New PDF release: Survivors of Stalingrad: Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th

By Reinhold Busch

In November 1942 – in a devastating counter-attack from outdoor the town – Soviet forces smashed the German siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping a few 290,000 squaddies of the sixth military inside of. for nearly 3 months, through the cruelest a part of the Russian iciness, the German troops persevered atrocious stipulations. Freezing chilly and reliant on dwindling foodstuff offers from Luftwaffe air drops, hundreds of thousands died from hunger, frostbite or an infection if no longer from the battling itself. 

This vital paintings reconstructs the awful destiny of the sixth military in complete for the 1st time via studying the little-known tale of the sphere hospitals and primary dressing stations. the writer has trawled via 1000's of formerly unpublished stories, interviews, diaries and newspaper money owed to bare the reviews of squaddies of all ranks, from uncomplicated squaddies to generals. 

The publication contains first-hand money owed of squaddies who have been wounded or fell unwell and have been flown out of the encirclement; in addition to those that fought to the sour finish and have been taken prisoner through the Soviets. They think of the severity of the combating, and demonstrate the slowly ebbing hopes for survival. jointly they supply an illuminating and tragic portrait of the appalling occasions at Stalingrad.

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