Moving briskly between rapidly intensifying german and russian scenes, beevor provides some of the historical context for the events leading toward the terrible battle of stalingrad. Stalingrad is a narrative history written by antony beevor of the battle fought in and around the. In august 1942, hitlers huge sixth army reached the city that bore stalins name. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
After the ukraine government condemned his book stalingrad, antony beevor reflects on governments desire to alter the past and warns of the dangers of censorship. Leesknowles lectures cambridge 20023 antony beevor 1. Stalingrad strikes a good balance between presenting the facts whilst remaining readable. Antony beevors book on stalingrad reminds us of the above shrewd observation of engels. This book by noted writer antony beevor joins three others that are essential english language classics on stalingrad. Beevor is right that eremenko had the official title of commander of the stalingrad front. What beevor conveys better than others is the sheer brutality of the eastern front and the. 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. Stalingrad was published in the philippines under the title of stalingrad. In the fivemonth siege that followed, the russians fought to hold stalingrad at any cost. His book stalingrad was awarded the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction, the wolfson history prize, and the hawthornden prize in 1999. The battle of stalingrad was the psychological turning point of world war ii as beevor makes clear, it also changed the face of modern warfare.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stalingrad. Antony beevor, beevor, books, great war books, stalingrad. The luftwaffe and hitlers defeat in the east 19421943 and earl ziemke and magna bauers moscow to stalingrad. The english paperback version was published by penguin books in 1999. The battle and the resistance runciman prize, stalingrad samuel johnson prize, wolfson prize for history and hawthornden prize, berlin. He is the author of cretethe battle and the resistance, which won a runciman prize, paris after the liberation, 19441949 written. Some books are just so well written that it makes reading them almost like watching a film. The fateful siege, 19421943 by cooper, artemis, beevor, antony and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting. Beevors books have appeared in thirtythree languages and have sold more than eight million copies. But beevor said the source was not an internal soviet document, but a book by the antinazi german officer helmuth groscurth. The fateful siege,19421943, by 2014 pritzker literature award winner antony beevor a guest of honor at this years annual liberty gala.
The battle of stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of world war ii. What beevor conveys better than others is the sheer brutality of the eastern front and the stalingrad battle. Stalingrad strikes a good balance between presenting the facts. Stalingrad and researching the experience of war stalingrad was one of the most monstrous and inhuman battles ever known. The battle of stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point o. From antony beevor, the internationally bestselling author of dday and the battle of arnhem. This book starts with operation barbarossa and goes on towards the fateful siege of.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The english paperback version was published by penguin. In stalingrad antony beevor has produced such a book. The fateful siege 194243, and has been translated into 18 languages. That the soviet regime was almost as unforgiving towards its own soldiers as towards the enemy is demonstrated by the total figure of,500 executions, both summary and judicial, during the battle of stalingrad.
Antony beevor leads up to the events at stalingrad with some background to the siege and its aftermath. Antony beevor books list of books by author antony beevor. The fateful siege is a narrative account of the battle of stalingrad in the second world war. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering pdf. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. 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.
The fateful siege, 19421943 gets 5 stars for the epic battle history presented here. Stalins war with germany and joel haywards stopped at stalingrad. From independent historian beevor coauthor, paris after the liberation, 1994, etc. Antony beevors stalingrad is a harrowing look at one of historys darkest.
Antony beevor was educated at winchester and sandhurst. Furthermore, nothing in this debate about strategy changes what i was writing about, which was the experience of the soldiers on both sides at stalingrad. Stalingrad was the first of beevors epic world war 2 history books, meticulously. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include the spanish civil war. The fateful siege, 19421943 offers rare insight into how the critically flawed relationship between the german military and the nazi party leaders gave the red.
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