IMAGES OF WAR Stalingrad Te Cem CCE) RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME res NIK CORNISHIMAGES OF WAR STALINGRAD VICTORY ON THE VOLGA RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME ARCHIVES NIK CORNISH x Pen & Sword LIFirst published in Great Britain in 2009 by PEN & SWORD MILITARY an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. $70 2AS Copyright © Nik Cornish 2009 ISBN 978-1 -84415-934-5 The right of Nik Cornish to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. ‘Typeset by Mac Style, Beverley, East Yorkshire Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the imprints of Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, Pen & Sword Select, Pen & Sword Military Classics, Leo Cooper, Wharncliffe Local History For a complete ist of Pen & Sword titles please contact: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England. E-mail: enquiries@pen-and-sword.co.uk Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Contents Preface Photograph Sources Introduction Chapter I: Voronezh, Stalingrad or the Black Gold? Chapter 2: Order 227 Chapter 3: Backs to the Volga Chapter 4: Adapting to Circumstances Chapter 5: Hell's Factories Chapter 6: Retribution Chapter 7: Rendezvous at Kalach Chapter 8: Defeat on the Myshkova River Chapter 9: Victory on the Volga oN 31 49 65 8 7 113 127 143