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Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

Stalingrad

The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

Antony Beevor

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 1, 1999

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare.

German HistoryRussian HistoryWWII Eastern Fronthistory
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A grim, tightly focused wartime history with a keen edge and plenty of texture.
Genres
WWII Eastern Front, Russian History, German History
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, May 1, 1999

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About this book

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem. 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.

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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 itnerviewed 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. Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.

Grim Precision

A grim, tightly focused wartime history with a keen edge and plenty of texture.

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  • layered wartime history
  • sharp, unsentimental prose

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  • complex military stakes
  • immersion over neat uplift

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WWII Eastern Front96%
German History38%
Russian History25%

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Publisher categories

  • Military Strategy
  • World War II History
  • Russian History
Authors
Antony Beevor
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
May 1, 1999
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Military Strategy