Stalingrad. The Fateful Siege. 1942-1943

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Publisher Place: Hawthorn
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: Reprint

Description: 493 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevors magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War IIs most harrowing battle. In August 1942, Hitlers huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalins name. In the five month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost, then caught their Nazi enemy in an astonishing reversal. As never before, Stalingrad conveys the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought 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 reports of prisoner interrogations, desertions, and executions. The battle of Stalingrad was the psychological turning point of World War II; as Beevor makes clear, it also changed the face of modern warfare. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering, Stalingrad is unprecedented and unforgettable.

ISBN: 9780140284584