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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. 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.
SS General (original title: SS-Generalen) is a novel by the Danish writer Sven Hassel.It was first published in 1960 and has been translated in many languages. Written in the first person, SS-General is based on the adventures of a group of German penal battalion soldiers in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Last Letters from Stalingrad (German: Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad) is an anthology of letters from German soldiers who took part in the Battle for Stalingrad during World War II. Originally published in West Germany in 1950, the book was translated into many languages (into English by Anthony G. Powell in 1956), [ 1 ] and has been issued in ...
The plot focuses on a 1942 battle between the Nazi Germans and the Soviets set in Stalingrad, Soviet Union. The battle is declared by Viktor Tabori to be "Rattenkrieg"; translated, War of the Rats. The story focuses in on the lives of two expert snipers, a Russian and a German, each with the goal of killing the other.
Hayward analyzes the role of Adolf Hitler's use and control of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Stalingrad between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.Hayward discusses at length the various reasons for Hitler's invasion, the consequences, the major battles of the Eastern Front and the role of the Luftwaffe in these areas, along with the hierarchy of the Luftwaffe itself.
The book describes the shock of the Operation Barbarossa invasion for many of the novel's characters, and how the German invasion completely altered life for citizens of the USSR at that time. The book follows the members and friends of the Shaposhnikov family as they work and then fight or flee from Western SSRs to Stalingrad by 1942.
The Battle for Stalingrad: The Story of World War II's Greatest Battle as told by the Russian Commander at Stalingrad. Ballantine Books. Zhukov, Georgy (2014). Roberts, Geoffrey (ed.). Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov. Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781473831834.
Last Letters from Stalingrad (German: Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad), an anthology of letters from German soldiers who took part in the Battle for Stalingrad during World War II. Originally published in West Germany in 1950, the book was translated into many languages (into English by Anthony G. Powell in 1956), and has been issued in numerous ...
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