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With the benefit of Russian documents never before seen by Western scholars, German transcripts, and private letters and diaries, the author offers a narrative of the battle of Stalingrad, which broke the back of the Nazi army during the Second World War
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This new history of the siege of Stalingrad focuses on the clash between Stalin and Hitler, the strategic brilliance and fatal flaws of their generals, and the men on the ground from both sides. The work is based on primary sources never used before, including reports on desertions and executions from the archives of the Russian ministry of defense, captured German documents, transcripts of prisoner interrogations, private letters and diaries from soldiers on both sides, and interviews with witnesses and participants. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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