Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem.

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 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. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering, Stalingrad is unprecedented and unforgettable.

Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.

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ISBN 13	9780140284584
ISBN 10	0140284583
Title	Stalingrad
Author	Antony Beevor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Australia
Year published	1999-05-01
Number of pages	528
Prizes	Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 1999, Short-listed for WH Smith Annual Literary Award 1999
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