BATTLE OF THE CITIES: Urban Warfare on the Eastern Front

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Concise and vivid history of the urban war on the Eastern Front in WWII covers more than just Stalingrad and Leningrad. Traces the course of the fighting for a number of cities, including local circumstances, the opposing forces, the strategic significance, and the tactics employed. Focuses not only on the destruction and cruelty of such warfare, but on the heroism displayed on both sides and on the fate of the civilians who found themselves on the front line. The final urban battles were fought in Germany's cities, culminating in Berlin.