Stalingrad The Fateful Siege 1942-1943 [Paperback]

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem.

In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five-month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost; then, in an astonishing reversal, encircled and trapped their Nazi enemy. This battle for the ruins of a city cost more than a million lives. Stalingrad conveys the experience of soldiers on both sides, fighting in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield. Antony Beevor has itnerviewed survivors and discovered completely new material in a wide range of German and Soviet archives, including prisoner interrogations and reports of desertions and executions. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering,Stalingradis unprecedented and unforgettable.

Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.StalingradList of Illustrations and Maps
Preface

Part One.'The World Will Hold Its Breath'

1.The Double-Edged Sword of Barbarossa
2.'Nothing is Impossible for the German Soldier!'
3.'Smash in the Door and the Whole Rotten Structure Will Come Crashing Down!'
4.Hitler's Hubris: The Delayed Battle for Moscow

Part Two.Barbarossa Relaunched

5.General Paulus's First Battle
6.'How Much Land Does a Man Need?'
7.'Not One Step Backwards'
8.'The Volga is Reached!'

Part Three.'The Fateful City'

9.'Time is Blood': The September Battles
10.Rattenkrieg
11.Traitors and Allies
12.Fortresses of Rubble and Irl*