STALINGRAD PB B FORMAT – ANTONY BEEVOR

The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2 ______________ In October 1942, an 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 and its citizens endured unimaginable hardship as a result. 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, obsession, carnage and the nature of war itself, Stalingrad will act as a testament to the vital role of the soviet war effort. ______________ He reveals the full awfulness and human cost of the conflict with scholarly verve and deep sympathy Ben Macintyre A superb re-telling. Beevor combines a soldier s understanding of war s realities with the narrative techniques of a novelist Orlando Figes, Sunday Telegraph A brilliantly researched tour de force of military history Sarah Bradford, The Times