To the gates of Stalingrad : Soviet-German combat operations, April-August 1942 /
David M Glantz, with Jonathan M House.
- Lawrence KS : University Press of Kansas, 2009
- xix, 655 p. : ill. maps.
- The Stalingrad trilogy ; v.1 .
Stalingrad was not originally a primary German objective, rather it was a minor item in the push to capture the Caucasus oil fields. This extraordinarily detailed study covers events leading to Stalingrad, the massive struggle for Stalingrad itself, and the aftermath.