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Title | : | Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 |
Author | : | Antony Beevor |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 494 pages |
Published | : | May 1st 1999 by Penguin Books (first published July 1st 1998) |
Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. War. World War II. Cultural. Russia. Military. Military History. Military Fiction |
Antony Beevor
Paperback | Pages: 494 pages Rating: 4.31 | 26873 Users | 947 Reviews
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The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle. 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 interviewed 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.Specify Books Toward Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Original Title: | Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 |
ISBN: | 0140284583 (ISBN13: 9780140284584) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Joseph Stalin, Hermann Göring, Friedrich Paulus, Georgy Zhukov, Erich von Manstein, Vasily Grossman, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrentiy Beria, Adolf Hitler, Vasily Chuikov, Alexander Edler von Daniels, Helmuth Groscurth, Hans-Valentin Hube, Hermann Hoth, Andrey Yeryomenko |
Setting: | Volgograd(Russian Federation) Stalingrad, USSR,1942 Soviet Union,1942 |
Literary Awards: | Hawthornden Prize (1999), Wolfson History Prize (1999), Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (1999) |
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Ratings: 4.31 From 26873 Users | 947 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Did you read the one about THE END OF THE WORLD but the name, ANTONY BEEVOR, was above the title and in as-big or bigger type? Antony Beevor is such a brand I think Penguin Books should just go full bore and give him an official logo in lightning-bolt font like some hair band of the '80s.My rating of four stars is essentially meaningless. Three stars seems too severe but five seems too generous. Should you read it? Yes, but not as your first book on Stalingrad. Go to William Craig's Enemy at theAs with Mr. Beevors The Fall of Berlin 1945, Stalingrad is an excellent book, well written and researched. I have three primary thoughts:First, to synthesize the standard American narrative of the Second World Wars European Theatre, it was the United States who broke the back of Nazi Germany, rescuing, yet again, the French (and others) from the Germans. It was the United States who provided substantial material support to Russia, significantly enhancing their ability to defeat Germany. While
British historian Antony Beefor has written a complete and objective history of the titanic Battle of Stalingrad during WWII. He certainly did his research, drawing upon the once secret Russian archives as well as German records. The result is very readable, a narrative that moves along swiftly, so that at times I couldn't put it down. And we know the ending--the Soviet Army's defeat and destruction of the German Sixth Army in the city of Stalingrad in Russia. I would argue that it was not only
"You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line'"!-- Wallace Shawn as Vizzini in The Princess BrideNever get involved in a land war in Asia. Or the European portion of Russia. That's good advice. For whatever reason, though, the lure of Russia - its vast steppes, its vast resources, its vast and bloody history - has
Description: The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.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
So, I'm watching a movie in German about the siege of Stalingrad last night while I'm knitting and my first thought was 'but I won't have a clue what is going on' and my second is 'fair enough....why should I have an unfair advantage over the poor fuckers who were there in the thick of it.' Just because I'm watching the movie, it shouldn't give me an edge.Afterwards, explaining this to my mother, she asked, so did you get it? And I'm like 'nope, but neither did they.' Bunches of people being
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