In early October 1942, the German Sixth Army realised that it had one last chance to break through the Soviet lines and capture Stalingrad before exhaustion set in. Stalingrad: The Vital 7 Days looks in detail at this desperate last attempt by the Germans to win the battle of Stalingrad in an all-out effort, and how the Red Army managed to cling on against all the odds. With the aid of specially-commissioned maps, vivid photographs and first-hand accounts from both sides, this book gives a comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the decisive failure of the German assault that ultimately decided the course of the war in the East.