[The German Defeat in the Esian Campaign of World War Two) 01] • Stalingrad to Berlin - the German Defeat in the East [Illustrated Edition] (The Russian Campaign of World War Two) by Ziemke, Earl F. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD THE AUTHOR PREFACE CHAPTER I — Invasion!

The German Command

The Evolution of the Command The Plan for Invasion

BARBAROSSA

Hitler in Command

Operation BLAU

A Promise, Doubts, and a Plan The Campaign, 1942 The Manpower Squeeze A Command Shake-up Operations Order I

CHAPTER II — Retreat

The Soviet Command

On the Eve of War Preparedness and Doctrine Invasion and Retreat The First Winter Offensive

1942, Retreat and Recovery

CHAPTER III — Stalingrad, the Encirclement

The Advance on Stalingrad The Siege German Expectations

Crosscurrents Army Group B's Dispositions

Soviet Intentions

The Build-up The Plan and Tactics

Sixth Army Encircled

Breakthrough Manstein, Paulus, Hitler The Russians Neglect the Flanks

WINTERGEWITTER

Doubts and Delays WINTERGEWITTER Begins The Outcome

CHAPTER IV — Stalingrad, the Turning Point

Sixth Army Isolated Southwest Front Renews the Offensive

The Last Chance for Sixth Army Operations Order 2 Retreat to the Manich and the Donets Sixth Army Destroyed

CHAPTER V— The Countermarch

The Fight for Survival

The South Flank Threatened The Main Effort Against Army Group Don Retreat to the Mius Kharkov Falls

The Last German Victory

Manstein Castles to the Left The Panzer Armies Attack Kharkov Retaken

CHAPTER VI — The Center and the North

At the End of Summer 1942

Army Group Center Army Group North Finland—Twentieth Mountain Army

Partisan Warfare

The Rise of the Soviet Partisan Movement Führer Directive 46

A Companion Piece to Stalingrad

The Rzhev Salient Velikiye Luki

The Quiet Front On the Defensive

Leningrad and the Demyansk Pocket Army Group Center—Anti-partisan Warfare Operation BÜFFEL

CHAPTER VII — Operation ZITADELLE

The Lull in the Storm

A Dark Spring Germany's Allies Vlasov

A Limited Offensive

Strategic Plans—Operations Order 5 HABICHT and PANTHER Operations Order 6—ZITADELLE Postponed SILBERSTREIF Hitler Decides for ZITADELLE

ZITADELLE

Tactics and Forces The Offensive Begins Thrust and Counterthrust Hitler Cancels ZITADELLE

CHAPTER VIII — The First Soviet Summer Offensive

Troops and Tactics

The Main Effort in the South Comparative Strengths The State of Soviet Military Art The Psychological Warfare Victory

The Fourth Battle of Kharkov

Tactical Surprise Breakthrough Hitler Decides To Build an East Wall Kharkov Evacuated

The Front in Flames

Army Group Center First Panzer Army and Sixth Army Manstein and Kluge Confront Hitler Hitler Approves a Withdrawal "In Principle"

To the Dnepr

First Panzer Army and Sixth Army Retreat Fourth Panzer Army and Eighth Army Weaken Kluge Begins the Retreat to the PANTHER Position Hitler and Kluge Go Slow Army Group South Goes Behind the River

CHAPTER IX — The Battle for the Dnepr Line

Army Group South

The Zaporozhye Bridgehead Lost Sixth Army—Breakthrough and Retreat The Crimea Cut Off Konev Drives Toward Krivoi Rog Kiev and the Crimea A Lesson in Maneuver "He Who Holds His Positions a Minute Longer. . . ."

The Dnepr Bridgehead, Army Group Center

Rokossovskiy Holds the Pripyat Bridgehead Gomel-Retchitsa NIKOLAUS

CHAPTER X — The Rising Tide

Breakthrough at Nevel

Army Group North Surprise-Repercussions-Partisans Attack and Counterattack Vitebsk

The German Allies

Hungary—Operation MARGARETHE Finland—Führer Directive 50

Leadership, Manpower, Strategy

Command Changes Manpower Führer Directive 51

CHAPTER XI — Offensives on Both Flanks—the South Flank

The Battle Resumes West of Kiev

Vatutin Attacks Hitler Fends Off a Decision First Panzer Army Redeployed The Battle Expands Manstein Concentrates on the Southward Thrust XI and XXXXVI Corps Encircled

The Cherkassy Pocket — (Korsun' Shevchenkovskiy)

Kirovograd The Envelopment The Relief Breakout

Nikopol and Krivoi Rog

Schörner in Command on the Bridgehead Vasilevskiy Stages a Two-Front Battle Retreat From the Bridgehead Krivoi Rog—The Ingulets

Dubno-Lutsk-Kovel'

CHAPTER XII — Offensives on Both Flanks—the North Flank

Operation BLAU

Standing By Leningrad Liberated Withdrawal to the ROLLBAHN Küchler's Dilemma Model Takes Command Schild und Schwert The PANTHER Position Model Departs

An "Echo" in Finland

TANNE and BIRKE The Soviet Terms Rejected

CHAPTER XIII — Paying the Piper

Mud and Strategy A Soviet Spring Offensive

The Regroupment First Ukrainian Front Attacks Führer Order 11 Second and Third Ukrainian Fronts Attack The Hammer and the Anvil First Panzer Army Breaks Out Sixth Army Retreats to the Bug Eighth Army Covers the Flank Model and Schörner Take Command MARGARETHE First Panzer Army Saved—A Fortress Sacrificed To the Dnestr

The Crimea

CHAPTER XIV — Prelude to Disaster

Karelia

The Soviet Offensive Begins German Aid The Last Phase

Partisan Warfare at Its Height

Organization Personnel Operations Anti-partisan Warfare

The West and the East

CHAPTER XV — The Collapse of the Center

Deception and Delusion The Battle for Belorussia

Plans and Forces Breakthrough The Bobruysk Pocket The Minsk Pocket Retreat A Threat to Army Group North

The Battle Expands to the Flanks

Army Group North Ukraine Broken Through The Baltic Gap Attentat!—Guderian—Schörner "The thrust is the best parry"

The Recovery

Crosscurrents A Corridor to Army Group North The Battle Subsides

CHAPTER XVI — The South Flank

Escape to the Carpathians

Army Group South Ukraine Rumania The Offensive Begins Rumania Surrenders Sixth Army Destroyed Retreat to the Carpathians

The Front Rebuilt

Retreat to the Muresul—Crisis in Hungary Hitler Plans a Counteroffensive Tank Battle at Debrecen Horthy Asks for an Armistice To the Tisza

CHAPTER XVII — Retreat and Encirclement

The Balkan Peninsula

The Southeastern Theater Weichs and Hitler Wait and See Bulgaria Surrenders A Front on the East Belgrade—Decision To Evacuate Greece Army Group E's Withdrawal A Front on the Drina

Budapest

The First Thrust Malinovskiy Maneuvers Tolbukhin Joins In Budapest Encircled

CHAPTER XVIII — Defeat in the North

The Finnish Armistice

Cobelligerency Dissolved Decision

Retreat From Northern Finland

BIRKE NORDLICHT The Battle in the Arctic NORDLICHT Completed

Army Group North's Retreat to Courland

Vasilevskiy's September Offensive Bagramyan's Thrust to the Baltic

CHAPTER XIX — The January Offensive

Two Fronts, the Führer's Will, and German Resources The Downturn

Guderian Goes to the Eastern Front The Stavka's Plans

From the Vistula to the Oder

Breakout Pursuit Army Group Vistula The Thaw

East Prussia

Army Group Center Isolated Treason?

The Budapest Relief

CHAPTER XX — The Defense of the Reich

Missions

German Soviet

The Soviet Offensive Falters

Konev Stops on the Neisse The Oder, West Prussia, and East Prussia Operation SONNENWENDE The Hron Bridgehead The German Condition

Parry and Thrust—Vienna

"The Awakening of Spring" The Soviet Counteroffensive Begins To Vienna

Closing In?

Zhukov and Rokossovskiy Against Army Group Vistula Fortress Berlin Konev in Upper Silesia

CHAPTER XXI — Berlin

The Eve of the Battle

The Soviet Decision To Take Berlin Hitler Worries About the Flanks Soviet Redeployment and Plans Hitler Prepares for the Battle

The Encirclement

Konev Breaks Through Hitler Decides To See the Battle Through Completing the Circle

The Last Act

"A Day of Hopes" Keitel and Jodl in Command Too Late for a Miracle The Sand Runs Out Surrender

CHAPTER XXII — Conclusion REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER Appendix A — Table Of Equivalent Ranks Appendix B — Comparative Sizes Of Major Commands — November 1941 to January 1943 Note on Sources

I II III IV

Glossary Code Names ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS

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