From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is
the engrossing story of the German resurgence after the battle of
Stalingrad. Containing haunting first-hand accounts of the horrors of
life on the front line, this gripping narrative reveals in startling
detail the story of a bitter struggle for survival against terrible
odds.
The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The
German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly
afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw
bitter attritional fighting and extremes of human misery inflicted on
both sides.
The surrender of General Friedrich von Paulus' army left Germany's
eastern armies severely weakened, but the Red Army had suffered enormous
losses as it overreached itself in trying to exploit its great victory.
The war was not over. Germany would continue the fight, and the battles
that took place in the winter of 1942/43 would show the tactical and
operational skill of Erich von Manstein and the Wehrmacht as they
attempted to avert total disaster.
In this title, now available in paperback, a renowned expert on warfare
on the Eastern Front reveals the often-overlooked German
counteroffensive post-Stalingrad, and how it prevented the whole Axis
front line from collapsing.
Drawing on first-hand accounts, On a Knife's Edge is a story of
brilliant generalship, lost opportunities and survival in the harshest
theater of war.
