Great Battles of World War Two - Battle of Stalingrad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789352979363)

The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, it was the largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare. After their defeat at Stalingrad, the German High Command had to withdraw vast military forces from the Western Front to replace their losses.The battle lasted five months, one week and three days. This book is a compilation of high quality articles from the Internet.