Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943The 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. |
Contents
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The Delayed Battle for Moscow | 31 |
General Pauluss First Battle | 51 |
How Much Land Does a Man Need? | 69 |
Not One Step Backwards | 84 |
The Volga is Reached | 102 |
Operation Uranus | 239 |
Hitlers Obsession | 266 |
The Fortress Without a Roof | 278 |
Der Manstein Kommt | 291 |
Christmas in the German Way | 311 |
PART FIVE THE SUBJUGATION OF THE SIXTH ARMY | 331 |
The AirBridge | 333 |
Surrender Out of the Question | 352 |
PART THREE THE FATEFUL CITY | 121 |
The September Battles | 123 |
Rattenkrieg | 145 |
Traitors and Allies | 166 |
Fortresses of Rubble and Iron | 187 |
Pauluss Final Assault | 208 |
All For the Front | 220 |
PART FOUR ZHUKOVS TRAP | 237 |
A German Field Marshal Does Not Commit Suicide with a Pair of Nail Scissors | 374 |
Stop Dancing Stalingrad Has Fallen | 396 |
The City of the Dead | 406 |
The Sword of Stalingrad | 418 |
APPENDIX | 433 |
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