"The second year of the Second World War on the Eastern Front was dominated by Stalingrad, the protracted battle for the city on the Volga, and this is the major episode in this volume of Nik Cornish's four-volume photographic history of the conflict. Stalingrad was a turning point in the war, the moment when the Red Army seized the initiative and threw back the German invaders. But the struggle at Stalingrad was far from the only focus of the fighting during 1942 and 1943. German forces conquered the Crimea, besieged Leningrad and advanced deep into the Caucasus."

"Rare photographs from wartime archives."

ch. 1Timoshenko's Failure -- ch. 2 The Iron Fortress -- ch. 3 To the Volga -- ch. 4 Into the Caucasus -- ch. 5 With Our Backs to the River -- ch. 6 The Loaded Pistol -- ch. 7 Isolation? -- ch. 8 Near Collapse -- ch. 9 Recovery and Respite, Manstein's Gamble.