Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
by Antony Beevor
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Author: Antony BeevorEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-05-01
ISBN: 0140284583
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: "THE BATTLE" REVISITED FROM THE FRONT
Summary: 5 Stars
When we thougth that everything had already been said and written about Stalingrad's Krieg, here cames Beevor with an outstanding description of the battle that caused the German defeat on the eastern front. This book is very well written and reads like a novel, but contains a truthful and accurate account of the man to man, wall to wall combat, in the besieged Stalingrad. Drawing on material not available before to other historians Beevor's tale is new in many aspects and reveals some accurate information based on the records of the Soviet Army. The russians serving in the Wehrmacht outnumbered the italian and rumanian allies involved in the battle. More than 13,000 russians soldiers were executed by their own people on grounds of desertion. Russian snipers in Stalingrad greatly contributed to the demoralization of the enemy and their deeds were fully exploited by the soviets propaganda machine (This is why the movie Enemy at the Gate is an interesting rendition of this aspect of the battle). The sheer numbers of the dead and dispersed has to qualify this event as an enormous military tragedy and a confirmation of Hitler's stubborness and lack of contact with the reality of the Eastern Front. If war must be fougth, soldiers and not politicians are the ones best suited to do it. To anyone seriously interested in history and WWII I would strongly recommend this book, because is a real depiction, day by day, of the incredible hardships that common soldiers had to endure during this battle and a poem about the utter stupidity and futility of man's war effort....MUST BUY
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