Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942-1943 is a book that analyzed the role of Hitler's

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

 use and control of the Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

 in the Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943...

 between Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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 and the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Written by historian Joel S. A. Hayward

Joel Hayward

Joel S.A. Hayward , is a New Zealand-born "noted scholar of war and strategy" who has worked in the United Kingdom since 2004.He is best known for his published books and articles on military matters, including the use of air power, his 2003 biography of Horatio Lord Nelson, and his writing and...

, it discusses at length the various reasons for Hitler's invasion, the consequences, the major battles of the Eastern Front and the role of the Luftwaffe in these areas, along with the hierarchy of the Luftwaffe itself. The book deals with how Hitler's control of the Luftwaffe during this battle ultimately led to the German loss at the Battle of Stalingrad, the turning point against the Germans in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The book was based on the author's doctoral thesis at the University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

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.

Stopped at Stalingrad was published by University Press of Kansas in 1998.

Main contents

1. Hitler's Utopian Strategy

2. The Need to "Clear Up" the Crimea: November 1941 to May 1942

3. Operation "Bustard Hunt": May 1942

4. Operation "Sturgeon Catch": June–July 1942

5. Stampede to the Don: June–July 1942

6. Stalemate in the Caucasus: July–December 1942

7. Toward Destruction: August–November 1942

8. Disaster and Decisions: November 1942

9. Failure: November–December 1942

10. Collapse: January 1943

In academic journals

(alphabetical by journal)

• Herman Reinhold, in [US Air Force] Aerospace Power Journal, Volume XVI, No. 1 (Spring 2002), pp. 122–123 " shows his mastery of the subject"
• P.L.de Rosa in CHOICE
  Choice
  Choice consists of the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them. While a choice can be made between imagined options , often a choice is made between real options, and followed by the corresponding action...
  
  : Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Oct 1998 v36 n2 p374(2)
• Larry L. Ping, in German Studies Review, Vol. 23, No. 2 (May, 2000), pp. 372–373 doi:10.2307/1432710 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0149-7952(200005)23%3A2%3C372%3ASASTLA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 (access through JStor)
• by Russell Lemmons in History, Fall 1998, p. 27
• Earl F. Ziemke, in The International History Review, Vol. XXI, No. 1 (March 1999), p. 220.
• Richard R. Muller, in The Journal of Military History, Vol. 62, No. 4 (Oct., 1998), pp. 951–952

doi:10.2307/120227 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0899-3718(199810)62%3A4%3C951%3ASASTLA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E (access through JStor) "Hayward's rendering is an important contribution to the airpower history of World War II."

• Overy, in War In History. 2001; 8: 123-125 http://intl-wih.sagepub.com/cgi/framedreprint/8/1/123 (Sage Publishers site) "model of its kind"
• John Erickson, RUSI Journal "an original and formidably researched study"

In non-academic journals

• Omer Bartov
  Omer Bartov
  Omer Bartov is the John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of History and Professor of German Studies at Brown University....
  
  , Times Literary Supplement Oct 23, 1998 n4986 p12(2) "Hayward makes a convincing case"