Stalingrad Battle Atlas: volume II

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The Red Army defeated the Wehrmacht against all odds in one of the most dramatic battles in History. How such a miracle has been made possible ? Why was Stalingrad so particular ? What exactly happened each single day of this giant struggle ? The second volume of the "Stalingrad: Battle Atlas" series covers 35 days of combat within the city. It presents essential strategic and tactical information, including recently released archival data, and features entirely new maps for each day of active operations during this period. Synthesizing an extremely wide range of documents and information sources, this chronological atlas achieves an unprecedented degree of precision in describing historical reality, rendering it through a standardized set of instruments: timeline, orders of battle, unit strength reports, local and global situation maps, contextual photos, quotes from key actors. It can be used as a reference manual for searchers, as well as a guide for those who want to know the basics: who, when, where. Main features: o Timeline (daily) o Order of battle (weekly) o Unit strength reports (weekly) o Local situation maps (daily) o Global situation maps (weekly) A new and exclusive perspective of the legendary battle on the Volga!