Glantz is a former us army intelligence specialist with a. Glantz and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Eremenko was indeed the commander of the stalingrad front under vasilevskys supervision.
It was first published by viking press in 1998 the book won the first samuel johnson prize, the wolfson history prize and the hawthornden prize for literature in 1999. Glantz is the author of numerous books, including the battle for leningrad, 19411944. To ask other readers questions about stalingrad, please sign up. How the red army stopped hitler and the battle of kursk. How the red army survived the german onslaught, casemate publishers and book distributors, jones, michael k. To the gates of stalingrad volume 1 the stalingrad trilogy. Apr, 2000 in this book glantz also mentions the possibility of a cover up. Glantz, 9780700619559, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
The other is the final book in david glantz series on stalingrad companion. Stalingrad by glantz and house provide a prelude to the title battle with a synopsis of what happened in russia from the onset of barbarossa up to the movement of german formations in operation blau, the march toward stalingrad, and. Septembernovember 1942 the stalingrad trilogy, volume 2 modern war studies by david m. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, beevors provocative account is destined to become the. A new book has finally laid bare the full horrors of the battle of stalingrad in the words of ordinary russian soldiers, whose memories were suppressed by the soviet authorities for 70 years. Sovietgerman combat operations, aprilaugust 1942, armageddon in stalingrad.
So i think it is no exaggeration to say that this book includes, by far, the most detailed description of this the most famous operation of the red army during the second world war, in a single book. The stalingrad trilogy, volume 3 modern war studies hardcover by david m. To the gates of stalingrad the stalingrad trilogy, volume i. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Mar 24, 2017 david glantz has done something that very few historians achieve. Born in port chester, new york, glantz received degrees in history from the. The stalingrad trilogy, volume 3 by colonel david m. In book two of the third volume of his magisterial stalingrad trilogy, david glantz continues and concludes his definitive history of one of the most infamous battles of world war two, the stalingrad campaign that signaled germanys failure on the eastern front and marked a turning point in the war. His the long awaited onevolume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of nazi and soviet forces at stalingrad.
The stalingrad front by antony beevor the new york. In the wake of the red armys signal victory at stalingrad, which began when its surprise counteroffensive encircled german sixth army in stalingrad region in midnovember 1942 and ended when its forces liquidated beleaguered sixth army in early february 1943, the soviet high command stavka expanded its counteroffensive into a fullfledged winter offensive which nearly collapsed german. Beevor lists this book in his bibliography but may not have read this passage. House have collaborated on all five volumes of the stalingrad trilogy, as well as on the books when titans clashed. Nov 14, 2017 glantz and house present a thorough addition to the volumes of prior books that cover the battle of stalingrad. The long awaited onevolume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of nazi and soviet forces at stalingrad. The red army at war, and red storm over the balkans.
Glantz and house present a thorough addition to the volumes of prior books that cover the battle of stalingrad. Nov 14, 2017 listen to stalingrad audiobook by jonathan m. The czech crisis, the battle a khalkhingol, the liberation of western belorussian western ukraine, and bessarabia, and the sovietfinnish war 90 pages and 8 maps prepared by the soviet armed forces. But he demonstrates in his refusal to allow zhukov any credit for operation uranus that he is also incapable of reading david glantzs book accurately. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the fivevolume stalingrad trilogy. Dikke hardback met stofomslag, vlekjes op boekblok, verder in. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
The german advance to stalingrad, 28 june18 october 1942. The book details the failed soviet offensive toward kharkov in spring 1942, the german spring offensive fall blau, or case blue, and the german 6th army advance to stalingrad. Army colonel fluent in russian, glantz is the author of numerous books, including the battle for leningrad, 19411944. From a world expert on hitlers war in russia, this book on the operation that changed the course of world war ii includes updated information on casualty numbers and opposing forces here, david glantz challenges the timehonored explanation that poor weather, bad terrain, and hitlers faulty strategic judgement produced german defeat, and reveals how the red army thwarted the german armys. Glantz born january 11, 1942 is an american military historian known for his books on the red army during world war ii, and as the chief editor of the journal of slavic military studies. This is a made up but accurate example of quite nearly every single paragraph. The german advance, the encirclement battle and the first and second soviet counteroffensives, 10 july24 august 1941 by david m. The stalingrad trilogy is the definitive account of world war iis turning point. After stalingrad the red armys winter offensive 19421943 by david m. Glantz, a veritable book producing factory, has definitely set a new standard in literature on stalingrad. Glantz born january 11, 1942 is an american military historian known for his books on the red army during world war ii, and as the chief editor of the journal of slavic military studies born in port chester, new york, glantz received degrees in history from the virginia military institute and the university of north carolina at chapel hill. This book, the first of three, follows the wehrmacht after the moscowcounter offensive of 19411942 through the soviet kharkov offensive and into operation blau. The book then closes with a short conclusion made up of some 6 pages, which, with a high probability, will get expanded in the second book.
Click to read more about the stalingrad trilogy, volume 3, book 2. Stalingrad by david m glantz, jonathan m house alibris. Armageddon in stalingrad volume 2 the stalingrad trilogy. Sovietgerman combat operations, aprilaugust 1942 the stalingrad trilogy, volume 1 modern war studies with jonathan m. Sign in to download and listen to this audiobook today. Glantz, 9780700623822, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. How the red army stopped hitler modern war studies, and the battle of kursk modern war studies, and more on. Jason epstein letters, nyr, april has finally acknowledged that general a. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
Glantz, an officer in the us army from 1963 to 1993, was founder and editorinchief of the journal of slavic military studies. Oct 30, 2019 the long awaited onevolume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of nazi and soviet forces at stalingrad. David glantz has done something that very few historians achieve. Apr 14, 2017 the other is the final book in david glantz series on stalingrad companion. Sovietgerman combat operations, aprilaugust 1942, by david glantz and jonathan house. The battle of stalingrad was the turning point of world war ii. December 1942 february 1943 the stalingrad trilogy, volume 3 by david m. Sovietgerman combat operations, aprilaugust 1942 by colonel david m. Foreword 2007 isbn 9781932033724 to the gates of stalingrad. Earn up to 5x points when you use your ebay mastercard. The confrontation between german and soviet forces at stalingrad was a. There seems to be a fair bit of scope for confusion with the books he is pushing out. Glantz is a superb historian and a brilliant detective who by ferreting out zhukovs deception placed the battle of stalingrad and its chain of command in correct perspective. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the second world war.
Glantz has 86 books on goodreads with 11823 ratings. Stalingrad the long awaited onevolume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of nazi and soviet forces at stalingrad. Nov 14, 2017 download or stream stalingrad by david m. Add to this perceptive insight and balanced judgment, and the result is a series of seminal and massive volumes that come as close as possible to telling it like it was.
His multiaward winning books have included stalingrad and the fall of berlin 1945. The german capture of the city, their encirclement by soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hardfought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes of human misery inflicted on both sides. David glantzs to the gates of stalingrad is the first of a three book trilogy that catalogs the intense germansoviet battle for stalingrad in 194243. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Author of forgotten battles of the germansoviet war, after stalingrad, soviet military operational art, stumbling colossus, the tanks of august, operation barbarossa, barbarossa derailed the battle for smolensk 10 july10 september 1941. Book two finds germanys most famous armygeneral friedrich pauluss sixthin dire straits. The fact is that to get a major hadback book published on a mlitary history subject in the us you need to attach it to a subject that the general public has heard of, and for the great patriotic war a phrase most americans have never even heard that is stalingrad, zhukov, and possibly kursk, leningrad and moscow battles and seiges of. After stalingrad the red armys winter offensive 19421943. In this book glantz also mentions the possibility of a cover up. I was a little concerned it was going to go out of print so ive bought it now.
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