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This is a fascinating record of the pivotal event of World War II told through the personal accounts of the German and Soviet soldiers who fought it, the Russian civilians who watched the destruction of their city, and Western onlookers such as diplomats and newspaper correspondents. Many of these voices are gleaned from newly discovered archive material, and from rare sources and reminiscences in Germany and Russia, including KGB sources. Many have never been published, or are totally unknown in the English-speaking world. All foreign voices are quoted in fresh and engaging new translations from the original sources. It also features rare photographs of the battle from both sides of the front.
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Jonathan Bastable is a renowned writer and journalist. He studied Russian and German at Nottingham University. He lived in Moscow for many years, and was a correspondent for The Sunday Times. He reported on the Nagorno-Karabakh war and witnessed the street-fighting in Moscow during the anti-Yeltsin coup attempt of 1993. He lives in Brighton.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you've ever wondered what it must have been like to have fought at Stalingrad, read this book. It is superb. It covers both Russian and German veiws. An excellent read.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Straight away you're there amongst mud and machinery, facing terrible odds. But this book does not reveal itself like a set piece drama. It is not about genre, nor is it about the narrator and his ambitions. The account is relayed via contemporary letters which are delicately constructed to reveal the complexity and insanity of situation after situation. It is so clearly written that the images of battle reverberate around the mind, as if they had been on the silver screen. The accounts related in Conquest of the Factories for instance, of defending buildings with bricks when the ammo ran out, are so gripping because they are so personal.
The lack of mannerism had another effect too, I read the book as if it were me who had found those letters. Right through the work I was compelled to ask myself, what if it were me, what would I do, how would I cope? The account felt first hand.
The lack of mannerism had another effect too, I read the book as if it were me who had found those letters. Right through the work I was compelled to ask myself, what if it were me, what would I do, how would I cope? The account felt first hand.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is a good read- there's lots of action, interviews and a reasonable overview of the battle and its consequences.
Some of the interviews, on a second reading, appear that they may have been "polished" by the party before publication, but I suspect that many Russians (and other Soviet peoples) viewed the Great Patriotic War as just that. After the horrific consequences of the German attack on Byelorussia, Ukraine et cetera they can have surely not been unaware of their likely fate under German (or should we call it Nazi?) occupation. This is an example of when Soviet propaganda was, in my view, not only justified but necessary.
For war nerds, there are interviews with survivors (!)of the battle in the grain elevator, Pavlov's house and the Red October factory. There are also interviews with civilians who lived amongst the fighting. For this sort of frank talk about living amongst the stink, terror and filth of an extended urban campaign it's actually quite hard to beat this book.
The final page also contains a rather touching fact about the later life of Pavlov (of Pavlov's house).
Recommended. Did I mention there is lots of fighting?
Some of the interviews, on a second reading, appear that they may have been "polished" by the party before publication, but I suspect that many Russians (and other Soviet peoples) viewed the Great Patriotic War as just that. After the horrific consequences of the German attack on Byelorussia, Ukraine et cetera they can have surely not been unaware of their likely fate under German (or should we call it Nazi?) occupation. This is an example of when Soviet propaganda was, in my view, not only justified but necessary.
For war nerds, there are interviews with survivors (!)of the battle in the grain elevator, Pavlov's house and the Red October factory. There are also interviews with civilians who lived amongst the fighting. For this sort of frank talk about living amongst the stink, terror and filth of an extended urban campaign it's actually quite hard to beat this book.
The final page also contains a rather touching fact about the later life of Pavlov (of Pavlov's house).
Recommended. Did I mention there is lots of fighting?
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