Beyond Barbarossa: The Eastern Front of World War 2
The Soviet high command's strategy to defeat the Germans at Stalingrad took the invaders by surprise.
Map 1: The German flanks
Map 2: Operation Uranus in action
Red Army soldiers in winter camouflage charge across the steppe
The T-34 in action in Uranus
Northern and southern pincers meet
Red Army commanders from the 5th Tank Army and the 4th Mechanized Corps meet on the steppe near Kalach, 23 November 1942. The end of the beginning.