The long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad; an abridged edition of the five volume Stalingrad Trilogy. -- back cover.

Abridged version of the Stalingrad trilogy, which appeared in 5 volumes between 2009 1nd 2014.

PART ONE : The limits of maneuver warfare, 1942. 1. Opposing forces --2. Plans and preparations --3. Preliminary battles, April-June 1942 --4. Punch and counterpunch: Blau I and II, June-July 1942 --5. The German advance to the Don and the Volga --PART TWO : To the Caucasus and the Volga.6. Struggles on the flanks, 25 July-11 September 1942 --7. The initial battles for Stalingrad, September 1942 --8. The battle for central and southern Stalingrad, 13-26 September 1942 --9. The German assault on the workers' villages --10. The struggle for the factories --11. The final German advances --PART THREE : The encirclement of sixth Army.12. The genesis of operation Uranus --13. The advent of Uranus --14. Penetration and encirclement, November 1942 --15. Tightening the noose, November 1942 --PART FOUR : The death of sixth Army. 16. Relief attempts and pressuring the pocket, 1-15 December 1942 -- 17. Little Saturn and the failure of relief efforts -- 18. The condemned army -- 19. The destruction -- 20. Conclusions.