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Hell's Gate - The Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket January-February 1944
DOUGLAS E. NASH
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HELL'S GATE
THE BATTLE OF THE
CHERKASSY POCKET
JANUARY -- FEBRUARY 1944
Douglas E. Nash
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HELL'S GATE
by
Douglas E. Nash
First Published March 2002
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Book Production Team
Layout and Design by Todd Rose
Text edited by Jeffery Hufnagel
Map Design by Fletch Brendan Good
Additional Photographic Research by Remy Spezzano
Jacket Design by Todd Rose
Photograph Credits:
U.S. National Archives, Bundesarchiv, Battle of Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Museum,
72.Inf.Div.Veteran's Association, 88.Inf.Div.Veteran's Association, Wiking Division
Veteran's Association, Freiherr von D6rnberg, Eberhard Heder, Willy Hein,
Gunther Jahnke, Fernand Kaisergruber, Walter Schaefer-Kehnert, Bernd Lerch,
Hans-Kurt Menedetter, Gerhard Meyer, Douglas Nash, Hans Queitzsch,
Horst Scheibert, Karl Schierholz, Andreas Schwarz, Rolf Stoves, Munin Verlag.
Copyright © 2002 by RZM IMPORTS, Inc.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any lneans,
electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first seeking the
written permission of the Publisher.
ISBN 0-9657584-3-5
Printed and Bound in Canada
by FREISENS Corporation
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To my wife Jill and Doug Jr., Drew and Deanna,
without your love and support this book would not have been possible,
and Thomas McGuirl.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPS
VI
FORWARD
1
PREFACE
2
BOOK I: SETTING THE STAGE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
The Saga of Army Group South
6
Opposing Forces
20
The Soviet Plan for a Second Stalingrad
44
BOOK II: THE RUSSIAN STEAMROLLER
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
The Hammer Falls - Konev Attacks
56
Vatutin Strikes
68
The Dam Breaks
80
The Trap Slams Shut at Zvenigorodka
88
BOOK III: VON MANSTEIN TO THE RESCUE
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Building the Kessel's Southern Front 102
The Aerial Bridge 114
Von Manstein's Plan to Encircle the Soviet 122
Crisis in the Kessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Breith Unleashes Operation "Wanda"
158
BOOK IV: DAYS OF DESPERATION
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
The Wandering Pocket
174
The Parley Attempt
192
Stemmermann Attacks
200
BOOK V: NOW OR NEVER
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Breith Tries Once Again
224
The Battle for Novo Buda
246
Deadlock on Hill 239
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IV
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