taken prisoner of war and humiliated.This publication sheds some light on the defensive phase of the Battle of Stalingrad from 17 July to 18 November 1942. The statistics data derived from archives has been 'reinforced1 with photographs, diagrams and colour drawings. This issue comprises upwards of 102 photographs, 6 diagrams and 12 colour illustrations, with captions in English Contents The plans of the Soviet command The plans of the German command Deployment of forces and means Scrambling on approaches to Stalingrad (July 17 - September 13, 1942) Battles on a western coast of Don (July 23 - August 7, 1942) Battles on south-west outskirts of Stalingrad (1 - August 10, 1942) Battles on external outline (August 17 - September 3, 1942) Battles on short-range approaches to Stalingrad (September 3 - September 13, 1942) Scrambling for city (September 13 - November 18 1942) Battles in central and southern parts of city (September 13 - September 26, 1942) Battles for working settlements and battles of the Oryol group (September 27 - October 8, 1942) Battles for factories and battles of northern group (October 4 - November 18, 1942) Battles of northern group of the colonel Gorohov(October 14 - November 18, 1942) Operations of the Don front ( October 1 - November 1 1942) Conclusions and lessons defensive battle The appendix (Report on operations of a tank troops of 62-nd army in field conditions and in city to Stalingrad for September, 1942) 102 photographs, 6 diagrams and 12 colour illustrations Illustrations 1. AnSdKfz251/1 Ausf C armoured personnel carrier of the 23rd panzer division at the initial stage of the Battle of Stalingrad. In the background there is a motorcyclist mounting a DKW NZ 350 bike with number WH-241835. July 1942 2. A T-26 vintage 1938 tank organic to the 6th armoured brigade. South-eastern Front, August 1942 3. A KV-1S heavy high-speed tank organic to the 5th Gds. Heavy tank regiment "Soviet Polar Explorer" in the vicinity of Stalingrad, November 1942 4. A German StuG III Ausf F8 self-propelled gun operated by the 245th assault gun battalion. South-eastern Front, September 1942 5. T-34/76 tanks of the 90th armoured brigade are attacking. Stalingrad Front, October 1942 |
