199 Days: The Battle For Stalingrad

199 Days: The Battle For Stalingrad
by Edwin P. Hoyt / / / PDF


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The epic battle of Stalingrad will be remembered as one of history’s most savage conflicts. Here world-renowned military historian Edwin P. Hoyt tells the full story of this bloody battle, using documents from Moscow and American archives as well as first-person testimonials from Stalingrad’s heroic survivors. With the dramatic power of a first-rate storyteller, Hoyt recreates the words and deeds of the battle’s chief participants: its ruthless warlords, Hitler and Stalin its fabled generals, von Paulus and Marshal Zhukov its soldiers and civilians who fought, bled and died. In this thought-provoking and grimly fascinating book, Hoyt gives some startling and illuminating insights into this crucial battle.

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