This gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II, conveying the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield.
Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor\'s magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II\'s most harrowing battle..
As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering, Stalingrad is unprecedented and unforgettable.
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.
Stalingrad conveys the experience of soldiers on both sides, fighting in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield.
This battle for the ruins of a city cost more than a million lives.
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.
In August 1942, Hitler\'s huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin\'s name.
From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem.
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare.
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This gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II, conveying the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield
