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Stalingrad - The Fateful Siege - 1942-1943

By: Penguin Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP old price: $16.95


Product Info

Title
Stalingrad - The Fateful Siege - 1942-1943
Publisher
Category
Author
Antony Beevor
Publish Year
1998
Pages
494
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1"
NKG Part #
2148036964
Type
Softcover

Description

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.

In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five-month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost; then, in an astonishing reversal, encircled and trapped their Nazi enemy. This battle for the ruins of a city cost more than a million lives. Stalingrad conveys the experience of soldiers on both sides, fighting in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield. Antony Beevor has interviewed survivors and discovered completely new material in a wide range of German and Soviet archives, including prisoner interrogations and reports of desertions and executions. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering, Stalingrad is unprecedented and unforgettable.