6th Army
The German formation that died in the pocket.
6th Army, 4th Panzer, Romanian 3rd/4th, Italian 8th, Hungarian 2nd versus several Soviet fronts and the 62nd in the rubble.
Luftwaffe airlift as a failed logistics arm -- described, not taught.
Systems
62nd Army
Chuikov's urban holding force.
Satellite armies
Romanian, Italian, Hungarian flanks -- Uranus's true targets.
Luftwaffe airlift
A failed supply system.
Stavka pair
Zhukov and Vasilevsky as a planning institution.
NKVD / blocking
Order 227's disciplinary rear -- a political-military fact.
Meters
Peak intensity
97
Political name-weight
90
English memory (among eastern battles)
88
Duration (months)
40
Tech novelty
30
Civilian share in the city
80
Hotspots
Factory district
Barrikady, Red October -- the industrial slaughter.
Mamayev Kurgan
The hill taken and retaken.
River bank
62nd Army's last strip.
Don flanks
Uranus's start line.
Pitomnik airfield
The airlift's dying lung.
Materials
Rubble
The city as a material after the August raid.
Winter kit
The pocket's missing calories and coats.
Fuel for relief
Winter Storm's limit.
Volga ice and boats
Supply to the 62nd -- a river logistic.
This is a 1942-43 force picture, not a modern urban-warfare syllabus.
Allied German satellites on the flanks are part of the force, not extras.