Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
A timely analysis and re-creation of the turning point of World War II. In october 1942, a panzer officer wrote "Stalingrad is no longer a town... Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure". The battle became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination to win the gruesome, vicious war on the eastern front. The citizens of Stalingrad endured unimaginable hardship; the battle, with fierce hand to hand fighting in each room of each building, was brutally destructive to both armies. But the eventual victory of the Red Army, and the failure of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa was the first defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe, and the start of his decline. An extraordinary story of tactical genius, civilian bravery, obsession, carnage and the nature of war itself, 'Stalingrad' will act as a testament to the vital role of the soviet war effort.
'Captivating. . Jingoistic statues never pay a proper tribute to the dead, but honest books, like this one, certainly do' -- Vitali Vitaliev * Guardian *
Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad (Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall, The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, and Ardennes 1944 (Prix Médicis shortlist). The number one bestselling historian in Britain, Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-two languages and have sold just over seven million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140249859 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140249850 |
| Title | Stalingrad |
| Author | Antony Beevor |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Prizes | Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 1999, Winner of Hawthornden Prize 1999, Winner of Wolfson Literary Award for History 1999, Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 1999, Short-listed for WH Smith Literary Prize 1999, Short-listed for WH Smith Annual Literary Award 1999 |
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