Stalingrad, English edition - Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History 1999 and the Samuel Johnson Prize 1999
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| Verlag | Penguin UK |
| Auflage | 2007 |
| Seiten | 544 |
| Format | 12,9 x 19,9 x 4,1 cm |
| Gewicht | 398 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0141032405 |
| EAN | 9780141032405 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14103240EA |
Die Geschichte des Kampfes um Stalingrad erzählt von Gefühlen, Schicksalen und letzten Spuren der Verdammten, bevor sie sterben mußten. Die Grausamkeiten des Krieges wurden in Briefen und Tagebüchern von einzelnen Soldaten festgehalten. Aus bisher verborgenen Quellen wird hier deutlich von Exekutionen berichtet. Ein Tatsachenbericht von Menschen, die immer auf das Ende des Krieges hofften.
Klappentext:
The classic international bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the second world war
In October 1942, a Panzer 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 to win the gruesome, vicious war on the eastern front. The citizens of Stalingrad endured unimaginable hardship; the battle, with fierce hand-to-hand fighting in each room of each building, was brutally destructive to both armies. 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 and the nature of war itself, which changed how history is written, Stalingrad is a testament to the vital role of the Soviet war effort.
\'A superb re-telling. Beevor combinesa soldier\'s understanding of war\'s realities with the narrative techniques of a novelist . . . This is a book that lets the reader look into the face of battle\' Orlando Figes, Sunday Telegraph
\'A brilliantly researched tour de force of military history\' Sarah Bradford, The Times
Antony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature, and Berlin, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees\' Award. His books have sold nearly four million copies.
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\'Captivating . . . Jingoistic statues never pay a proper tribute to the dead, but honest books, like this one, certainly do\' Vitali Vitaliev Guardian