Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943

non-fiction by Antony Beevor

Blurb

Stalingrad is a narrative history written by Antony Beevor of the epic battle fought in and around the city of Stalingrad during World War II, as well as the events leading up to it. It was first published by Viking Press in 1998.
The book won the first Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson History Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature in 1999.

First Published

1999

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Asbestos.fan.2002

Possibly the best single volume work on Stalingrad out there right now, very readable without being simple pop history.

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Ewmunn

Highly readable, emotionally crushing. At times a little laden with names and ranks - a shortcoming of this particular reader. Well worth the effort, however.

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