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Peter Tsouras - Disaster at Stalingrad

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Название:
Disaster at Stalingrad
Автор:
Peter G. Tsouras
Издательство:
Frontline Books
Жанр:
Альтернативная история / на английском языке
Год:
2013
ISBN:
9781783469468
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It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission was to take the city, crushing this crucial centre of communication and manufacturing, and to secure the valuable oil fields in the Caucasus. What happens next is well known to any student of modern history: a brutal war of attrition, characterised by fierce hand-to-hand combat, that lasted for nearly two years, and the eventual victory by a resolute Soviet Red Army. A ravaged German Army was pushed into full retreat. This was the first defeat of Hitler’s territorial ambitions in Europe and a critical turning point of WWII. But the outcome could have been very different, as Peter Tsouras demonstrates in this fascinating alternate history of this fateful battle.
By introducing minor — and realistic — adjustments, Tsouras presents a scenario in which the course of the battle runs quite differently, which in turn throws up disturbing possibilities regarding the outcome of the whole war.

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Chuikov, with the instinct bred in the Rattenkrieg, bolted in the confusion. He paused at the corner of a ruined building, took a deep breath, and laughed. ‘Zaitsev! God bless you, my boy!’ 6

APPENDIX A

Forces in the Battle of 20° East

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Germans

German Fleet (Admiral Carls)

Battlegroup 1 (Admiral Schniewind)

Battleship: Tirpitz

Heavy Cruiser: Admiral Hipper

Destroyer Flotilla 5: Friedrich Ihn, Friedrich Eckoldt, Karl Galster

Destroyer Flotilla 6: Theodor Riedel, Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrinck

Battlegroup 2 (Admiral Kummetz)

Heavy cruisers: Lützow, Admiral Scheer

Destroyer Flotilla 8: Richard Beitzen, Z-24, Z-27

Battlegroup 3 (Admiral Ciliax)

Battlecruisers: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau

Heavy cruiser: Prinz Eugen

Light Cruiser Flotilla 1: Leipzig, Nürnberg

Destroyer Flotilla 8.1: Z-28, Z-29, Z-30

U-boat Flotillas 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14

Luftflotte 5

KG 26: 42 He 111

KG 30: 103 Ju 88

StG 5: 30 Ju 87

KFlGr 906: 15 He 115

JG 26: 109 Fw 190

Allies

Home Fleet (Admiral Tovey)

Battleships: Duke of York , King George V , Washington

Cruisers: Cumberland, Nigeria , Kent

Destroyers: 14 ships

Aircraft carriers: Victorious (42 aircraft), Wasp (75 aircraft)

1st Cruiser Squadron(Admiral Hamilton)

Heavy cruisers: London, Norfolk, Wichita, Tuscaloosa

6th Destroyer Flotilla: Somali, Wainwright, Rowan

Convoy PQ-17, Close Escort(Commander Broome)

Destroyers Fury, Keppel, Leamington, Ledbury, Offa, Wilton

Corvettes Lotus, Poppy, La Malouine, Dianella

Minesweepers Halcyon, Salamander, Britomart

ASW trawlers Lord Middleton, Lord Austin, Ayrshire, Northern Gem

AA ships Palomares, Pozarica

Submarines P.614, P.615

APPENDIX B

Soviet Forces in Operation Uranus

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Illustrations

Planning Germanys attack on the USSR in 1941 From left Field Marshal Keitel - фото 32

Planning Germany’s attack on the USSR in 1941. From left, Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff of OKW, Field Marshal von Brauchitsch, C-in-C of the Army, Hitler, Gen. Halder, Chief of Staff of the Army.

Marshal of the Soviet Union and brutal dictator Joseph Stalin was as - фото 33

Marshal of the Soviet Union and brutal dictator, Joseph Stalin, was as murderous as Hitler but a far more rational war leader.

The men trying to keep the Soviet Union in the war through military aid - фото 34

The men trying to keep the Soviet Union in the war through military aid: President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill (seated). Behind them stand (from left) Adm. King, Gen. Marshall, Gen. Dill, Adm. Leahy, and Adm. Pound.

Soviet T34 tank refurbished and improved at the Kharkov Tractor Factory for - фото 35

Soviet T-34 tank refurbished and improved at the Kharkov Tractor Factory for use by the Germans.

Soviet military production was severely disrupted by the German invasion which - фото 36

Soviet military production was severely disrupted by the German invasion which forced the relocation of thousands of factories to the Urals and elsewhere. The tank factory at Chelyabinsk was so large it became known as Tankograd.

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein conqueror of the Crimea the only man Hitler - фото 37

Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, conqueror of the Crimea, the only man Hitler could call on to retrieve the situation at Stalingrad.

Col Gen Friedrich Paulus commander of the 6th Army a competent general - фото 38

Col. Gen. Friedrich Paulus, commander of the 6th Army, a competent general until the situation required him to think for himself.

Col Gen Walter von SeydlitzKurbach hero of the Demyansk Pocket commander - фото 39

Col. Gen. Walter von Seydlitz-Kurbach, hero of the Demyansk Pocket, commander of LI Corps and later of 6th Army, a man of decisive initiative.

Maj Gen Erhard Raus Austrian commander of 6th Panzer Division beloved by - фото 40

Maj. Gen. Erhard Raus, Austrian commander of 6th Panzer Division, beloved by his men for being able to get them out of any scrape.

Reinhard Heydrich the second man in the SS organizer of the Final Solution - фото 41

Reinhard Heydrich, the second man in the SS, organizer of the Final Solution, and self-styled heir to Adolf Hitler.

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris chief of the Abwehr German military intelligence and - фото 42

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the Abwehr, German military intelligence, and early mentor of Heydrich in the Navy.

General Georgi Zhukov Stalins best general who had saved Leningrad and - фото 43

General Georgi Zhukov, Stalin’s best general, who had saved Leningrad and Moscow. Could he now save Stalingrad?

Maj Gen Vasili Chuikov the fiercely tenacious commander of the 62nd Army in - фото 44

Maj. Gen. Vasili Chuikov, the fiercely tenacious commander of the 62nd Army in the defence of Stalingrad.

Some of the hundreds of Soviet tanks destroyed in the fighting in the great - фото 45

Some of the hundreds of Soviet tanks destroyed in the fighting in the great bend of the Don.

British poster emphasizing the importance of the Arctic convoys in keeping the - фото 46

British poster emphasizing the importance of the Arctic convoys in keeping the Soviet Union in the war. Red Air Force support was much exaggerated.

The nightmare of the British and the heart of the German fleet in being the - фото 47

The nightmare of the British and the heart of the German fleet in being, the battleship Admiral Tirpitz , in Altenfjord, Norway (above); and in a US Navy recognition drawing (left).

The heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper seen here in a US Navy recognition chart - фото 48

The heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper , seen here in a US Navy recognition chart, was the flagship of the greatest fleet action in German naval history.

HMS London followed by USS Wichita two of the ships of the Cruiser Covering - фото 49

HMS London followed by USS Wichita, two of the ships of the Cruiser Covering Force for Convoy PQ-17. Both carried eight 8-inch guns, but the Wichita was better armoured.