STALINGRAD

>Stripping away decades of myth, memoir distortion, and political accounting, Stalingrad: In 100 Facts re-examines the turning point of the Eastern Front through hard evidence, archival returns, and operational mechanics. Written by independent military analyst Cornelis van Houte, this structured analysis challenges conventional narratives: - The August 23 Raid: Why a thousand tons of explosives destroyed the water mains rather than the defenders, turning the city into a multi-kilometre labyrinth where rubble beat tanks.- The Death Toll Dispute: Why the standard 40,000 daily casualty figure collapses under historical scrutiny-and why no one has a better replacement.- Order 227 & The NKVD Returns: The gap between popular estimates of 13,500 executions and the internal NKVD return recording 278 shot versus nearly 15,000 soldiers returned to the line.- The Tractor Factory: How Albert Kahn's Detroit-designed plant kept churning out T-34s under 900+ sorties and fell while workers crewed their own unpainted hulls.- Operation Uranus & The Airlift: How a naming convention for bomb racks starved a quarter-million men while Göring shopped in Paris.- The Sniper Legend: Displacing the unverified Zaytsev-König duel with the tactical triad system that actually worked.- The Last Field Marshal: Why Hitler promoted Paulus on his tenth anniversary to enforce an unwritten suicide note read at 07:00-and why Paulus declined the favor before breakfast. Concise, analytical, and grounded in primary source documentation, Stalingrad: In 100 Facts is essential reading for military history enthusiasts, tabletop strategists, and anyone seeking the mechanical reality behind the legend. Cornelis van Houte is an independent military analyst.