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Breakout at Stalingrad by Heinrich Gerlach (2019, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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PublisherHead of Zeus

ISBN-101786690632

ISBN-139781786690630

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038479779

Product Key Features

Book TitleBreakout at Stalingrad

Number of Pages720 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicWar & Military, Action & Adventure

GenreFiction

AuthorHeinrich Gerlach

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Reviews"This excellent book will shine a light on the horrors of the Eastern Front for a new generation of English-speaking readers . . . An absolute gem of a book." -- Soldier magazine, "All this material is so deftly handled and well constructed that it is astonishing that Breakout at Stalingrad is Gerlach's first attempt at fiction." -- Sunday Times, "One of the greatest novels of the Second World War" -- The Times "Gerlach's truly magnificent novel [...] is a devastating account of the appalling privations suffered by the German army, left to their fate by the foundering, over-stretched Fatherland. A masterpiece" -- Mail on Sunday "A remarkable find" --Antony Beevor "[It] is so deftly handled and well constructed... It is astonishing that [this] is Gerlach's first attempt at fiction'" -- The Sunday Times "This excellent book will shine a light on the horrors of the Eastern Front for a new generation of English-speaking readers... An absolute gem of a book'" -- Soldier magazine "[Written with] raw, vivid immediacy, which piles up compelling images and episodes... It is an exceptional, powerful and moving work'" -- Sunday Times "Anyone who wants an idea of what Stalingrad was really like should read this book... Gerlach records the lives and feelings of soldiers of all ranks'" -- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, "Gerlach was among the wounded [at Stalingrad] and his truly magnificent novel [...] is a devastating account of the appalling privations suffered by the German army, left to their fate by the German army, left to their fate by the foundering, over-stretched Fatherland. A masterpiece." -- Mail on Sunday, "Anyone who wants an idea of what Stalingrad was really like should read this book . . . Gerlach records the lives and feelings of soldiers of all ranks." -- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Dewey Edition23

Afterword byGansel, Carsten

Dewey Decimal833.914

SynopsisThe original version of the classic novel of the epic World War II battle, confiscated by the Russian secret services in 1949, and now rediscovered in the Russian archives., Stalingrad, November 1942. Lieutenant Breuer dreams of returning home for Christmas. Since August, the Germans have been fighting the Soviets for control of the city on the Volga. Between November 19 and 23 a Soviet counterattack encircles the Sixth Army. Some 300,000 German troops will endure a hellish winter on the freezing steppe. When Field Marshal Paulus surrenders on February 2, 1943, just 91,000 German soldiers remain alive. Breakout at Stalingrad has an extraordinary story behind it. Its author was imprisoned by the Soviets at Stalingrad. In captivity, he wrote a novel based on his experiences, which the Soviets confiscated. He resorted to hypnosis to remember his narrative, and in 1957 it was published as The Forsaken Army. Fifty-five years later Carsten Gansel came across the original in a Moscow archive., 'One of the greatest novels of the Second World War' The Times . 'A remarkable find' Antony Beevor. 'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday . Stalingrad, November 1942. Lieutenant Breuer dreams of returning home for Christmas. But he and his fellow German soldiers will spend winter in a frozen hell - as snow, ice and relentless Soviet assaults reduce the once-mighty Sixth Army to a diseased and starving rabble. Breakout at Stalingrad is a stark and terrifying portrait of the horrors of war, and a profoundly humane depiction of comradeship in adversity. The book itself has an extraordinary story behind it. Its author fought at Stalingrad and was imprisoned by the Soviets. In captivity, he wrote a novel based on his experiences, which the Soviets confiscated before releasing him. Gerlach resorted to hypnosis to remember his narrative, and in 1957 it was published as The Forsaken Army . Fifty-five years later Carsten Gansel, an academic, came across the original manuscript of Gerlach's novel in a Moscow archive. This first translation into English of Breakout at Stalingrad includes the story of Gansel's sensational discovery.

LC Classification NumberPT2613.E63