This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The best book i have read about stalingrad is a book written by antony beevor and its called stalingrad. This book absolutely deglorifies war, although it leaves you with respect for the incredible sacrifices and pain the induvidual soldiers had to endure. After losing the battle, the german army lost so many soldiers and took such a defeat that they never quite recovered. The book won the first samuel johnson prize, the wolfson history prize and the hawthornden prize for literature in 1999.
As the germans advanced towards stalingrad in the summer of 1942, the war came to the locals of the city and evacuation was slow to the speed of. But it will also be the cradle of a new sense of hope. The narrative relates in interestholding, economical prose the story of the tremendous, lastditch battle that was the single greatest turning point of world war ii. Finally, i am really glad to see this gem available in the kindle format. To go alongside this fantastic new campaign book, weve got an amazing battle set to complete your collection these sets are crammed with miniatures and exclusive mdf terrain produced by our friends at sarissa precision.
The battlefield transcripts stalin deemed too true to publish. List of books and articles about battle of stalingrad online. The halfyear battle for the streets of stalingrad was an unremitting horror, with not only two armies, but thousands of civilians jammed into a city that was being bombed into rubble while everyone was starving or dying of thirst. The halfyear battle for the streets of stalingrad was an unremitting horror, with not only two armies, but thousands of civilians jammed into a city that was being bombed into rubble while everyone was. It was one of the most important battles of the second world war. What this book does well is get across how sudden death can be.
Machinegewehr bataillon mot there are several unique photos of parade and award ceremony for wehrmacht personnel who. If there is only one book on stalingrad that you want to read, then i would suggest enemy at the gates by craig. Click download or read online button to get the battle of stalingrad book now. Jul 01, 1998 this is a painful book to read, as it shows the horror of the war on both sides.
They were fighting for control of the city of stalingrad. This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding more about the battle of stalingrad, providing you with the essential information and saving time. The book starts with operation barbarossa, the german invasion of the ussr in june 1941, and the subsequent drive into the soviet union. Oct 30, 2017 it depends on how you want to look at the battle. Stalingrad is the prequel to life and fate, one of the twentieth centurys greatest novels.
Battle of stalingrad project gutenberg selfpublishing. Battle of stalingrad, successful soviet defense of the city of stalingrad that was a turning point in favor of the allies in world war ii. Stalingrad part 1 of 3 audiobook full by atony bevoor youtube. Stalingrad is a magnificent novel not only of war but of all human life. Throughout these fortyeight days, the people of the world watched stalingrad with even greater concern than they watched moscow last october. From antony beevor, the internationally bestselling author of dday and the battle of arnhem.
An allegory is a full story that uses all characters and events as a symbol for a bigger idea, which is what george orwell does with the battle of windmill in his book animal farm. The battle for stalingrad, turning point on the eastern front during world war 2. Dec 14, 2016 antony beevor stalingrad audiobook part 2 leo dagostino. The battle of stalingrad marked a turned pointing in world war ii. The street is no longer measured by meters but by corpses.
I wanted the to read about the fate of stalingrad but this book gives so much detailes about the battle that it is hard to grasp everything. The book count with an excellent research, well written like a novel. Inevitably, the compromises required to make grossmans best known book life and fate was the sequel to this extraordinary novel. Some of the better books on the battle of stalingrad are enemy at the gates. The battle of stalingrad download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. It was one of the most important battles of the war because it marked the end of germanys advances. What is the best book to read about the battle of stalingrad. Hitlers soldiers stormed the city in september 1942 in a bid to complete the conquest of europe.
The book is unusual in that the authors use drawings to guide the reader through the experience and provide a sense of immediacy within the conflict as well. This is a book for those with a good grounding in the battle of stalingrad, and it focuses specifically on the struggle for the middle of the three huge factories to the north of the city. The battle of stalingrad was fought from july 17, 1942 to february 2, 1943, during world war ii 19391945. Battle of stalingrad military history oxford bibliographies. You have a good look of both armies and their commanders. This book provides lucid, understandable operational and tactical details of hitlers barbarossa campaign and the battle for stalingrad. During the most ferocious battle in human history, soviet historians interviewed over 200 red army soldiers about the 1943 fighting that helped seal nazi germanys fate. It was at the battle of stalingrad that hitler met his match, and was dealt a decisive blow, from which he couldnt recover.
The battle of stalingrad was fought during the second world war between nazi germany and the soviet union. It is a long book, but an easy read, well supported by maps extremely well labelled and photos. Its main focus is the battle of stalingrad, in particular the period from the initial german attack to operation uranus and the soviet victory. Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in. Images from the battle of stalingrad getty the photo album of wehrmacht nco named nemela of 9. This is a painful book to read, as it shows the horror of the war on both sides. The battle of stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between russian forces and those of nazi germany and the axis powers during world war ii. But this book is long on personality and short on military strategy. Advancing into the soviet union, the germans opened the battle in july 1942. What are the best books about the battle of stalingrad answers. What are the best books about the battle of stalingrad. Discover librarianselected research resources on battle of stalingrad from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. It is certainly the best narrative of the battle yet to appear and is not likely to be surpassed in our time. In august 1942, hitlers huge sixth army reached the.
Both books were clearly influenced by war and peace, and grossmans concept was to create something similar centreing on the battle of stalingrad. This last book was done by a german war correspondent and details the sufferings of the common german soldier a sobering assessment. The point about the battle of stalingrad was that it was the. In this book, master military historian, antony beevor, applies his proven technique of matching opposing units battle journals by date and time to reconstruct the clashes of the battles in vivid color and detail. The battle of stalingrad was one of the largest and deadliest battles in world war ii. What a pleasure it is to welcome a real book by a writer who truly understands the drama and tragedy of great operations. The road to stalingrad by john erickson is a scholarly work which has maps and the order of battle. The battle for stalingrad a maelstrom of violence and firepower will reduce it to ruins. The battle of stalingrad was a battle fought during the second world war between nazi germany and the soviet union. Jun 03, 2019 a russian during the battle of stalingrad in the second world war.
The battle of stalingrad was part of the strategic conflict that occurred in the southwestern soviet union in 19421943. Its a very detailed book about the fights in the sovietunion, and the brutal battle of stalingrad. The battle for stalingrad by william craig, stalingrad by heinz schroter, the road to stalingrad. Of all the many battles fought by the soldiers of czarist and soviet russia, only two perhaps might be ranked as fundamentally decisive, in that they not. Apr 28, 2015 the german edition of stalingrad won a damals prize for best historical study of the year. July 17, 1942 battle of stalingrad begins as the luftwaffe begins to bomb the city and soviet shipping on the volga river. The battle of stalingrad was the most important of wwii, the author tell us about the siege of stalingrad. Do you think books like yours have helped reclaim the narrative. Antony beevor stalingrad audiobook part 2 leo dagostino. Nov 05, 2012 a new book has finally laid bare the full horrors of the battle of stalingrad in the words of ordinary russian soldiers, whose memories were suppressed by the soviet authorities for 70 years. The battle of stalingrad download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
The turning point of world war ii came at stalingrad. Each chapter begins with a page of text, providing context for the fighting ahead. For six months, two massive military forces, each instructed by their respective leader not to cede an inch to the enemy, fought for control of the city that bore the soviet dictators name. A prequel to one of the great novels of the 20th century, vasily grossmans 1960 book life and fate, finally appeared in english this year. A russian during the battle of stalingrad in the second world war. Battle of stalingrad pictures view footage from the battle of stalingrad in january 1943 the photo album of wehrmacht nco named nemela of 9. Stalingrad is a narrative history written by antony beevor of the battle fought in and around the city of stalingrad during world war ii, as well as the events. Machinegewehr bataillon mot there are several unique photos of parade and award ceremony for wehrmacht personnel who survived the battle of stalingrad.
Read mao zedongs article on battle of stalingrad fight back. It was the struggle of the german wehrmachts sixth army against the soviet armys defenders of stalingrad. What is the definitive book on the wwii battle of stalingrad. John keegan antony beevor has produced the first history of stalingrad which gives us the soviet viewpoint. The luftwaffe and hitlers defeat in the east, 19421943 is a 1998 book about the battle of stalingrad by british scholar joel hayward. Stalingrad part 1 of 3 audiobook full by atony bevoor. As a transshipment point, the port handles oil, coal, ore, lumber, and fish. Stalingrad and life and fate are modelled on war and peace the only book grossman said he was able to read at the front. Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million men and women.
The battle of stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point o. In april 1942, hitler and mussolini plan the huge offensive on the eastern front that will. The battle was fought between 17 july 1942 and 2 february 1943. The battle of stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of world war ii. This battle is not only the turning point of the sovietgerman war, or even of the present antifascist world war, it is the turning point in the history of all mankind. The battle of stalingrad 23 august 1942 2 february 1943 was the largest confrontation of world war ii, in which germany and its allies fought the soviet union for control of the city of stalingrad now volgograd in southern russia. This is a book that lets the reader look into the face of battle. This book starts with operation barbarossa and goes on towards the fateful siege of the city stalingrad.
After months of bitter fighting, 100,000 surviving germans, huddled in the ruined city, surrendered to soviet troops. Stalingrad is a narrative history written by antony beevor of the battle fought in and around the city of stalingrad during world war ii, as well as the events leading up to it. September, 1942 german ground offensive starts in the city. Gil and ortegas account is extremely wellresearched. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their great patriotic war, and most historians consider it to be the greatest. Hoyt depicts the epic battle for stalingrad in all its electrifying excitement and savage horror. Immersed in black, stalingrads book design asserts a heaviness that puts you in the right state of mind for this story. By day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke. During the battle and shortly after its conclusion, scores of red army commanders and soldiers. The authors provide a unique walk through the battle of stalingrad, the bloodiest urban battle fought by two major armies in history.
Stalingrad part 2 of 3 audiobook full by atony bevoor duration. List of books and articles about battle of stalingrad. One of the largest and longest battles in history, it encompassed both maneuver and static warfare, steppe and urban fighting, and summer and winter conditions. In august 1942, hitlers huge sixth army reached the city that bore stalins name. The carnage of the battle of stalingrad finally came to an end in february 1943, when the german sixth army commander, gen. The story of the siege by the acclaimed author of hitlers war in 199 days, acclaimed historian edwin p. Oct 04, 2007 this is the best history book i had read in a long time. The battle was a turning point of the second world war ii, and the victory has been heralded as one of the most important in history and ultimately. One can smell the gun smoke and burning flesh, he includes incidents picked from those journals to provide astonishing realism. August 23, 1942 panzer column reaches volga river just north of stalingrad. Jan, 2018 stalingrad part 1 of 3 audiobook full by atony bevoor.
In june 1942, nazi germany was looking forward to victory. Germans at stalingrad, 19421943 rare historical photos. His book stalingrad was awarded the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction, the wolfson history prize, and the hawthornden prize in 1999. Jan 10, 20 some of the better books on the battle of stalingrad are enemy at the gates. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their great patriotic war, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. Hellbeck runs a website, that features portraits and interviews taken with german and russian veterans of the battle of stalingrad. The battle for stalingrad movie tiein 9780142000007 by craig, william and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Understand the political and social context leading up to the battle and why germany decided to launch an attack on the ussr.