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Many believe Stalingrad to be the turning point of the war. The Nazi war machine proved to be fallible as it spread itself too thin for a cause that was born more from arrogance than practicality. The Germans never recovered, and its weakened defences were no match for the Allied invasion of 1944. We know little of what took place in Stalingrad or its overall significance, leading Beevor to humbly admit that "[t]he Battle of Stalingrad remains such an ideologically charged and symbolically important subject that the last word will not be heard for many years". This is true. But this gripping account should become the standard work against which all others should measure themselves. --Jeremy Storey
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint; Twenty-Ninth Printing. Minor reading creases. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ISBN 0140249850. ; B&W Photographs; 512 pages; Classic account of the epic turning point of the war in the East, as Hitler's forces' failed to take the city of Stalingrad and then, after months of fierce and bloody fighting, were encircled and destroyed. Trade PB. Seller Inventory # 15464