
This book covers the southern region of the Ostfront from August 1942 to February 1943 including: The opposed crossing of the Don River The dash to the Volga river by German mobile divisions Soviet counter-attacks against the German cordon of Stalingrad The fighting for control of the city of Stalingrad Operation Uranus and the subsequent encirclement of the German Sixth Army Operation Winter Tempest: Mansteins attempt to break the encirclement of the Sixth Army The final destruction of the Sixth Army