Автор: Jason Turner
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2012
Формат: ePub (e-book)
Страниц: 192
Размер: 34 MB
Язык: English
The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The armies of Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Communist Soviet Union fought to the death in this industrial city on the banks of the Volga. Initially, it seemed impossible for the Soviets to hold out against the Wehrmacht and supporting Luftwaffe aircraft, but the handto- hand fighting in ruined factories, rubble-strewn streets and houses pockmarked by machine-gun bullets gradually turned events in their favour.