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Hell's gate :

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Hell's gate :

[Book]

the battle of the Cherkassy Pocket, January-February 1944 /

Douglas E. Nash.

Southbury, CT, USA :

RZM Imports,

c2002.

vi, 417 p. :

ill., maps ;

29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-408) and index.

Machine generated contents note: LIST OF MAPS vi -- FORWARD-- PREFACE 2 -- BOOK I: SETTING THE STAGE -- Chapter 1 The Saga of Army Group South 6 -- Chapter 2 Opposing Forces20 -- Chapter 3 The Soviet Plan for a Second Stalingrad44 -- BOOK II: THE RUSSIAN STEAMROLLER -- Chapter 4 The Hammer Falls - Konev Attacks56 -- Chapter 5 Vatutin Strikes68 -- Chapter 6 The Dam Breaks80 -- Chapter 7 The Trap Slams Shut at Zvenigorodka88 -- BOOK III: VON MANSTEIN TO THE RESCUE -- Chapter 8 Building the Kessel's Southern Front102 -- Chapter 9 The Aerial Bridge114 -- Chapter 10 Von Manstein's Plan to Encircle the Soviet122 -- Chapter 11 Crisis in the Kessel134 -- Chapter 12 Breith Unleashes Operation "Wanda"158 -- BOOK IV: DAYS OF DESPERATION -- Chapter 13 The Wandering Pocket174 -- Chapter 14 The Parley Attempt192 -- Chapter 15 Stemmermann Attacks200 -- BOOK V: NOW OR NEVER -- Chapter 16 Breith Tries Once Again224 -- Chapter 17 The Battle for Novo Buda246 -- Chapter 18 Deadlock on Hill 239262 -- BOOK VI: THE BREAKOUT -- Chapter 19 Waiting at Shanderovka 280 -- Chapter 20 Gruppe Stemmermann Breaks Out294 -- Chapter 21 Konev's Wrath306 -- Chapter 22 Hell in the Ukraine318 -- Chapter 23 The Rearguard Runs the Gauntlet330 -- Chapter 24 Survivors' Tales340 -- BOOK VII: CONGRATULATIONS AND RECRIMINATIONS -- Chapter 25 Victory Celebrations on Both Sides354 -- Chapter 26 An Audience with the Ffihrer364 -- Epilogue 374 -- Acknowledgments 384 -- Author's Notes on Sources385 -- Appendix 1 German Order of Battle 387 -- Appendix 2 Soviet Order of Battle389 -- Appendix 3 Table of German Rank Equivalents 392 -- Appendix 4 Surrender Leaflet from the Free Germany Committee 393 -- Appendix 5 Glossary of German and Soviet Terms and Abbreviations 394 -- Appendix 6 Breakout Orders for Gruppe Stemmermann 396 -- Appendix 7 German Present for Battle Unit Strengths after Breakout 398 -- Appendix 8 The Luftwaffe's Aerial Supply Effort 399 -- Appendix 9 Comparative Sizes of German and Soviet Commands 400 -- Appendix 10 Knight's Cross Recipients 401 -- Appendix 11 Correlation of Forces403 -- Bibliography 404 -- Index 4 09.

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Cherkassy Pocket, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1944.

World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Soviet Union.

Nash, Douglas E.

20050411183157.0

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