Why read The Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes?

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Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Paulus's 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was supported by intense bombing that reduced much of the city to rubble. The battle degenerated into…

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1 author picked The Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tony Sandy

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Like his other three books in the series, you really felt for those involved and saw through the illusions of war that politicians sold as a viewpoint. The German war machine was driven by grit and determination, not weaponry or tactics, despite the lies told after the war about advanced technology (most Germans walked to war across the Russian steppes and they were overwhelmed by the size of the country and the amount of badly trained and armed forces fighting them, also they relied on horse drawn artillery, more than tanks).

From Tony's 3 favorite reads in 2025.