199 DAYS BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD by Edwin P Hoyt
The epic battle of Stalingrad will be remembered as one of history's most savage conflicts. Here world-renowned military historian Edwin P. Hoyt tells the full story of this bloody battle, using documents from Moscow and American archives as well as first-person testimonials from Stalingrad's heroic survivors. With the dramatic power of a first-rate storyteller, Hoyt recreates the words and deeds of the battle's chief participants: its ruthless warlords, Hitler and Stalin; its fabled generals, von Paulus and Marshal Zhukov; its soldiers and civilians who fought, bled and died. In this thought-provoking and grimly fascinating book, Hoyt gives some startling and illuminating insights into this crucial battle.
Writer, journalist and historian Edwin P. Hoyt was a war correspondent in Asia and the Middle East. He has been news editor for the US Office of War Information and a member of their psychological warfare team in India, Burma and China; reporter, editor and writer for the Denver Post and San Francisco Chronicle; and a producer-director-writer for CBS TV News. He is the author of The Invasion Before Normandy, The U-Boat Wars, Hitler's War and Japan's War. He lives in Japan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861054043 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861054041 |
| Title | 199 DAYS BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD |
| Author | Edwin P Hoyt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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