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Author : Geoffrey Sambrook
language : en
Publisher: Twenty First Century Publishers Limited
Release Date : 2020-11-02
Beyond Stalingrad written by Geoffrey Sambrook and has been published by Twenty First Century Publishers Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-02 with categories.
During the bitter winter of 1942/3 the German army was encircled far to the east in Stalingrad by overwhelming Russian forces. With reinforfements beaten back and failing air supplies, they surrendered in February 1943. They fought to the last few men, rather than the last man as ordered by Hitler. This defeat was a turning point of the Second World War. My grandfather learnt years later from eye witness accounts that his son was one of those few in the last pocket of German resistance before final surrender. He liked to believe that his son would have broken out and escaped imprisonment in Russia, but most of the final few simply vanished. I was inspired by this family history, together with my experiences during business trips in Siberia, to imagine what would have happened to some of those young German men who reached the Gulag. Beyond Stalingrad is not a true story, but I hope it serves to illuminate a truth of what really did happen to some young lives, blown like leaves in a gale.
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Author : Dana V. Sadarananda
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2009-06-22
Beyond Stalingrad written by Dana V. Sadarananda and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-22 with History categories.
Covers a pivotal but largely neglected period on the Eastern Front Focuses on German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, one of the best commanders of World War II After the Soviets trapped German forces in Stalingrad, the Germans regrouped under Erich von Manstein, who orchestrated a dramatic reversal of fortune during the winter of 1942-43, enabling Germany to continue fighting for two more years.
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Author : A.J. Kingston
language : en
Publisher: A.J. Kingston
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Stalingrad written by A.J. Kingston and has been published by A.J. Kingston this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Discover the riveting story of Stalingrad, a battle that shaped the course of history, with our exclusive book bundle "Stalingrad: Siege and Soviet Victory." This carefully curated collection takes you on an immersive journey through the harrowing events, personal accounts, and lasting impact of one of the most decisive battles of World War II. Dive into the pages of these four captivating volumes and unlock a deeper understanding of the Battle of Stalingrad. Book 1 - "The Battle of Stalingrad: Turning the Tide": Immerse yourself in the heart of the conflict as you witness the ebb and flow of the battle that turned the tide of World War II. Uncover the strategic maneuvers, the heroism of the soldiers, and the monumental moments that shifted the balance of power. With gripping narratives and expert analysis, this volume brings to life the intensity and significance of the battle that changed the course of the war. Book 2 - "Voices from the Ruins: Surviving Stalingrad": Step into the shoes of those who endured the unimaginable horrors of Stalingrad's siege. Through firsthand accounts, memoirs, and interviews with survivors, you'll witness the courage, resilience, and unbreakable spirit of the soldiers and civilians trapped in the city. This poignant volume illuminates the human side of the battle, offering a profound perspective on the indomitable nature of the human spirit. Book 3 - "Stalingrad: The Cold War Echoes": Uncover the far-reaching implications of the Battle of Stalingrad beyond the confines of World War II. Delve into the post-war era and explore how the battle reverberated through the Cold War, influencing military strategies, shaping diplomatic relations, and defining the ideological divide. This volume provides a unique perspective on the enduring legacy of Stalingrad and its impact on global geopolitics. Book 4 - "Stalingrad Revisited: Commemorating the Past, Shaping the Future": Engage with the present and reflect on the commemoration and remembrance of Stalingrad. Discover how the battle is memorialized, study its lasting impact on national identities, and explore the lessons learned from this historic event. This volume examines how Stalingrad continues to shape the future, inspiring efforts for peace, reconciliation, and a deeper understanding of the human experience. With the "Stalingrad: Siege and Soviet Victory" book bundle, you'll have a comprehensive collection at your fingertips, providing a panoramic view of the battle from different perspectives and dimensions. Immerse yourself in the meticulously researched accounts, powerful narratives, and thought-provoking analysis that bring this pivotal moment in history to life. Whether you're a history enthusiast, a student of military strategy, or someone captivated by human resilience, this book bundle is an invaluable addition to your library. Dive into the rich tapestry of Stalingrad's siege, the Soviet victory, and the enduring legacy that still resonates today. Don't miss this opportunity to own the complete "Stalingrad: Siege and Soviet Victory" book bundle. Order now and embark on a journey through the depths of history, where bravery, sacrifice, and the human spirit shine through amidst the chaos of war. This collection is a must-have for anyone seeking a profound understanding of Stalingrad's significance and its lasting impact on our world.
The Lighthouse Of Stalingrad
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Author : Iain MacGregor
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-07-28
The Lighthouse Of Stalingrad written by Iain MacGregor and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with History categories.
'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative.' - James Holland 'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary.' - Frederick Taylor 'A wonderful and important and timely book.' - Alexander Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Bedford Boys and First Wave 'An authoritative and unforgettable insight into the decisive days of that most terrible struggle on the banks of the Volga.' - Jonathan Dimbleby 'An utterly gripping read.' - James Holland 'MacGregor writes with great fluency and narrative drive . . . compellingly terse.' - William Boyd 'Magisterial.' - Dan Snow The sacrifices that enabled the Soviet Union to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45 are sacrosanct. The foundation of their eventual victory was laid during the battle for the city of Stalingrad, resting on the banks of the river Volga. For Germany, the catastrophic defeat was the beginning of their eventual demise that would see the Red Army two years later flying their flag of victory above the Reichstag. Stalingrad is seen as the pivotal battle of the Second World War, with over two million civilians and combatants either killed, wounded or captured during the bitter winter of September 1942. Both sides endured terrible conditions in brutal house-to-house fighting reminiscent of the Great War. Within this life-and-death struggle for the heart of the city and situated on the frontline was a key strategic building, codenamed: 'The Lighthouse'. Here, a small garrison of Red Army guardsmen withstood German aerial bombardments and fought off daily assaults of infantry and armour. Red Army newspaper reports at the time would be seized upon by the Moscow media needing to place a positive spin on the fighting that had at one point looked beyond salvation. By the end of the war, the story of this building would gather further momentum to inspire Russians to rebuild their destroyed towns and cities until it became the legend it is today, renamed after the simple sergeant who had supposedly led the defence - 'Pavlov's House'. In time for the eightieth anniversary, The Lighthouse of Stalingrad will shed fresh insight on this iconic battle through the prism of the men who fought one another over five months and the officers who commanded them. A riveting narrative, informed by both German and Russian archives to unearth unpublished memoirs and eyewitness testimonies from veterans and civilians alike, this book will celebrate the real heroes and provide a truer picture of how this mighty battle finally ended.
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Author : Jochen Hellbeck
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2015-04-28
Stalingrad written by Jochen Hellbeck and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-28 with History categories.
The turning point of World War II came at Stalingrad. Hitler's soldiers stormed the city in September 1942 in a bid to complete the conquest of Europe. Yet Stalingrad never fell. After months of bitter fighting, 100,000 surviving Germans, huddled in the ruined city, surrendered to Soviet troops. During the battle and shortly after its conclusion, scores of Red Army commanders and soldiers, party officials and workers spoke with a team of historians who visited from Moscow to record their conversations. The tapestry of their voices provides groundbreaking insights into the thoughts and feelings of Soviet citizens during wartime. Legendary sniper Vasily Zaytsev recounted the horrors he witnessed at Stalingrad: "You see young girls, children hanging from trees in the park.[ . . .] That has a tremendous impact." Nurse Vera Gurova attended hundreds of wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital every day, but she couldn't forget one young amputee who begged her to avenge his suffering. "Every soldier and officer in Stalingrad was itching to kill as many Germans as possible," said Major Nikolai Aksyonov. These testimonials were so harrowing and candid that the Kremlin forbade their publication, and they were forgotten by modern history -- until now. Revealed here in English for the first time, they humanize the Soviet defenders and allow Jochen Hellbeck, in Stalingrad, to present a definitive new portrait of the most fateful battle of World War II.
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Author : Antony Beevor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-10-04
Stalingrad written by Antony Beevor and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-04 with History categories.
The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2 ______________ In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure'. The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination and its citizens endured unimaginable hardship as a result. But the eventual victory of the Red Army, and the failure of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, was the first defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe, and the start of his decline. An extraordinary story of tactical genius, civilian bravery, obsession, carnage and the nature of war itself, Stalingrad will act as a testament to the vital role of the soviet war effort. ______________ 'He reveals the full awfulness and human cost of the conflict with scholarly verve and deep sympathy' Ben Macintyre 'A superb re-telling. Beevor combines a soldier's understanding of war's realities with the narrative techniques of a novelist' Orlando Figes, Sunday Telegraph 'A brilliantly researched tour de force of military history' Sarah Bradford, The Times
Stalingrad
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Author : Joachim Wieder
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 1995
Stalingrad written by Joachim Wieder and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
"Stalingrad in the Second World War has become a byword for misplaced military endeavour -- as well as courage, endurance, heroism and betrayal. Joachim Wieder was a staff officer in VIII Army Corps who survived the last terrible onslaught of the Russians into the Stalingrad pocket at the end of 1942. He wrote his memoir of the battle, and the events leading up to it, twenty years later. It was no routine account. Beyond recording his own experience, he searched for the motives that drove the Germans on in the face of hopeless odds, asked why orders were issued that could only lead to certain defeat, examined the lies from High Command, the whole morass of unjustified human sacrifice. It was an intense evaluation of the war, the first German book on Stalingrad to be published in the Soviet Union, and was revised in 1993 in the light of later information on the battle"--P. [4] of cover.
Survivors Of Stalingrad
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Author : Reinhold Busch
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2014-09-03
Survivors Of Stalingrad written by Reinhold Busch and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-03 with History categories.
In November 1942 – in a devastating counter-attack from outside the city – Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiers of the 6th Army inside. For almost three months, during the harshest part of the Russian winter, the German troops endured atrocious conditions. Freezing cold and reliant on dwindling food supplies from Luftwaffe air drops, thousands died from starvation, frostbite or infection if not from the fighting itself. This important work reconstructs the grim fate of the 6th Army in full for the first time by examining the little-known story of the field hospitals and central dressing stations. The author has trawled through hundreds of previously unpublished reports, interviews, diaries and newspaper accounts to reveal the experiences of soldiers of all ranks, from simple soldiers to generals. The book includes first-hand accounts of soldiers who were wounded or fell ill and were flown out of the encirclement; as well as those who fought to the bitter end and were taken prisoner by the Soviets. They reflect on the severity of the fighting, and reveal the slowly ebbing hopes for survival. Together they provide an illuminating and tragic portrait of the appalling events at Stalingrad.
Beyond The Urals
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Author : Reggie Gibbs
language : en
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-19
Beyond The Urals written by Reggie Gibbs and has been published by LifeRich Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-19 with Fiction categories.
Russia, 1942. Outside Stalingrad, Arkady’s unit is ambushed and destroyed. The only survivor, the young soldier is faced with a choice: return to the war effort, or try and find his wife, Natasha, located in a factory city somewhere far to the east of the Ural Mountains. Disillusioned and hating the war, Arkady chooses the arduous task of searching for the only person he feels gives him peace. But as he embarks on thea perilous journey into Siberia’s vastness, he unwittingly becomes enmeshed in a spiritual and political battle for his nation’s soul, a battle being waged not only in the present, but also by towering figures from Russia’s past. Meanwhile, Natasha struggles against her own loneliness and despair as intrigue develops around her city’s eventual role in a post-war Soviet Union. Told in parallel, Arkady’s journey and Natasha’s trials form an allegory for the spirit’s quest for peace in a world consumed with the pursuit of power. With the forces of history and the world aligned against the individual, how is victory claimed? To this, an unconventional answer is offered - an ancient crucifix. A sweeping portrait of Russia, Beyond the Urals is a journey into the soul itself, probing untouched regions, while exploring the forces vying to occupy and control them.
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Author : Alexey Isaev
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2020-02-19
Stalingrad written by Alexey Isaev and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with History categories.
“A fresh look at what is perhaps the most famous battle of the Russo-German War from the Soviet perspective.” —The NYMAS Review Much has been written about the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet victory that turned the tide of the Second World War. Yet our knowledge and understanding continues to evolve, and this engrossing account by Alexey Isaev brings together previously unpublished Russian archive material—strategic directives and orders, after-action reports, and official records of all kinds—with the vivid recollections of soldiers who were there, on the front lines, reconstructing what happened in extraordinary new detail. The evidence leads him to question common assumptions about the conduct of the battle—about the use of tanks and mechanized forces, for instance, and the combat capability and tenacity of the defeated and surrounded German Sixth Army in the last weeks before it surrendered. His gripping narrative carries the reader through the course of the entire battle from the first small-scale encounters on the approaches to Stalingrad in July 1942, through the intense continuous fighting through the city, to the encirclement, the beating back of the relieving force, and the capitulation of the Sixth Army in February 1943. Military historian Alexey Isaev’s latest book, with maps and illustrations included, is an important contribution to the literature on this decisive battle. It offers a thought-provoking revised view of events for readers already familiar with the story, and a fascinating introduction for those coming to it for the first time.