redbear Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Does anybody knows a good book that recount the history of this battle from the begining 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCHRD Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Sure. The standards. 'Enemy at the Gates' by William Craig. 'Stalingrad' by Beever. 'The Road to Stalingrad' by John Erickson. The last narrates the war up to and including Stalingrad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Isaac A, I believe you'll find THE SECRET OF STALINGRAD, by Walter Kerr, worthy of your time and attention, too. There is considerable material here on various aspects of Stalingrad from the Russian side, but bear in mind this is pre Glasnost, i.e., before the West had good access to Soviet archives. http://www.redarmystudies.net/index_sort.htm Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 The best book ever written on Stalingrad is 'Stalingrad, Analyse und Dokumentation einer Schlacht' by Manfred Kehrig. It contains more and better information than all other books combined, but you have to speak German, and it is very, very hard to obtain. I myself found it after years and years of looking for it. It's remarkable how few good books are written about the Stalingrad-period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Aragorn2002, I can translate the title Stalingrad, Analysis and Documentation (of) a Battle Do I get partial credit? Seriously, sounds most interesting but am reasonably certain neither my budget nor my meager German is equal to the task. Regards, John Kettler [ August 14, 2006, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: John Kettler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbear Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 thanks guy for the info Thanks aragorn but i don t speak german sound interesting that book Thanks john for the book and the link really have to much toread now thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Isaac A, You're welcome! Too much to read is better than not enough, IMO! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT Fox Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Stalingrad by Beever is best one I've read. It has all the top level info and also draws on individual accounts. http://www.antonybeevor.com/Stalingrad/stalingradmenu.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 JT Fox, Okay, I'm convinced! It was on my "Important book, read eventually" list and has now moved to my "Why haven't I read this book?" list. The reviews blew me away. Thanks! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT Fox Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 One thing lead to another. http://www.antonybeevor.com/Berlin/berlinmenu.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: Aragorn2002,I can translate the title Stalingrad, Analysis and Documentation (of) a Battle Do I get partial credit? You do, John, now only 680 pages to go I guess it is the bible on Stalingrad. I hope one day some publisher will republish this excellent book to make it available to a broader public. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 And if you're up for a more literary diversion, German filmmaker and novelist Alexander Kluge's "The Battle" (Schlachtbeschreibung) It's a very good read, but I think it's out of print in English. It's a very interesting novel structure, with the narrative created by stringing together various snippets of memoirs, contemporary press releases, sermons by clergymen back home, etc., to assemble a compelling thesis on how the Germans got into the whole mess. Some of these snippets may be fictional. Know anything more about this, Andreas, or anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCHRD Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I really enjoyed Beevers Stalingrad, but I never bought his Berlin book because I heard that it devoted a lot of space to the Red army atrocities. Every book that discusses the Soviet advance into Germany spends a lot of space on Soviet atrocities. It's hard to take. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painfbat Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Has any German member read "Stalingrad… bis zur letzten patrone" by Heinz Schröter 1954??? On Ebay.de it says, in short, that he wrote this book ordered by Adolf, and that he was given every piece of info available by Das „Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, des Heeres und der Luftwaffe. And that on June 21 1943 the book was forbidden by Goebbels as it would hurt the German people to much. Anyone knows something about this story?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 'Stalingrad, The Vital 7 Days' by Will Fowler, ISBN 1-904687-28-8 is quite good, albiet abridged and an overview, but some of the maps and photos are excellent and rarely seen elsewhere... Some of the accounts are fairly unique too. Lot's of 'perspective'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Longleftflank - sorry, never even heard of it. From what I have heard Kehrig is what one must have read to consider himself educated on Stalingrad. One day I'll win the lottery and find a copy, in that order. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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