Stalingrad (book)
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| Author | Antony Beevor |
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| Country | U.K. |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | History/World War II/Military History |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Released | May 6, 1999 |
| Pages | 512 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-024985-0 (Pbk) |
First published in 1998 by Anthony Beevor, Stalingrad is a narrative history of the epic battle fought around and in the city of Stalingrad during World War II. It was published by Viking Press in 1998. Surprisingly for a work of military history, the book was a major hit, received worldwide critical acclaim from a wide variety of sources and achieved very high sales.
[edit] Prizes
The book won the first Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson History Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature in 1999.
[edit] About the book
The book starts when Germany announced war with the Soviet Union for several "intrusions" and being hostile to the Third Reich. That was a lie to the German people. Hitler did not care about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty. He was very confident to capture Moscow after the embarrassing Russo-Finnish war. Then the book talks about what the Waffen-SS did to partisans and commissars, how the Germans got completely cut off, and how civilans suffered. The pictures are shockingly horrific, patriotic, and somewhat sad. There are many maps of offensive plans, fronts, and counter-offenses.
