Stalingardby: Anthony Beevor

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor is a very simple and easily read book on the fateful battle for the city on the Volga during World War II. Beevor uses many records, letters and his own inturpratation of facts to present the reader with a very a extremely captivating account of the advance of the German army, the battle for the city, and the eventual distruction of the Sixth army.


Beevor has split his book into Five parts. The first to parts of the book deal with the attack on Russia and the advance to Stalingrad. In part one the author says that not everyone in Hitler’s government was convinced that they should attack Russia. The author says “ Ribbentrop, while waiting for them to arrive , passed up and down his room like a caged animal”. Ribbentrop while paceing is repeating “the Further is absolutely right to stack Russia now” as if he were trying to convince himself. Ribbentrop after he has told the two Soviet ambassadors of the declaration of war then says “Tel...