The Ghosts Of Stalingrad

Author : Major Willard B. Atkins II
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782893873
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts Of Stalingrad written by Major Willard B. Atkins II and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Stalingrad was a disaster. The German Sixth Army consisted of over 300,000 men when it approached Stalingrad in August 1942. On 2 February 1943, 91,000 remained; only some 5,000 survived Soviet captivity. Largely due to the success of previous aerial resupply operations, Luftwaffe leaders assured Hitler they could successfully supply the Sixth Army after it was trapped. However, the Luftwaffe was not up to the challenge. The primary reason was the weather, but organizational and structural flaws, as well as enemy actions, also contributed to their failure. This thesis will address why the Demyansk and Kholm airlifts convinced the Germans that airlift was a panacea for encircled forces; the lessons learned from these airlifts and how they were applied at Stalingrad; why Hitler ordered the Stalingrad airlift despite the logistical impossibility; and seek out lessons for today’s military. The primary reason for the Stalingrad tragedy was that Germany’s strategic leadership did not apply lessons learned from earlier airlifts to the Stalingrad airlift, and the U.S. military is making similar mistakes with respect to the way it is handling its lessons learned from recent military operations.

Author : Willard B. Akins Ii
Publisher : Nimble Books
ISBN 13 : 9781608881550
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of Stalingrad written by Willard B. Akins Ii and published by Nimble Books. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Stalingrad was a disaster. The German Sixth Army consisted of over 300,000 men when it approached Stalingrad in August 1942. On 2 February 1943, 91,000 remained; only some 5,000 survived Soviet captivity. Largely due to the success of previous aerial resupply operations, Luftwaffe leaders assured Hitler they could successfully supply the Sixth Army after it was trapped. However, the Luftwaffe was not up to the challenge. The primary reason was the weather, but organizational and structural flaws, as well as enemy actions, also contributed to their failure. This thesis will address why the Demyansk and Kholm airlifts convinced the Germans that airlift was a panacea for encircled forces; the lessons learned from these airlifts and how they were applied at Stalingrad; why Hitler ordered the Stalingrad airlift despite the logistical impossibility; and seek out lessons for today s military. The primary reason for the Stalingrad tragedy was that Germany' strategic leadership did not apply lessons learned from earlier airlifts to the Stalingrad airlift, and the U.S. military is making similar mistakes with respect to the way it is handling its lessons learned from recent military operations"

Author : Rupert Matthews
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782122583
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stalingrad written by Rupert Matthews and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bitter Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of WWII on the Eastern Front. The relentless and unstoppable German advances that had seen the panzers sweep hundreds of miles into Russia was finally brought to a halt at Stalingrad. The elite German 6th Army was first fought to a standstill, then surrounded and forced to surrender. For the ...

Author : A. V. Gallagher
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781424147007
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghost Army written by A. V. Gallagher and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1942, 75,000 men set out from seventy miles away to free 250,000 Germans surrounded in Stalingrad. In its futile effort to relieve the starving army, the forces ignored a German bridgehead only thirty-five miles from the Nazi lines at Stalingrad. Why had Hitleras most brilliant officer chosen to start the relief effort so far away? History has never explained the decision. The Ghost Army ghastly details the fates of rifleman Helmuth Eichmann and reconnaissance ranger Erich Speer, the brothers of infamous Nazi leaders; the Russian woman Dori Andropov; and Soviet Sergeant Viktor Petrovic.

Author : Robert L. O'Connell
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812978676
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of Cannae written by Robert L. O'Connell and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O’Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving us a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle, its causes and consequences. O’Connell brilliantly conveys how Rome amassed a giant army to punish Carthage’s masterful commander, how Hannibal outwitted enemies that outnumbered him, and how this disastrous pivot point in Rome’s history ultimately led to the republic’s resurgence and the creation of its empire. Piecing together decayed shreds of ancient reportage, the author paints powerful portraits of the leading players, from Hannibal—resolutely sane and uncannily strategic—to Scipio Africanus, the self-promoting Roman military tribune. Finally, O’Connell reveals how Cannae’s legend has inspired and haunted military leaders ever since, and the lessons it teaches for our own wars.

Author : Jochen Hellbeck
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610394976
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stalingrad written by Jochen Hellbeck and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turning point of World War II came at Stalingrad. Hitler's soldiers stormed the city in September 1942 in a bid to complete the conquest of Europe. Yet Stalingrad never fell. After months of bitter fighting, 100,000 surviving Germans, huddled in the ruined city, surrendered to Soviet troops. During the battle and shortly after its conclusion, scores of Red Army commanders and soldiers, party officials and workers spoke with a team of historians who visited from Moscow to record their conversations. The tapestry of their voices provides groundbreaking insights into the thoughts and feelings of Soviet citizens during wartime. Legendary sniper Vasily Zaytsev recounted the horrors he witnessed at Stalingrad: "You see young girls, children hanging from trees in the park.[ . . .] That has a tremendous impact." Nurse Vera Gurova attended hundreds of wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital every day, but she couldn't forget one young amputee who begged her to avenge his suffering. "Every soldier and officer in Stalingrad was itching to kill as many Germans as possible," said Major Nikolai Aksyonov. These testimonials were so harrowing and candid that the Kremlin forbade their publication, and they were forgotten by modern history -- until now. Revealed here in English for the first time, they humanize the Soviet defenders and allow Jochen Hellbeck, in Stalingrad, to present a definitive new portrait of the most fateful battle of World War II.

Author : Iain MacGregor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982163585
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lighthouse of Stalingrad written by Iain MacGregor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rolling the Dice-The Battle for Moscow 1941 -- History Repeating Itself-March 15-May 28, 1942 -- The Move South -- "Not One Step Back!" -- A City of Revolution-The Birth of Stalingrad -- Rain of Fire -- The King of Stalingrad! -- Send for the Guards -- Success Measured in Meters and Bodies -- Change at the Top -- The Storm Group and the Art of Active Defense -- The Legend Begins: The Capture of the "Lighthouse" -- Trouble in the North -- The Last Assault of Sixth Army: Operation "Hubertus" -- "Twentieth Century Cannae": Operation Uranus -- The Relentless Fight -- Hope Extinguished: Christmas in the Kessel -- The Last Commander of the "Lucky Division" -- The End -- Epilogue The Legend of the "Lighthouse".

Author : Albert Harding Ganz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811716598
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Division written by Albert Harding Ganz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicknamed the "Ghost Division" because of its speed and habit of turning up where its enemies least expected, the German 11th Panzer Division wreaked havoc in the East and West in World War II, playing a pivotal role in some of the biggest engagements, including Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, and the Bulge. Detailed reconstruction of the 11th Panzer Division's wartime exploits Explores the role played by the German Wehrmacht's panzer force during World War II, its tactical prowess, and tenacity of its soldiers Draws on archival sources as well as interviews and correspondence with veterans

Author : Shaun Walker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190659246
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Hangover written by Shaun Walker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Russia's resurgence under Putin. By cleverly exploiting the memory of the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II, Putin's regime has made ordinary Russians feel that their country is great again.Shaun Walker provides new insight into contemporary Russia and its search for a new identity, telling the story through the country's troubled relationship with its Soviet past. Walker not only explains Vladimir Putin's goals and the government's official manipulations of history, but also focuseson ordinary Russians and their motivations. He charts how Putin raised victory in World War II to the status of a national founding myth in the search for a unifying force to heal a divided country, and shows how dangerous the ramifications of this have been.The book explores why Russia, unlike Germany, has failed to come to terms with the darkest pages of its past: Stalin's purges, the Gulag, and the war deportations. The narrative roams from the corridors of the Kremlin to the wilds of the Gulags and the trenches of East Ukraine. It puts theannexation of Crimea and the newly assertive Russia in the context of the delayed fallout of the Soviet collapse.The Long Hangover is a book about a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. Packed with analysis but told mainly through vibrant reportage, it is a thoughtful exploration of the legacy of the Soviet collapseand how it has affected life in Russia and Putin's policies.

Author : Edwin P. Hoyt
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312868536
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 199 Days written by Edwin P. Hoyt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-01-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the bloody history of the battle that became a turning point in World War II and cost three million lives, using archives and eyewitness testimony to capture the excitement and the horros.