SURVIVORS OF STALINGRAD by Reinhold Busch

(Subject: World War II - Eastern Front) In November 1942, as the Battle of Stalingrad continued to rage, the Red Army launched a devastating counter-attack from outside the city. The Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiers of the German 6th Army inside. For almost three months, during the harshest period of the Russian winter, the besieged German troops endured atrocious conditions. Freezing cold and reliant on dwindling food supplies from Luftwaffe air drops, thousands died from starvation, frostbite or infection, if not from the fighting itself. (Published: 2014) (Publisher: Frontline Books) (ISBN: 9781848327665) (Pagination: 264pp, 39 b/w photos, 4 maps) (Condition: Like new in d/w - unread) UL-XXXXXX