{"product_id":"stalingrad-battle-atlas-volume-i-hardcover","title":"Stalingrad Battle Atlas: Volume I - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Joly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the New 2017 Revised Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Flames reached hundreds meters high, buildings collapsed and steel melted down: it seemed everything would be destroyed in this inferno, yet men kept on fighting.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis depiction by Major-General Aleksandr Rodimtsev, 13th Guards Division Commander, refers to the first German assault in the city on 14 September 1942. The fighting in Stalingrad indeed presented exceptional features. There eventually converged the essentials of the war in the East, not only a clash of armies and ruthless ideologies but also one of civilizations, where the invaders were not seeking to conquer another vassal state but to erase an entire culture from the face of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy years after, the release of new material from the Soviet archives finally allows to contemplate a detailed, exact study of the conflict, including new outstanding opportunites for mapping each single day of this terrible struggle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This first volume of the Stalingrad Battle Atlas series covers 30 days of combat within the city. Built upon the latest disclosed archival data, it addresses strategic and tactical levels and features entirely \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enew maps for each day of active operations during this period\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Synthesizing a wide range of documents and sources, this chronological atlas seeks to reach the maximal degree of precision in describing historical reality, rendering it through a standardized set of instruments: timeline, order of battle, unit strength returns, situation maps, contextual photos, quotes from key actors. It can be used as a reference manual for searchers, as well as a guide for those who want to know the basics: Who, When, Where.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIn 2015 the Russian Federal Archive Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Historical Society and the German Historical Institute in Moscow publically released large archival funds of Soviet and German records. This new edition of the Stalingrad Battle Atlas series thus benefits from the most substantial set of available wartime documents.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Main features: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eo Latest available documents from archives\u003cbr\u003e o Tactical \u0026amp; Strategic Maps\u003cbr\u003e o Order of Battle \u0026amp; Strength Returns\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA new perspective of the legendary battle on the Volga\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 550\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52628141769011,"sku":"9791093222103","price":49.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MzlhNTVWUUliT00zclhqY1MwWmUrUT09.webp?v=1762106234","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/stalingrad-battle-atlas-volume-i-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}