Antony Beevor
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| Original Title: | Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 |
| ISBN: | 0140284583 (ISBN13: 9780140284584) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Joseph Stalin, Hermann Göring, Friedrich Paulus, Georgy Zhukov, Erich von Manstein, Vasily Grossman, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrentiy Beria, Adolf Hitler, Vasily Chuikov, Alexander Edler von Daniels, Helmuth Groscurth, Hans-Valentin Hube, Hermann Hoth, Andrey Yeryomenko |
| Setting: | Volgograd(Russian Federation) Stalingrad, USSR,1942 Soviet Union,1942 |
| Literary Awards: | Hawthornden Prize (1999), Wolfson History Prize (1999), Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (1999) |
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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.Present Of Books Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
| Title | : | Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 |
| Author | : | Antony Beevor |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 494 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1999 by Penguin Books (first published July 1st 1998) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. War. World War II. Cultural. Russia. Military. Military History. Military Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.31 From 26873 Users | 947 ReviewsAssessment Of Books Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
The ending of siege of Stalingrad was seen by many historians as the defining moment of the Second World War. It cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of both German and Russian soldiers, as well as countless numbers of civilians. It is said that during the reconstruction of Stalingrad they were digging up bodies for decades afterwards.Tens of thousands died needlessly due to the interference of both Stalin and Hitler who on countless occasions overrode their Generals and insisted upon attacksSo, I'm watching a movie in German about the siege of Stalingrad last night while I'm knitting and my first thought was 'but I won't have a clue what is going on' and my second is 'fair enough....why should I have an unfair advantage over the poor fuckers who were there in the thick of it.' Just because I'm watching the movie, it shouldn't give me an edge.Afterwards, explaining this to my mother, she asked, so did you get it? And I'm like 'nope, but neither did they.' Bunches of people being
This is an excellent account of the battle of Stalingrad, I'd place it next to 'Enemy at the Gates'. The author gives you an overview of the military situation on the Eastern Front prior to the German Offensive towards Stalingrad on the Volga. The author tells the story of this terrible battle through the accounts of those soldiers who endured this inferno and survived as well as using letters and diaries of those who didn't! This is a story of the fighting, not of the strategy and tactics
"You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line'"!-- Wallace Shawn as Vizzini in The Princess BrideNever get involved in a land war in Asia. Or the European portion of Russia. That's good advice. For whatever reason, though, the lure of Russia - its vast steppes, its vast resources, its vast and bloody history - has
My first Beevor, it was outstanding. I will be coming back for more. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 gets 5 Stars for the epic battle history presented here. What Beevor conveys better than others is the sheer brutality of the eastern front and the Stalingrad battle. While millions die, Beevor brings the tragedy down to the individual level. Atrocity is matched by atrocity until you mourn the death of each side while seeing each side having justification. The Nazis started it but the
Stalingrad was the battle that turned the tide in the struggle against the German forces in WWII. This battle cost over 1 million lives with both sides refusing to lose. The fierce fight over a ruined city is fully explored along with the in human conditions both sides struggled with. The cost to the civilian population was staggering and this was a true battle of total war. Both sides showed little mercy to their own soldiers with executions and inhuman cruelity to prisoners. The egos of Stalin
This is surely one of the best, if not the best, books written on the siege of Stalingrad. The description of the siege, from both the German and Soviet perspectives, is quite unforgettable. The battle was joined on 23 August 1942 and concluded over five months later with the encirclement of the assaulting German Sixth Army by Russian reinforcements. Casualty estimates are always difficult for a battle of this size, but most agree that over a million lives were lost on both sides. Many civilians
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